Peter's Cruise Blog
Sunday - Key West,
Florida - Sunday, April 13th 2008 6:25 PM
It's just coming up to 6pm, and we've just set sail on our last leg towards Miami, after spending the day in Key West, the most Southerly tip of the United States of...
Saturday - Things on
my mind - Saturday, April 12th 2008 12:46 PM
It's the last of our sea-days today. This morning I gave my penultimate workshop, which nearly didn't happen because, firstly, the door to the Arts & Crafts Room was stll...
Friday - Justa call
me Pedro, Amigos - Friday, April 11th 2008 8:32 PM
Today we arrived in Mexico. First port of call was another tender-job, with the ship anchored just off-shore long enough for excursions to be taken to Playa Del Carmen,...
Thursday - Roatan
Island (Honduras) - Thursday, April 10th 2008 6:12 PM
Our Destination today was Roatan Island, 29 miles long and only 2 miles wide, and what a tropical island paradise it is too! (Discounting the building site we had to walk...
Wednesday -
Guatamala - Wednesday, April 9th 2008 6:42 PM
If it's Wednesday, it must be Guatamala. We arrived in Santo Tomas de Castilla, in Guatamala at about 8am. With very few excursions having been laid on today, I found myself...
Tuesday - Belize and
The Mayan Temple - Tuesday, April 8th 2008 3:56 PM
Today we arrived at Belize, which was particularly exciting because this is the first time we've had to drop anchor and get to the shore via tender (small boats and catamarrans,...
Monday - A Bit About
The Balmoral - Monday, April 7th 2008 5:55 PM
I'm pretty hacked off right this moment because Id just written a long post about being woken up by the buzzing of my mobile phone at 2am this morning and realising that we are...
Sunday - Jamaica - Sunday, April 6th 2008 5:40 PM
Today we arrived at Ocho Rios, in Jamaica, and what a fantastic day it's been!! I was up early for escorting duty - didn't think i was going to get any breakfast due to the...
Saturday - First
Workshops - Saturday, April 5th 2008 4:15 PM
It's coming up to 4pm, and I can report that the first two workshops have gone well. The day started off rather strangely, since I arrived at the Art & Craft room in plenty...
Friday - First
Excursion - Friday, April 4th 2008 8:16 PM
Today's excursion was a bit of a disaster. It began badly due to having been given the wrong tour papers, which described a completely trip to the one I was being sent out on....
Friday morning -
Miami to Nassau - Friday, April 4th 2008 9:39 AM
It was a long and eventlful day yesterday. The flight from London Heathrow to Miami International took approximately 9 hours - we left at about 10:15am, and arrived at...
Wednesday evening -
Heathrow Airport - Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 9:54 PM
Apart from the flight leaving approximately one hour late, everything so far has gone smoothly, and we descended into Heathrow at about 7:20pm. Although it was only a hour's...
On My Way - Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 3:39 PM
I'm on my way again! Woo Hoo!It's coming up to 3:40pm, and I'm sat in the lounge at Manchester Airport awaiting details for boarding the 5:15pm flight to London Heathrow....
A new trip looms - Saturday, March 29th 2008 12:29 PM
With all the new-terminal trouble at Heathrow Airport this last week, it was a joy (not) to discover that my travel documents, which only arrived yesterday (with 4 days to go),...
Addendum - Tuesday, February 19th 2008 1:41 PM
Following a complaint arising from several earlier posts, some portions that may be deemed overly sensitive or inappropriate to a publicly accessible on-line journal have been...
One final sting in
the tail - Friday, January 4th 2008 11:10 PM
This evening the Captain held his Farewell Cocktail Party. I'd have attended more of them if I'd known there was so much free champagne flowing! He paid tribute to his crew and...
Friday - English
Channel - The Last
Leg - Friday, January 4th 2008 10:48 AM
Last night we left the Bay of Biscay and turned the corner into the English Channel. With home in sight (figuratively speaking), the very last leg of our journey is going to be...
Thursday - Still
Rockin' - Thursday, January 3rd 2008 5:08 PM
I discovered today why it was that I've been moved from my dining table to another. It turns out that the woman who has taken my place there has had a thoroughly miserable...
High Drama in the
Ballroom - Wednesday, January 2nd 2008 11:33 PM
This evening, I got a bit of a shock when I went down to dinner, to discover that I'd been changed to a different table. I sat down in my usual seat and a waiter came and...
Wednesday - Storm
aproaching - Wednesday, January 2nd 2008 4:28 PM
Once again, life on ship is all about staying upright and many activities have been cancelled due to the constant pitching and rolling, and the Lido Lounge is closed until...
Tuesday - Happy New
Year - Tuesday, January 1st 2008 6:23 PM
Last night we saw the fireworks. Several people have said over the last week or so how fantastic they are, and even the Captain's enthusiasm and determination to get here on...
Monday - New Year's
Eve - Monday, December 31st 2007 4:34 PM
We're almost there! The Captain confirmed today, in his daily announcement, that we will be arriving in Funchal at approximately 10:20pm. We will join the flotilla of vessels in...
Full Steam Ahead - Sunday, December 30th 2007 4:23 PM
It's been a good day today, despite it starting rather late. My workshop on 'Water and Reflections' went well, although it's always a topic that I never seem able to agree with...
Sunday - Predators
and the Noon-Bell - Sunday, December 30th 2007 11:55 AM
I managed to miss breakfast completely this morning, on account of having been up with the last of the stragglers in the Polaris Club last night (2:30am), which at last seems to...
Jazz Lunch and
Weightlessness - Saturday, December 29th 2007 6:49 PM
Today's workshop on skies went well, although there were fewer people turned up for it (about 15) - I suspect that was due to the 'Jazz Lunch' that seemd quite popular. A Jazz...