Author Archives: Geoff

Sunday 5th May We were let “off the hook” this morning as we only had a short boat trip therefore the Beagle’s engines didn’t fire up ‘till 0545hrs, much better. The strange thing was most of us woke up around … Continue reading →

Friday 3rd May We were lucky this morning; breakfast was not ‘till 0700hrs, we had a lie in, wow!  More importantly, we had fried eggs, spicy sausage and ham together of course with slices of cheese and fresh, but sweet, … Continue reading →

Wednesday 1st May Being 7 hours behind the UK, having breakfast at 0700hrs local time seemed much more civilised bearing mind the un-godly hours we have been getting up! Anyway, best breakfast we have enjoyed since the Liberator hotel in … Continue reading →

Monday 29th April Well we had a reprieve this morning, we were originally told we would be woken at 0530hrs but they changed it to 0600hrs as we made better progress up river than anticipated following the loss of one … Continue reading →

Saturday 27th April 2013 Yet again we were waiting for the alarm to go off at 6 am this morning, although rather than an alarm, it was a music across the tannoy system followed by a reminder breakfast would be served … Continue reading →

Thursday 25th April We woke up after a fairly good night’s sleep but in my case quite sore; I don’t think I have slept in such a hard bed.  Still, we slowly got up, showered, though the water was either … Continue reading →