Gorgeous dinner last night in Sindhu, the Indian speciality restaurant on board. Fusion Indian really, but very well presented and delicious. We both felt that if we'd been served it for £15 each (cover charge) on land we would think we'd had a brilliant deal. Not sure it was worth that surcharge above the food served in the "free" restaurants though. Verdict: glad we tried it, probably wouldn't bother again. So, today was the first we could describe a...

The slight judder as we docked in St Vincent woke us up and dressing hurriedly, we came up on deck to find the green volcanic island of St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands spread out before us. It felt warm. In fact it was 25/26C but with a fairly stiff warm wind blowing. The Cape Verde Islands are right out in the middle of the Atlantic, more or less half way between Africa and South America. Discovered in the 1600s by Portugese explorers, they were a popular s...