Slept really well last night. Another beautifully warm and sunny day. After breakfast and a mile, I sorted out my photos on the slowly disintegrating laptop and then went and sat in the shade by the Pennant Bar with Barbara. After lunch I lost in the first round of quoits and as the laundrette was full, I went to see Lee Konowe's lecture on 'Spies, Terrorists and other Bad People'. He's not the most inspiring speaker and I'm not sure if I'll go to any more. ...

What a beautiful island. We arrived early and when I opened my curtains, the view was gobsmacking. The weather was very hot and humid. We were moored in a gorgeous bay, the island rose up in front of us verdant and mountainous, behind us was a reef with a small gap, that we had crept through. This was another tender port and we got on to the island about 10:15. All that was there were some stalls selling various tourist stuff. A guy was running free trip...

Dry land! After ten sea days! We were supposed to arrive at 10:00 and arrived just before 9:00. This is a country I thought I'd never visit and today marks the third time in three years, so you never can tell. Ocean Princess was already docked when we arrived, as was a beautiful yacht called 'Equanimity', which apparently is owned by the founder of Forever 21. When I was here last year, I stayed at the Intercontinental, and this year the six of us went t...

The last of 10 sea days. Another warm and pleasant day. Cloudier and much more humid. More of a swell too. I did absolutely nothing during the day. After breakfast and the morning mile (3.2 laps of the Promenade Deck), Barbara and I just sat on the starboard (non-smoking) side of said deck and read. Scott of the entertainment team had bad news today. His grandfather, who he was very close to, died in Sicily yesterday and the funeral is tomorrow. He st...