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Tag: Line-crossing

In the Realm of King Neptune

Posted on January 5, 2019March 28, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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A Line to Cross

Posted on January 14, 2013April 19, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Heading North

Posted on February 14, 2011April 24, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Crossing the Line

Posted on February 7, 2011July 10, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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