We're getting really posh
29 Şubat 2012, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 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 toOkumaya devam et
Things get better
6 Mart 2012, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 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 aOkumaya devam et
It's getting closer
7 Mart 2012, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 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
Friends
9 Nisan 2012, İngiltere ⋅ 🌧 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,Okumaya devam et
First Night
1 Mayıs 2012, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 reallyOkumaya devam et
It's the Beatles
3 Mayıs 2012, 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 wasOkumaya devam et
Capt Jack Sparrow
5 Mayıs 2012, 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 allOkumaya devam et
Alexandria, Egypt
6 Mayıs 2012, Mısır ⋅ ☀️ 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 SeaOkumaya devam et
My God! It's worse
7 Mayıs 2012, Mısır ⋅ ⛅ 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 isOkumaya devam et
Aqaba
8 Mayıs 2012, Ürdün ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasOkumaya devam et
Safaga
9 Mayıs 2012, Mısır ⋅ ☀️ 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 LuxorOkumaya devam et
Pirate drill
9 Mayıs 2012, 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 theOkumaya devam et
Drinking in the dark!
10 Mayıs 2012, 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 theOkumaya devam et
What, no pirates?
11 Mayıs 2012, 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'sOkumaya devam et
The heat ! The damned heat!
12 Mayıs 2012, 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 IOkumaya devam et
Port Rashid Dubai
13 Mayıs 2012, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 withOkumaya devam et
Dubai is bloody hot!!
15 Mayıs 2012, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 theOkumaya devam et
Manchester Airport
17 Mayıs 2012, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C


























