Author Archives: Geoff

With no early morning tea Christine was gasping so down to breakfast at a reasonable time; no Cruise Liner Breakfast available here, back to normal. Thanks to Christine not sorting her self out, I now have a stinker, sore throat … Continue reading →

The alarm went off at 0630 this morning, last early morning tea arrived promptly, not surprisingly as no doubt they wanted us all “up-and-at-‘em” out of Cabin by 0800hrs and off ship by 0900hrs. As most of our luggage had … Continue reading →

Today is our penultimate day; tomorrow we disembark but fortunately the cruise ship’s itinerary has been considered carefully and we approached Rio at Midday, not at night as some cruise lines do. This must be up in the best “top … Continue reading →

We were not due into Salvador until 1600hrs so had a nice breakfast and a leisurely morning. I went to a lecture on Brazil and Christine stayed in the cabin as she is still coughing and one degree under. Once … Continue reading →

We docked in Recife at some un-godly hour in the morning, and were woken up when the dulcet tones from Dotty came over the airwaves, loud and clear around 0800hrs. Time for room service and early morning tea in bed; … Continue reading →

We arrived in Fortaleza after two days, one clearing out of the Amazon and the other at sea during which time we caught up with chores and played numerous games of Crib with our “Canadian” friends, Alvin and Laura. We … Continue reading →