Stationary at sea...

Quote of the day: “Ladies and gentleman, this is the ship’s captain. You may have noticed that we have stopped. The reason is that we have developed a mechanical problem with the engines. We will try to resolve the problem as soon as possible.”

We are currently stationary somewhere near the Gulf of Oman. Hmmm – fortunately not yet into the pirate zone, so hopefully nobody will tip off the pirates where we are, and that we’re sitting ducks… Had the drill this morning though so we know what to do when they attack!

First day at sea. Met up with some of the people I’d been chatting to on the Cruise Critic message boards. Very interesting to put faces to names…

We were awake far too early of course, so it was buffet breakfast in the area referred to by some of those on board as “the trough” – once we’re waking up at normal times, we’ll be breakfasting in the dining room, but that opens later. Much more likely to be up to our usual Wellington café breakfast standard…

I’m relieved to find that the coffee is drinkable. We already have our favorite coffee bar, in the area called the Patisserie – misleading really as they don’t serve any food at all, but at least it removes the temptation to pig out…