9th November- Let’s do something different

On Tuesday Noel went on a photographic trip around the ship for fun. Not to take photos of the ship per say but to take some photos of the feeling of the ship and at one point he was asked to stop taking photos of the bank of photos taken by the ship’s photographer which were displayed outside his studio, anyway after a quick chat and showing some of the photos taken prior to that point he was let off.

Jennifer went to watch a talk about detox and weight loss but in the end this presentation finalised with offering the passengers this very special box of pills which ONLY cost a $100.00 per month and your worries are truly over. We had lunch up in the ‘The Great Outdoors’ as it was about 23 degrees centigrade which is quite surprising really, this must be due to the more southerly track taken by the ship.

We also keep bumping in to the big ‘New Yorker’ a guy who we previously met in an internet café in Ponta Delgado, who likes to talk in a loud voice; he is quite amusing really and is followed around by his long suffering wife. Each time you meet him he has wise words. He said last time, remember this, when you die your life ends and there nothing else to worry about’.

On Noel’ s earlier travels around the ship he overheard a group of ladies discussing somebody who had died on board, Noel hoped it was the female cruise director but no such luck. We have lost two hours this week and we have another three to go and so presume over the next four nights on board we will somehow loose those as well.

We did a great walk around the ship yesterday of about two miles at a fast pace and of course it’s a smooth surface and also quite exhilarating with the wind blowing down one side of the ship and occasionally holding on as the ship lurches un-expectantly.

Tonight’s show was a Czech Mandolin player who also played several wind instruments and he was quite good. The wind must be getting up or it may be the wave height as the stage curtain was moving back and forth and also the backdrop swinging wildly. Later we went to people watch rather than join the cruise director who was running a game for ‘adults only’ in one of the lounges, not for us we thought. Got back to the cabin and there was a note stating we should put our watches back again tonight.

Upon visiting the garden café there was a gay Filipino male, handing out water. He was singing quite loudly all the time and it appears that once he reaches New York he is flying home for two months leave after being away for nine months. Boy was he happy and looking forward to seeing his family and also his dog.

We also watched the ‘SKY’ news in the room and the report about ex Pres Bush and his new book with strong signals from a number of commentators that Bush could be arrested outside of the US for agreeing with what in the UK we call torture. No doubt Herr Blair knew all about this and now it’s in the open perhaps they may pursue him as well.