Sick at sea, but not sea sick, and not sick of the sea...

Quote of the day: “Every week they have a night when there’s not much on entertainment-wise. And those nights they wheel out the piles of junk on special at the ‘boutiques’. I don’t think that’s a coincidence, and it works well judging by the crowds that show up.”


I threw a sickie for a couple of days, on and off. I claim it was migraine and fighting off microbes, but BJ reckons it was too much red wine. At one glass a night? Hardly. But then I guess that at his size, if he drank a glass of wine he’d be dead…

So here we are, plodding our way slowly up the Pacific coast of Mexico. Sometimes we go fast, and sometimes we go slow – more engine problems in the offing?? Hmmm… now that’s how rumours start… must take a trip to the laundry…

We’ve had company in the last couple of days too, in the form of dolphins, sea turtles and flying fish. All very exciting, but usually by the time I get to the place everyone’s gathered, they’ve vanished. Oh, and I did spend a frustrating hour or so trying to get a photo of these sea birds. But they just wouldn’t cooperate so this was the best I could do.

Strange coincidence this evening. Met a couple from San Diego who had been following this blog, and are traveling from New York to LA. Coincidence because tonight was the first time I’d ever sat on the deck chairs on Deck 7 – I usually look for a quieter place to listen to my iPod. So thanks for looking out for me guys.

And now I’m in shock. Notice when I got back to HQ saying the coffee machines could be out of action tomorrow morning as they are having a full steam shut down. I can see I’ll be losing sleep tonight over that. May have to set the alarm early to fit in a cup or two before the drugs are cut off… oops, that could have different connotations in Acapulco!!