• Bron PlaskowskiIt Started As A 2 Week CruiseTraveler
    The British built winning entry. Demonstrating our long and proud tradition of shipbuilding!
    Sea trials for the boat building competition, the Aussie entry had some serious listing problemsThe cookery school kitchen.If you can get the audience singing as well it takes all the pressure off.

    Looking Forward To A Detox

    January 16, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 26 °C

    For the first time yesterday I kept a tally of how many drinks I had over the day. Based on London pub prices I calculated that over the whole cruise, I must have got just over 50% of the cruise fare back in cocktails and wine.

    However, I don't think there was any point in the last 12 days on the boat that I would have actually passed a breathalyser. A couple of drinks at lunchtime was usually enough to top my levels right back up again.

    This evening after the show was karaoke for the 2nd time. The first time round you couldn't get Terry ( a 70ish English bloke) off the stage, he was up there 4 times. So much so that this evening's event was referred to as Terryoke. However, there were more people up for it tonight and he was restricted to only 2 songs. He didn't look happy about it at all.    Read more