Ahh… it was another glorious day as we woke up this morning around eight o’clock as usual. Going out onto our balcony, my eyes screwed up against the brightness of the sun, we saw that once again the weather was perfect, with fluffy white cumulous clouds above a blue, blue Indian Ocean. 😊 We went…
Because we were still on British time, we awoke several times in the night, and at 6.00am (which felt like midday) we decided to get up. Outside, day was breaking and the weather felt cool and refreshing. The wet ground indicated we’d had some rain overnight. I took an invigorating shower while Trevor got to…
Once back in our cabin, we went out onto the balcony and Trevor switched on his hand-held GPS so we could check our position. We could see we were at 00° 00.415′ N so we were literally just about to cross the Equator. A few minutes later, at 01:20 hours local time, the readout showed…
Woke up this morning feeling slightly worse for wear – I wonder why?! 😀 Decided that today was going to be a booze-free day. While Trevor went to the Palms Café for breakfast, I decided I would give it a miss, and instead make use of the tea and coffee facilities in the cabin. Trevor…
When we got up this morning, we noticed that the Braemar was barely moving and that the water was definitely a light ‘muddy’ colour – we were at the mouth of the Amazon! After breakfast Trevor got his handheld GPS and we went up on deck. Sure enough, the GPS reading showed that we were…
