Day 6 and Day 7 - off the Brazilian coast...

Well we actually passed the equator at 9.45am yesterday morning ship time... currently just past Recife (get your atlases out!). ship time currently being +3 hours v. GMT and the clocks go back another hour tonight in preparation for arrival in Rio de Janeiro...


Here is Jacqueline posing on the stairs of the Grand Lobby...

So what's been happening yesterday/today? Another day of sunshine (28C outside at the moment) and food, food and more food... Hey Robin, I've started attending an Arts class! I'll see if I can post one of my works when I've got something worth showing! Saw Batman aka the Dark Knight last night, and off to see a show tonight.

Obviously big news on the TV today is Mr Obama being inaugurated... no English football on TV which is probably a good thing! Oh, and Graham no doubt pleased that Celtic lost at the weekend...

Oh well better go and find a bar and the cocktail of the day...














(Cocktail of the day was this frozen concoction that gave me frozen brain ache, you know what I mean!)

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Day 4 & 5 - cruising off the north coast of South America...

Well here we are on the 5 days at sea until we reach Rio de Janeiro, a.k.a. the River of January (but you all knew that!). So we've just passed the coasts of Guyana, Surinam, French Guinea (I think!), and now off the Brazil coast...

Tomorrow we cross the equator at 8.19am... So it's time to check the water going down the plug hole; clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, amticlockwise in the south... and it switches at the equator! Oh, and the drowning ceremony as you crosss the equator for the first time in the ceremony of King Neptune...

Today? Up for some gym, breakfast, a show in the Planetarium, some sunbathing, reading, more food and then maybe a pint at 4.30pm in the pub before dinner? A hard life...

Don't know what it is about the ship's PCs, but they won't allow picture uploads, so you might need to wait until Santiago and some more photos.. sorry loyal blog followers! Until next time...
Oh and I hear the Toon lost again... grumble, grumble...!

A day in Grenada... continued...

So After finding the internet cafe, it was up the hill for a good view of the QM2...

And as we were walking up the hill, we were stopped and asked if we wanted to go on a round the island tour for $10! So a bit cheaper than the official tours...! Off to see a waterfall, an old fort, where the govenment of 1983 got executed... But an excellent trip and what a beautiful island.

So its lunchtime... and time for Grand Anse beach... and time to have a beer and hack into someone's wireless internet to check on some e-mails!

Oh well... a great afternoon in the sun and time to head off back to the boat...

Day 3 - here we are in Grenada!

So... here we are in Grenada! Hot and sunny, disembarked off the tender... here's the view as we left the QM2!

Wandered around trying to find an internet cafe, and met Hermann "the main man". Took us around the place for half an hour and then the usual question - can I have a tip? So we left him with a few dollars and eventually found this place!

So a chance (a lot cheaper!) to finally add some pictures to the blog, and then look for a taxi for Grand Anse beach!! So more later...

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Day 2 - cruising the Carribean...

So here we are at sea, passed between Dom Rep and Puerto Rico earlier today. Went to the gym first thing (you'd be proud of me Shaun!), then breakfast, then some sunshine on deck...

Then a lecture from an American on criminlogy who ran for the senate. Just about stayed awake (yawn!). Around 82F today (sh*t happens!).

Lunch in the pub on board - fish and chips and beer, then off to a show in the planetarium which was kind of weird, but excellent. Then some more sunshine and a coffee. So life on board is very leisurely!!

Tonight another formal dinner and then up early tomorrow for Grenada...

And here's a picture!

Day 1, Wednesday 14 January...

Well here I am in the library, typing up this post...

It's a bit cloudy outside as we sail through the Bahamas, however it looks like the sun is breaking through. We had a nice lunch in the restaurant, and going for a bit of a stroll around the boat later before getting ready for the first formal do around 8.30pm local time. A Black and White ball - should have brought my Toon top! PS. Shaun/Robin - need the Newcastle result later...!

Will givew you another update tomorrow, must sign off...

Welcome to Miami...

Well... finally made it through to Miami! Plane one hour late, arriving 6.30pm local time and then... what a nightmare. Miami International has to be the WORST airport I've ever been in. So eventually grabbing all cases (nearly an hour later) fighting our way through customs... and then it's join the queue to catch the bus to the hotel! So around 9pm, eventually into the hotel.. a beer and it's bed time!

Next day rather than pay some stupid amount for the Intercontinental breakfast, it's off to a diner for some American breakfast in a diner. Nice! Then off for a walk around downtown Miami. Sunshine, 82F or 28 deg C - is this real?

Then back to the hotel to wait for the bus to Fort Lauderdale. We go the bar (again!) for a lunchtime sharpener and meet Jen from California - we have a couple of drinks and then last to get on the bus which leaves for Fort Lauderdale at 2.30pm.

Then.. what a nightmare to get on the boat! You've heard of piss ups and breweries, well this took the biscuit! So virtually last on the QM2, we eventually get on board and in the cabin for 5.00pm before eventually leaving port at 6.20pm Tuesday local time... more later...

PS. These PCs have blocked their USB ports. Sounds like Nationwide?!? It means no photos unfortunately... how rubbish is that?!? Will be speaking to someone in higher authority!!