Good Friday. Another hot start to the day, 28 at 8:00. The weather was overcast and as I was walking my mile, I could hear thunder, we were 45 nautical miles off Colombo at the time. We were also travelling at 24 knots. Which is the fastest I've seen. We boarded three armed guards overnight, they had sailed from Colombo. I heard a noise outside at about 6:00, I don't know if it was them embarking or not. We're now on full pirate alert. You can't tell th...

Maundy Thursday. The day started hot and sunny, 30 degrees at 8:30 and stayed that way, it was still 33 at 18:30. We had our pirate drill today. Basically, when we heard the alarm, those with inside cabins had to go and stay in them, those of us with outside cabins had to go and sit outside in the corridor. After the stewards had checked each cabin and about 20 minutes later we had the all clear. After deck quoits, which I lost, I went to hear a lecture ...