Sunday 10th March – Day at Sea.
Formal evening with the
Captain for the passengers leaving the ship on Tuesday. We managed to make both
sessions!
Other than that we just spent
a quiet day sitting on the balcony and enjoying our cabin space…
Monday 11th March – Recife, Brazil.
Happy birthday Ian!!
Had our full day trip to the
beach, one and a half hours away. I knew Emerson Fittipaldi had retired, but
didn’t know that he had got a new job as a coach driver in Recife!! Some parts
of the journey were a little scary to say the least…
Beach was ok, if not crystal
clear, but the main problem was that when the tide came in, it disappeared
completely! From being a nice lagoon fringed by coral reefs, it became the sea!
We ended up having to sit in a beach-side restaurant for over two hours until
the coach took us back to the ship where we returned at 17-45 which was just
the time we should have been in Martin’s cabin sipping champagne!
After a shower, we did
manage a glass of champers before dining in the Explorer Restaurant. We had two
tables of five (Ian, Alex, Lyn, Richard and Glynnis and Nesta, Paul, Jade,
Martin and Austin).
Kevin managed to pop in for
one course but Mary couldn’t make it due to the fact that she was in charge of
all the embarking and disembarking passengers.
The Captain even came in and
tapped Ian on the shoulder and wished him a happy birthday in his best
Ukrainian accent.
Martin was “well-oiled” and
began to entertain the rest of the dining room and Alex somehow found out about
our bottles of Malbec and Nesta’s limerick… Good stuff this alcohol!
The evening finished off with
seven off us trying not to be too noisy drinking in our cabin!
A good party to end our sixth
cruise!
The beach before the tide came in!
The beach before the tide came in!
Kevin, Alex, Glynnis, Rich, Lin & Ian
Just look at that cabin number!
Tuesday 12th March – Recife, Brazil.
Another hot, humid day J
Took the shuttle into town
and had a little walk round. Discovered the shopping mall had free Wi-Fi!
Returned at about 6-30pm and managed
to skype all of the kids and Graeme!
Fab!
Wednesday 13th March – Recife, Brazil.
Did the ship’s Recife and
Olinda trip and really enjoyed it. Our guide, Francisco, was excellent.
It’s Jade’s birthday today,
so went to watch the entertainment teams “introduction” show.
Lee did a special “leaf
plucking” moves as a special tribute to us! (It’s a long story). Had a drink
with the entertainment team on the Lido deck, whilst Paul sang, until 11-30pm.
Despite a rocky sea, Nesta
managed to sleep!
Thursday 14th March – Natal, Brazil.
Arrived here at 7am and did
the ship’s “Sights of Natal” tour - but not that impressed because even though
we’re only here until 3pm the tour included a one hour stop at a local artisans
market. We would have preferred less time here and either a beach stop or time
allowed to walk out to the fort guarding the city,
The cashew tree was
interesting though! (The largest tree in the world and still growing…)
The biggest tree in the world - from above
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NESTA!! See you had a fabulous one - Mmmm cake, champagne, wine, gin - it was all there!! Like the photos - your companions look a bit younger and livelier on this cruise and more up for the partying bit!! Hope you had a fantastic time xx :)
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