Once in the shuttle bus it would take us about 40 minutes to reach the Voyager. En route we were able to get our first impressions of Mauritius, which looked like a typical tropical island, set in the Indian Ocean in the southern hemisphere. We passed through colourful towns and quaint villages, as well as…
Christmas and New Year are out of the way now and it was time for our thoughts to turn, once again, to exotic holidays. We are setting off today to join the M/V Voyager for a cruise in the Indian Ocean. So it was with that happy thought that we leapt out of bed at…
Couldn’t get out of my pit this morning which wasn’t really a surprise, after a late night and lots of booze. 🙁 At least the weather was a lot calmer and the skies brighter. Today was our last day on the Boudicca (boo-hoo) so we just had to make the most of the rest of our…
During the night, we knew we had left the relative shelter of the fjords and were once again in the open sea, because the Boudicca was tossed about on the waves like a pea in a drum. I kept waking up during the night with my bed moving in all directions, and when I needed the…
We woke up this morning to find ourselves docked in Kristiansund, our last port of call before returning to Liverpool. At some point during the night we’d crossed south of the Arctic Circle once again, so we would gain back even more daylight and our chance of seeing the Northern Lights one more time had…
It might seem strange to be talking about the days getting longer in November, but as we are heading south again we have noticed we are getting more daylight. Today the sun didn’t set until 2.50pm! 🙂 Today we had a relaxing day at sea. The mornings were still dark (sunrise at 9.24am) so it…
When we woke up this morning we were in a new port of call, that of Leknes in the Lofoten Islands. Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world’s largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its…
We were awoken this morning by the sound of the captain’s voice coming over the tannoy, saying he was going to deviate slightly from his planned route, because there were reports of lots of migrating whales, who were in search of the herring shoals. Therefore, after getting ready and having breakfast, we wrapped up warmly…
Sunrise: 9.28am Sunset: 12.53pm When we got up this morning, I noticed my ankle was looking a lot better and the swelling had gone down a lot. Nevertheless, I decided to wear my trainers today instead of my walking boots, so as not to irritate my old scar again. After breakfast we went along to…
Sunrise: 9.22am Sunset: 12.59pm This morning we woke up at 8.15am, to find we were already docked in Ålta, at 70º N and the most northerly point of this cruise. We are 1200 nautical miles from the North Pole. 🙂 The cruise director’s voice came over the tannoy to say that the current temperature was…
