We were up and out of cabin 4130 at 7.30pm, for the start of what would be a very long 30 hour journey back home. We went to the Veranda Café for our breakfast and sat with Beryl and Sue. Once we’d finished, we just had to make ourselves comfortable until we were called to…
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Andes, Airports and Atlantic
Wednesday, 21st May 2014 So… we got up this morning and I had a good long shower, washed and blow dried my hair and rummaged through my case for my cleanest clothes. We had a long, long couple of days ahead and goodness knows when I’d next be able to get a wash. Then we…
Longhaul to Lima
Once again we are jetting off to foreign shores, not on a cruise this time but on a land-based tour of Peru. This morning our sleep was shattered by the alarm going off at the unearthly hour of 2.50am, as we were due to leave around 3.30am to drive to Durham Tees Valley airport for…
Bye-Bye Buenos Aires
Well, once again we had the boring part of the holiday to get through – the long flight home. After a good breakfast we collected our cases, checked out of our room and sat in reception to await the arrival of the buses that would take us to the airport. Last time we flew back…
Two Planes and Two Trains
So… here we go again. After a fairly uncomfortable night in which we both dozed intermittently, we finally checked in for the first leg of our flight, Hong Kong to Shanghai. We were able to check our cases right through to London Heathrow. We then found somewhere to have a cup of coffee, then we…
Oh, Why Are We Waiting?
While watching the Skymap I suddenly noticed that, for some strange reason, the destination had changed from Shanghai to Beijing, and the time left had dropped to one and a half hours. Strange, as we aren’t due to visit Beijing until later in the holiday. Just then, one of the flight attendants made an announcement…
A Slow Plane To China
So many destinations, faces going to so many places where the weather is much better and the food is so much cheaper… So state the opening lines of The Motors’ 1978 hit single Airport. An appropriate song as we set off for another holiday, this time to the mysterious Orient, in other words, China. Another…
Time to Go Home
We had to get up early this morning as we always do on disembarkation day. The Balmoral was due to sail at 6.00pm tonight on her return journey to Southampton; quite a lot of the passengers (at least the ones that don’t have to go to work on Monday!) who had been on this voyage were…
I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It
So… we woke up this morning right back where we started from, in Bridgetown, Barbados. We didn’t have to disembark the Ventura for the airport until 3.30pm, so we more or less still had a full day of our holiday to enjoy. Some people would be nervous of going on a long-haul flight (or indeed any…