Manchester Airport
17 мая 2012 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Dubai is bloody hot!!
15 мая 2012 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ☀️ 41 °C
The title says it all....lol
Not quite it's also quite brilliant.
We are staying in Bur Dubai, the old part of town right by the creek.
The hotel is great lovely clean and friendly.
We did all theЧитать далее
Port Rashid Dubai
13 мая 2012 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ☀️ 40 °C
Well here we are on the last day of the cruise.
It's been a nice one, except for a few hiccups, which, I'm coming to expect with RCCL.
Standards seem to be slipping every trip we take, not withЧитать далее
The heat ! The damned heat!
12 мая 2012 г., Arabian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
That'll teach me, thought I'd grab some sun while I was waiting for the girls to come up to the solarium yesterday morning....Big mistake !
I ended up dehydrated and getting a bit of sunstroke, so IЧитать далее
What, no pirates?
11 мая 2012 г., Gulf of Aden ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Well we've left the Red Sea far behind and are through the Gulf of Aden and still no pirates....it's either the military escort we have or leaving the lights out in the Viking Crown lounge that'sЧитать далее
Drinking in the dark!
10 мая 2012 г., Red Sea ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Bruce Springsteen sang about dancing in the dark.
I wish he'd written Drinking in the dark.
Because that was what we had to do last night in the Viking Crown lounge, the captain said it was so theЧитать далее
Pirate drill
9 мая 2012 г., Red Sea ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We did our emergency pirate drill yesterday morning and if any pirates do get on board they will have easy pickings.
The drill consisted of the captain announcing "Operation Safe Haven" over theЧитать далее
Safaga
9 мая 2012 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Forget the title, I can't tell you anything about Safaga except it's an industrial port with nothing at all to see...
The cruise lines all dock here just so they can sell their tours to LuxorЧитать далее
Aqaba
8 мая 2012 г., Иордания ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
I got on the shuttle to Aqaba with Jean (Sheila stayed on board as usual) we were planning to have a look around the town.
We'd decided against going to Petra as the price was over the top and it wasЧитать далее
My God! It's worse
7 мая 2012 г., Египет ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Alexandria has taken over from Cairo as the dirtiest place I've seen.
In it's defence though Egypt has had a revolution and the infrastructure has collapsed quite a bit, so rubbish collection etc isЧитать далее
Alexandria, Egypt
6 мая 2012 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
I love the diamond lounge, and not just for the free drinks, but for the people you meet.
Last night I was chatting to Egbert an ex German Airforce piolet and Arthur a Scottish ex North SeaЧитать далее
Capt Jack Sparrow
5 мая 2012 г., Eastern Mediterranean ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Ok, the title may be a tad misleading, but we are going to have a "pirate" drill just before we enter the Gulf of Aden.
"Operation safe haven" is the code name and if any boats come near us we've allЧитать далее
It's the Beatles
3 мая 2012 г., Western Mediterranean ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The Beatles tribute band, Beatles Celebration are on board, we know the boss Karl and he got the lads to do an impromptu show for everyone in the Diamond lounge.
It was brilliant and the place wasЧитать далее
First Night
1 мая 2012 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
God I feel rough!!
In the bar last night (free bar I must add), Willies and Cathaye from Texas, where there, we'd first met them 3 years ago on The Jewel of the Seas on a Baltic cruise, it was reallyЧитать далее
Friends
9 апреля 2012 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Another great thing about this cruise is, there are friends from previous cruises also going to be on board.
There's Willies & Cathye, from Texas who we met on the Jewel of the seas a few years ago,Читать далее
It's getting closer
7 марта 2012 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Received the cruise documentation today, I've ordered the luggage tags. When they arrive the cruise will seem that much closer..... god it's riveting stuff this isn't it .....LOL
Things get better
6 марта 2012 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Our travel agent Louise, has just emailed me asking what day we want to go on the half day tour of Dubai...I didn't even know there was a tour included in the trip, but there is.
This is definitely aЧитать далее
We're getting really posh
29 февраля 2012 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Update on cruise.....Sheila's sister Jean is joining us on the trip, so we've decided to go all posh and treat ourselves to a Grand Suite on board ship.
It's going to be a lot better than trying toЧитать далее
Southampton Port
23 февраля 2012 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well there it was gone, it was a good cruise over all and last night there where a lot of sad goodbye's.
We met some great friends both old and new.
One thing I will say is that reaching DiamondЧитать далее
Last day
22 февраля 2012 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well here we are, on the last day.
There have been a few problems, with the Norovirus which was rife on the ship, about 350 people had.
I get that figure from taking the amount the staff gave me andЧитать далее
Day at sea
21 февраля 2012 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well as I said yesterday Ken although still not 100% is over the worst of the Norovirus, but now Margurite has got it and she's now confined to barracks for 24hrs.
So you can definitely say that thisЧитать далее
Funchal Madeira
21 февраля 2012 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well we are just approaching Funchal, Madeira and the weather has changed.
Yesterday was beautiful in the afternoon and evening, temperatures must have been in the 80s.
But today at the minute it'sЧитать далее
Missed a few days
20 февраля 2012 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
I know I've missed a few days but we've done nothing but chill out.
We've not been ashore once, we've not even seen a show yet, the company in the Diamond lounge is once again brilliant so we spendЧитать далее
Lanzarote
19 февраля 2012 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Las Palmas Gran Canaria
18 февраля 2012 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Tenerife
17 февраля 2012 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Sorry stayed on board ship
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