Blogs from Oceans and Seas - page 67

Geo: 16.7766, 96.1768Der erste volle Urlaubstag. Das Aufstehen fällt schwer, aber der Tag ist es wert aufgestanden zu sein... Wir frühstücken im Hotel und kümmern uns erst einmal um die Weiterreise. Morgen geht es in aller Herrgottsfrühe auf nach Mandalay - von dort versuchen wir dann noch einen Flug weiter in den Norden zu bekommen - oder aber wir bleiben - wir haben schließlich Urlaub. Während Evelyn noch versucht ihre Grippe los zu werden, macht der. Rest der Gruppe sich an die Reiseplanung. Eigentlich wollen wir nach Michina, aber das ist momentan nicht möglich. Also erst einmal Mandalay und dann geht es weiter.Heute machen wir uns erst einmal auf den Weg, Yangon zu erkunden. Wir sehen uns die Sule Pagode an, schlendern durch die Stadt inklusive diverser Märkte und sind kurz vor Sonnenuntergang an der Shwedoga ... read more

Slept in later after a good night out. My cough was a little better after asking to have the AC disconnected in the room but Alex decided I should go to the onboard doctor rather than have to see one at great expense in the US. The South African doctor needed to work on nis bedside manner, maybe with so many unfit, overweight people onboard he had had his fill of sick passengers. Anyway after grilling me for taking my own antibiotics that I had with me and making me read an info sheet on antibiotic misuse, he begrudglingly gave me some medication and sent me on my way. Grabbed breakfast before they closed and spent a couple of hours at Posh before going to see the International Epic Crew show in the theatre where a ... read more

Land ahoy First time on land today as we arrived at St Maarten in the Dutch Antilles. Weather was glorious and we went ashore to meet up with Kelly and Ben to go off on a tour to a popular beach where the airplanes come on in so low you can almost touch them. Arrived at the beach, it was unbelievably crowded and very narrow. Found ouselves a tiny spot, put our towels down and our bags and a second later a huge wave washed up the beach soaking our new towels, our clothes, bag and nearly taking my flip flops! Total disaster, nowhere to sit, nothing to dry ourselves with and surrounded by people. Watching the aircraft was exciting but we wrote the rest off the morning off and headed to the bar to drown ... read more

At Sea Our first series of sea days is coning to an end as we get closer to Hilo, Hawaii. The ship's internet service is the poorest I have encountered and when it's not down for repairs it is slower than molasses. Thus I have been unable to post day to day. Would probably been boring though on board it is anything but. The days are filled with activities that I enjoy. Early morning coffee on the balcony starts the day. The sound of the wake is soothing and the sunrises have been beautiful. ML heads to stretch class and I fiddle with the IPad for a while, surrender, and read my book. After breakfast I head to the showroom for the morning lecture. Dr, Kess, Professor Emeritus at Victoria University is a great lecturer and ... read more

Extremes of temperature Guess what? Gained another hour, clocks went back again last night, by this time I am wide awake at 06.00! Managed to stay in bed until 07.15 then made tea and sat on the balcony watching the sun come up, it was going to be a scorcher! Nabbed us a Posh bed then met Alex on the open deck for breakfast. Had an hour in Posh before making our way to the ships technical team Q&A session. The First Engineer, Hotel Director and the Captain on stage ready to answer any questions. They were all really personable and funny, I guess they had to have a sense of humour when people asked ridiculous questions like could the cabin lights be made more bright....really! Alex asked a sensible question about the possibility of solar ... read more