Woke up late to a bright, warm, sunny day. After breakfast and a mile, I did my photos and web page before joining Barbara on deck 7 for reading and crosswording. The weather got windier and cloudier as the morning progressed. Men lost the BoS by 5 points. Scoring is 10 points for a win and 5 for a steal. Quoits was a windy affair. I lost, of course. Little bit of rain a n's some dark clouds around in the afternoon, when we resumed our Prom Deck vigil...

Curaçao is not in the Netherlands, it's a country in its own right, but my blog app doesn't seem to realise this! We arrived on time, but had trouble docking, so were about 15 minutes later getting off than planned. The six of us plus Norman and Lynda hired a cab at $16 each return plus $8 entry to the hotel beach at Blaubaai, for a beach day. Rob and I bought a couple of buckets of beer to share with Barbara and later we had a panini for lunch. I s...

A bumpy night, last night. It was 27 degrees and wind force 8 at 09:00 this morning. Parts of the Promenade Deck were cordoned off, but that didn't stop some people stepping over the ropes. The top open decks were closed all day. It was overcast all day, not at all the Caribbean weather you expect. Spent an hour or so in the morning dealing with photos and web page. Then sat on a breezy Prom Deck with Barb, reading a book. Men lost BoS again. We sat...

Two weeks today and I'll be home. One of the cruise highlights today, the transit of the Panama Canal. Two years ago I went East to West, this time I went West to East. I got up at 06:30 and when I looked out of my window, I saw the Bridge of the Americas. I went up to the 'secret' balcony on deck 10 and took shots of the bridge. Then after breakfast we passed through both the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks. At 10:30 was a crew vs passengers deck quo...

Hot day. Spent an hour in the morning sorting out photos and web page, then sat on Prom Deck with Barb. Lots of sea birds flying round the ship. I also managed to sneak in a cheeky visit to the laundrette. Clocks went forward another hour at noon, making us GMT -5. This meant a rushed lunch as BoS was at 13:30. The men narrowly lost again. At his noon announcement, the Captain gave us the projected timings for the Panama Canal tomorrow. We should start...