Water very murky as we sailed into port this morning - everyone warned not to swim in any of the beaches around Mumbai. Had a great day in Mumbai, we were very surprised, thought it would be a load more hectic that it was. Still loads of people and beeping horns of little black and yellow taxis everywhere - bit like Bali road rules are just guidelines - they basically do what they want to and go where they want to. Six of us hired a very comfortable, airconditioned people mover for $10 head for the day and that worked great! Took us to all the sites around Mumbai, including Dobi Ghat (the washing place), Ghandi House, Gateway of India, The Taj Mahal Hotel which looks very opulent directly opposite the Gateway of India, the beach ... read more

MONDAY 27.5.2013 - FRIDAY 31.5.2013 Have been having an amazing time, the steakhouse dinner Sunday night was sensational - just what the doctor ordered. Monday/Tuesday sailed through the Flores Islands east of Bali, so many islands along that route - weather has been a little overcast but the last two very sunny, hot and humid. Tuesday night passed the northern side of Bali and then Wednesday between Sumatra and Borneo - lots of little fishing boats along the way. They have had the big fire hoses all rigged up on the edge of the ship ready for any pirates!! but they rarely go for these huge ships as its too difficult to get onboard. Our third officer gave a very informative and interesting lecture on the goings on of the ship, he has sailed a lot ... read more

TUESDAY 21.5.2013 Day at Sea between Sydney and Brisbane - after leaving Sydney and going out of phone range we find we have hooked back in and can see land all the way along the coast as we sail and have phone range. For some reason we are on the late dining which is 7.45p.m. but still had time to catch the show before we went to bed. Comedian and the dance group - quite entertaining! Had our sail away party last night with a great band could have listened to them all night. Have a welcome aboard party to go to in the Wheelhouse Bar today at .400p.m. put on by Cruiseabout so that will be fun, don't know how many free drinks we will get though. As always there is so much nice food ... read more

Hi everyone, we are starting to get a LITTLE bit excited as we are leaving in just over three weeks time on our 104 night cruise, 20th May from Sydney and back to Sydney on the 2nd September. These are our ports of calls Sydney 20/5, brisbane 22/5, Singapore 31/5, KL 1/6, Langkawi 2/6, Mumbai 7/6, Dubai 10/6, Safaga, Egypt 16/6, Aqaba, Jordan 17/6, Suez Canal 19/6, Ashdod Israel 20/6, Athens 22/6, Lesbos Greece 23/6, Istanbul 24/6, Anzac Cove 25/6, Naples 27/6, Rome 28/6, Florence 29/6, Monaco Monte Carlo 30/6, Barcelona 1/7, Seville Spain 3/7, Lisbon Portugal 4/7, Cork Ireland 7/7, Dublin Ireland 8/7, Glasgow 9/7, Normanby France 11/7, Dover England 12/7, Rotterdam Netherlands 13/7, copenhagen Denmark 15/7, Oslo Norway 16/7, Faroe Islands Denmark 18/7, New York 25/7, Antigua Barbuda 29/7, Curacao 31/7, Panama Canal 2/8, ... read more

Well another week has gone by. The time just flies when we are over here, our friend Cam arrived on Sunday for 4 nights, to do some business here so he was very much on the go but had the evenings to catch up. Gloria's birthday on the Wednesday night so we went to Mamasan for dinner, which as always was fantastic, a taste sensation. We have had a few wild storms atnight while here this week, but all in all the days have been fine during the day. Just arrived back this afternoon from a couple of nights up at Amed with our friends Adele, Reg and their son Noah (3). Its about a two and half hour drive flat out but we detoured to Pading Bai and had a very late lunch on the ... read more