Quote of the day: “I just love cruising. In fact except for about a month, I’ll be on a cruise ship the whole time between now and the end of September 2011.” Lovely lady from QLD
Currently off the coast of Oman, sailing into the Gulf of Aden. Man, is my geography ever improving – all these names I’d heard of are now starting to actually mean something.
Lower temperatures today – cooled down enough to be able to sit out on the deck off our stateroom, and enjoy the sound of the ocean. Very nice. And enough movement to let us know we’re at sea… Hit the gym for the first time. It’s quite small, but has a wonderful outlook over the blunt end of the ship. Lovely to exercise while watching the wake trailing into the distance.
JB even joined me. The pair of us in a gym together is something I never thought I’d see! Friends and family will be shocked, but I can assure you it did actually happen. But was it just a flash in the pan???
Weird experience using the treadmill on a moving ship. Moves side to side, and up and down so you keep going slightly off balance. The bike is ok. The rowing machine is all over the place, and makes you feel sea sick even if the swell isn’t that bad…
Had the first formal night tonight. Glad I brought the tuxedo and did it properly. Great meal, but another early night, as we’re still fighting off the jet lag. Didn’t help that the clocks on board went back an hour last night, so that’s another hour we’ve got to make up.
Oh, and the clock I bought for the trip with the large illuminated digits turned out to be a fizzer: it gains 10 minutes every hour, which means by morning it’s out by about an hour and a half! Thank you Noel Leemings…
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