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Still off Libya
... br> Then at the evening meal yesterday the dysfunctional toilets came to the rescue! I couldn't believe how the unexpected popped up again. The Mate came into the mess room and said, 'Mr Peter, I think we should transfer you to another cabin because the toilets are still not working and we are embarrassed about it'. Well, it didn't take too much negotiating to suggest that the Owner's cabin would be most agreeable and with the Captain present by this time, ...
Off Libya
... convoy in the Bitter Lakes (not sure of the spelling). I sincerely hope the weather (and my mood) has chirped up by then. I don't want my vision of going through the desert on a ship, with the heat haze making the horizon shimmer, to be shattered.
Note from the Old Sea Dog's PA:
Another posting sent from the ship by email so no photographs for the time being, although given the subject matter that's probably not a bad thing!
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
... the walk-a-mile group for the daily rounds. Our group got bigger today, I assume more people realized that their pants got tighter.
After that our cruise director Lisa announced a surprise: we were going to do a foto-safari. We got divided into small groups, had to put on life jackets and then boarded the zodiacs. Entering the zodiacs ...
Palace of Knossos & Lasithi Valley
... advanced yet mysterious Minoan civilization which controlled much of the Mediterranean in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums before Christ. Evans called the civilization Minoan because he believed he had discovered the basis of the legend of the Minotaur, and the Cretan King Minos, who ruled when the monster roamed the labyrinth he'd created. It contained over 1,000 rooms and enjoyed the comforts of ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... loose and we were forced to seek shelter in a cave until the rain let up enough to run to the nearest restaurant for some warm food and hot chocolate. We returned to Athens Sunday night, another ten hour ride with little to no sleep, and then took a bus from the port to school. I returned home Monday morning at 8:30 am with class at 11 am. Even with the rain and long long long ferry ride, I would still consider the weekend a success. ...
This small hotel was formerly known as: Moonlight Hotel
