When we woke up this morning the Arcadia was just about to dock in the port of Rio de Janeiro, bustling vibrant city and former capital of Brazil. We had stayed here once before, for three days, in 2001 so we were excited to be back. With anticipation we went out onto the balcony to see…
When we woke up at 8.00am this morning and turned on the TV to catch the morning Sky news, we were shocked to learn that, in London’s grey and very foggy skies, a helicopter had crashed into a crane in the centre of the city near Vauxhall Bridge, killing the pilot and at least one…
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…
