Indy Transatlantic Oct 2013

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- Nov 12, 2013
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 7 ft
- Sint Maarten Philipsburg Pond Island 18.029584, -63.04713718°1’47” N 63°2’50” W
Day 15
Phillipsburg, St Maarten was closed !
November 12, 2013 in Sint Maarten ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Phillipsburg, St Maarten today and the weather is fantastic, only problem is that the town is mainly closed today for the St Maartens day celebrations.
But a group of us had a walk in to town for a beer and some free wifi.
We only spent an hour or so then strolled back to the ship as the temperature was rising quickly.
Not that I'm complaining, as we'll be back to our rubbish English weather soon enough.

For a change last night we all gave dinner a miss and we went to Johnny Rockets, and pigged out.
As usual it was great, with unlimited fries, onion rings and dips, amazing burgers, along with apple pie, ice cream and milk shakes.
The Staff are always amazingly efficient and friendly in there. They did the dancing and singing in front of the counter as they normally do, but this time they had two extra dancers, with Eva and Frank joining them.
It was great fun and we all really enjoyed it, but I don't think I'll be able to eat again for a weekRead more
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- Nov 15, 2013, 8:00am
- 🌧 25 °C
- Altitude: 56 ft
- Puerto Rico San Juan Anegado Channel 18.465539, -66.10573618°27’56” N 66°6’21” W
Day 18
San Juan Puerto Rico
November 15, 2013 in Puerto Rico ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Arrived in San Juan, at about 5.30am and we all had to clear US immigration before we could go ashore, that's 3600 passengers and 1500 crew.
I must say that for Sheila and I it went quite smoothly, we were done and dusted in about 30 minutes, which for Homeland Security was quite good.
The really good thing about it is that we don't have to clear immigration at Ft Lauderdale, just customs.
Maz, Sue, Eva and Jim, were jumping a taxi to a shopping mall they knew, so not wanting to shop Sheila and I went for a stroll around the town in search of some wifi.
We tried Burger King but connection was rubbish, so we walked down by the fort and found an ice cream parlour which have not only brilliant wifi but brilliant ice cream, well frozen yogurt actually.
Sheila managed to phone the kids using Viber, and I checked some emails.
We then strolled back to the ship passing the market and lovely sidewalk cafés,
I like San Juan, it's one of my favourite ports of call.
Even though we didn't do much this time, there is lots to see.
One thing I usually do when here is walk to the cemetery at the top of the town, it's a beautiful and interesting place, with spectacular sea views.Read more
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- Nov 17, 2013, 1:00am
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Atlantic Ocean 24.099517, -79.02818324°5’58” N 79°1’41” W
Day 20
Bad weather and rough seas
November 17, 2013, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Not long after we left San Juan, the weather turned nasty and we've had high winds and rough seas all night.
The ship has been rocking and rolling quite a bit, and the sick bags have been put out on all the staircases.
We're headed for coco cay, which is a small island with nothing on it but some vegetation and a beach.
The ship normally arranges a BBQ on the beach, but the captain informs us that we can expect cloudy skies and showers, so this might not happen, and I was so looking forward to an empty ship and a nice quiet afternoon on board, while the rest of the passengers partied on the island.
I didn't feel 100º last night, I think it was my blood sugar, so I'm going to have to watch it and take it more seriously in future.
Because to be honest I don't bother to much normally.
That's the end of the medical section for today, lol.Read more
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- Nov 16, 2013
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 16 ft
- United States Florida Broward County Harbor Heights Turning Basin 26.093711, -80.12466426°5’37” N 80°7’29” W
Day 19
Sad Goodbyes
November 16, 2013 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The last night is always a sad one for me.
No matter what cruise it is saying goodbye to the people you've met is sad.
We went down to the pyramid lounge, to see Ivan and Harry and their gang, which included, Allen and Cynthia, Steve and Brenda and Roman and Jean, to name but a few.
Roy came down to say goodbye to everyone, his missus, Jill was probably asleep, she's the only person I know who sleeps more than me.
Sheila went up for dinner with most of our company, I gave it a miss as I'm all fooded out.
I stayed in the concierge lounge with Frank and Polly.
Then George and James came and sat with us, they are two really lovely guys who I've known for a while now.
They are outrageously gay and loads of fun, you would have to go a long way to meet two nicer blokes.
Sheila and the others came back down about 8pm and we finished the evening off with a few more drinks, just for a change LOL.
I must just mention in dispatches four new friends we've met and who's company we've enjoyed and they are Jim and Eva and Paul and Lynn.
Maz and Sue knew them all from previous cruises and had told me what nice people they were.Read more
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Indy Transatlantic Oct 2013

Phillipsburg, St Maarten was closed !

San Juan Puerto Rico

Bad weather and rough seas

Sad Goodbyes