Geo: -8.05428, -34.8813Saturday 04/02/12 Parintins, Amazonia, Brazil 32c Hot and overcastI'm having real problems uploading photos to the blog, after 30 minutes it just crashed with nothing uploaded that'd be annoying at home here it's frustrating beyond belief. The maritime internet service is slow and expensive, £200 for 1000 mins and I'm already down to 745 min so uploading photos will probably have to wait until I get home, sorry.This is another tender port which we were told would probably be different to any other we'd experienced as the route from the ship to the quay wouldn't be direct as the river is extremely fast flowing at this time of year and the floating debris and flotsam is amazing, it's not branches, leaves, and grasses but enormous tree trunks some 4-5m long and 30-75cm in diameter ... read more

Geo: 12.1279, -61.68Saturday 21/01/12 At sea 24c hot and sunnyI've just overheard a conversation between a couple of passengers one of which is having to leave the ship at Barbados because she's unable to have the Yellow Fever vaccination for medical reasons, so she's flying back to the UK for 10 days and then flying back to connect up with the ship when we leave Amazonia. I would have thought a better option would have been to fly out to Barbados first (if she specifically wanted to go there) have as long as she wanted there and then join the ship after we leave Amazonia that would have been significantly cheaper and still achieved the same thing, or alternatively get off in Barbados and stay there until she can join the ship after we leave Amazonia. ... read more

Geo: 42.0534, 3.1976706/07/11 Sunny 21 oC Today we're returning to our dear friends Chris & Julia in Chatillon-sur-Indre We had decide to play a joke on Julia when we arrived, as nearly every time we visit I have some ailment or another, so after a beautifully relaxing drive through the French countryside (it's not often you can say that these days in England , but we avoid the motorways whenever possible) we pulled up in a lay by some 5Km from their house; where we dressed my arm up in a sling, attached a neck brace, a wine soaked eye patch, and a bandage for my thumb.The drive into the village was interesting with the occasional motorist doing a double take, but as we drove through the village itself we alarmed quite a few of the ... read more

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