Total distance travelled from Santos: 5837 nautical milesWe had made an executive decision to stay on board and mind the ship!! It was hot. 36 degrees C. Peace at last!!Roisin and I have both visited Valencia before and all we'd be doing is the 'same old, same old’ walking around the gothic quarter and paying $19.90 each for the privilege of being taken in to the city centre. It made a pleasant change to walk around the ship and not have to negotiat...

Total distance travelled from Santos: 5439 nautical miles  It wasn't the sunshine that woke me from my slumber to a sunny Malaga at 8:15am, it was a noise coming from our balcony. As I drew back the balcony curtains, the furniture had been stacked. Having only recently recovered from an Exorcist themed dream, an immediate thought would have been the scene from poltergeist if it wasn't for the dividing gate between balconies on this deck. Ours was unlocke...

Total distance travelled from Santos: 5278 nautical milesCádiz is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Spain and sometimes counted as the most ancient city still standing in Western Europe. The city was originally founded by the Phoenicians and named Agadir. As there was already a city in Morocco by the same name it was confusing for merchants. This was changed to Gadir for sanity sake and then as other nations settled on this narrow but strategic outpost f...

Total distance travelled from Santos: 5086 nautical miles Time is definitely going by. We have been on board now just over two weeks with six more full (fun?) packed days left before 'disembarkation'. A word I don’t even want to contemplate yet as there is still plenty ahead of us. In fact the coming days are probably going to be busier than the past two weeks due to the planned schedule.The day after Madeira was a sea day. Our last sea day before ...