For once, the ship was right in its forecast of the weather. Roisin had a terrible night last night. You would expect by now that she (we) are used to the sea being a bit choppy!! The pitching and the rolling of the vessel is not the issue. It is the angle to which the ship is cutting through the water. This creates an uncanny crashing sound that I find difficult even to associate with water smashing in to the hull. Furthermore, the commotion accompanying the mo...

...but everyone likes a sun set!! Distance travelled from Cape Town: 4,544 nautical milesOn leaving Dakar we now had another two days at sea before our next Port of call, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Surprisingly there were two trivia sessions on our first of the two days. Not surprisingly, Roisin and I won both (with a little help from Don and 'Yonkers' Dave) in the evening. This is even with me talking Roisin out of a correct answer on both occasions. R...

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...