Blog 22. Return from Australia. Dubai

BLOG 22 Day 96 Saturday 15 April. Sunny and hot.  30ºC. Sea, Slight.  Arabian Sea on passage to Dubai.  Position  15deg 56 N,  7deg  54E. Course 317, speed 18.  Wind Force 2 from NW. Yet another relaxing day at sea.  We drifted around after breakfast before attending the port lecture on Muscat, which we visitContinue reading “Blog 22. Return from Australia. Dubai”

Blog 21. Return from Australia. Port Kelang, Penang and Colombo

Day 90 Palm Sunday, 9 April.  At Port Kelang, starboard side to.  Clear skies, 37ºC. Light airs. After a good night’s sleep we were woken by a long blast of the ship’s siren.  I looked at my watch: 0700 and a pale dawn was filtering past the curtains.  Tottering onto the balcony, I saw thatContinue reading “Blog 21. Return from Australia. Port Kelang, Penang and Colombo”

Blog 20. Return from Australia. Singapore

Day 87 Thursday 6 April. Transit from Melbourne to Singapore. Sunny and 26ºC in Melbourne; humid and wet at 33ºC in Singapore. We rose at 0400 for departure to Melbourne Airport at 0500.  Laura and Derek were kindly driving us there, but it can be a 90 minute journey and we were concerned that theContinue reading “Blog 20. Return from Australia. Singapore”