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Feb20207

DAY 10

Asia, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Sri Lanka | 0 Comments | 7 min read

Wednesday, February 5th 2020 Colombo, Sri Lanka Trying to be a tour escort When we walked out on to our balcony this morning it was hot, hot, hot already – and very humid. At least it didn’t look like it was going to rain. Yay! The coaches…

Feb20206

DAY 9

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 0 Comments | 8 min read

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 At Sea We are getting ourselves on to Sri Lankan time, and were supposed to move our watches forward one half hour last night. I was able to get my mobile phone to change time, but my Fitbit failed to comply. I decided that…

Feb20205

DAY 8

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 0 Comments | 3 min read

Monday, February 3rd, 2020 At Sea My hair has not lost its orange glow, but I am getting used to it, and surprisingly enough no one except for Ruth has commented on it. I’m not sure why. I enjoyed a wonderful lazy day reading in the Commodore…

Feb20204

DAY 7

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 5 Comments | 5 min read

Sunday February 2nd, 2020 At Sea Bad Hair Day How I have been looking forward to a sea day – a day spent in the Commodore Club and at the pool simply relaxing. The internet is still down, and there is no cell phone service. I’m fine with…

Feb20204

DAY 6

Muscat, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 2 Comments | 4 min read

Saturday February 1st, 2020 Muscat, Oman Happy Birthday Emma! I had no idea that sailing into the harbor in Muscat would be so beautiful. As the sun rose we sailed past steep the mountains and it felt like we were in a fjord as we quietly glided…

Feb20203

DAY 5

Emirates, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 0 Comments | 4 min read

Friday January 31st, 2020 The Third Queen I had planned to spend the morning wandering around QE2 taking photos, but it was not to be. Deirdre asked me to accompany her to the hospital, so naturally I obliged. Kim is in a small private hospital…

Feb20202

DAY 4

Emirates, Queens of Three Eras | 2 Comments | 7 min read

DAY 4 Thursday, January 30th, 2020 A Queen of Another Era Ruth had arrived in Dubai several days ago, and had been very busy sight seeing in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I had not had much time to catch up with her news last night as by the time I…

Jan202029

DAY 3

Emirates, Queens of Three Eras | 1 Comment | 2 min read

Wednesday January 29th, 2020 Dubai I woke up at 5:30 AM Los Angeles time, 5:30 PM Dubai time. We were 12,500 meters above Baghdad, going at a speed of Mach 0.83, with an outside temperature of – 60 degrees Celsius. There were certainly no ghostly…

Jan202029

DAY 2

Queen Mary Hotel, Queens of Three Eras | 0 Comments | 3 min read

Tuesday January 28th, 2020 Happy 41st Anniversary to us I leave Queen Mary and head to Dubai When I woke up I noticed that the receipt for payment for my room was peeping out from under the door. As I went to check it for accuracy it suddenly…

Jan202028

DAY 1

Queen Mary Hotel, Queens of Three Eras | 8 Comments | 5 min read

Queen Mary Hotel, Long Beach, CA The first Queen She is a queen of a long gone era. The RMS Queen Mary sailed from 1936 to 1967, and at times during her career she was the largest ship afloat and the fastest ship. Together with her sister ship the Queen…

Jan202023

The Itinerary

Queens of Three Eras | 6 Comments | 4 min read

We chose this itinerary initially because we liked the way the voyage took us around Australia, and we could stop off at the ports along the way and spend time with our Australian friends and family. Well as luck would have it, having booked the voyage, and notified…

Jan202022

Prologue

Queens of Three Eras | 10 Comments | 3 min read

In less than a week I will be comfortably on Queen Mary. No, not Queen Mary 2, she comes later, but the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, CA. I couldn’t think of a more fitting place to stay for my layover in Los Angeles before I catch my plane to Dubai, and embark on…