Temp: 94F 32CDistance travelled: 1122 nautical milesA day at sea then Salalah before another 4 days at sea. As on our previous Arabian Gulf cruise a super quiz is going to be held during each of the 4 days we are continuously at sea. Roisin and I were quick to register. The team has to be between 4 and 8 persons so we signed Margaret and Jim up as well. They don't know it yet so if they’re not up for it we may have to hold auditions!!Roisin made it to h...

Temp: 94F 32CDistance travelled: 498 nautical milesWe are still a few days away from pirate/bandit country. The badlands lie around the horn of Africa along the Somalian, Eritrean and Djibouti coastline. We followed a small tanker out of the Khor al Fakkan port. I noticed that the tanker had rolls of barbed wire coiled around the hull of the vessel. This seemed to be for no other reason than a deterrent to would be hijackers. Ships will go to any length no matter...

The evening before arriving in Muscat it was the final 'formal' night and once again the Captain made an appearance in the theatre with his senior officers before the show.The show was the best yet and was an array of glitter and colour. It was called ‘Spirit of the Dance’. It was a mix of Riverdance meets a satanic phantom of the opera. The beast of the moment was a pale-faced demon with curly horns that fancied himself as a bit of a Paul Dan...

The sun is shining. It's going to be at least 32 degrees celcius today. Got up, had breakfast…oh! I forgot, you don’t want to read about that!!The ship has arrived in Salalah in Oman. Salalah is Oman’s immortal second city and is the capital of the Dhofar region. Salalah means 'shining’. ’The guidebook states that the beautiful unspoilt countryside boasts, amongst other things, baobab trees. Now as most people (including myse...