Halfway!
1st March 2014. The picture is of Jane’s flowers which she got for her birthday last week. She also got a card from the Captain. How did he know? You may recognise the island behind as the new sunset header on the blog.
Believe it or not, today is day 55 of our holiday, which means we have reached the halfway point in time. Up to the last port of Manila we had sailed 19,999 nautical miles and now we have only 14,911 left to go in our 34,910 mile odyssey.
Manila was also our 15th port of call so now we only have 19 more to call at until we get home.
Well,well halfway eh? Hi there ,what a lovely picture of Jane on her birthday.
You have to watch these captains, they know everything.But a very nice gesture so
say the least. My word you do see a lot of the world,and you did not like Manila?
I totally agree!! In my younger days I spent quite a few days there wirh the airline,and we were warned never to go out by ourselves. Very dangereous place. But we did go on trips with a minibus to the interior and swam underneath the Pak san han waterfalls,a beautiful place.
Cockfights everywhere ,horrible!
However you are on your way to Shanghai ,interesting. looking forward to you write up of that
gigantic city.
Your comments Richard about everything is comparable to a travel journalist ,they combine the interesting things with the humerous ! very entertaining!!!!
Well guys enjoy !!! Lots of love. Margot
P.S. hear from Marit that you are meeting up in Cape town with the Dunn fam and them the other Barlams. Have fun!!!!
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Lovely picture of Jane.
Belated Happy Birthday wishes.
It’s 1st March here so 2/12ths of the way through 2014 and supposedly 1st day of spring. So they are forcasting snow!!
Went to a funeral in the Village yesterday where people were standing in the aisles. Must have been 250 people packed in, and after in the Village Hall.
They have apparently had aurora borealis sightings last two nights here in Glos but I have not managed to catch. Flooded fields are no longer which is a great relief.
Enjoy Shanghai, Julia and I lovef it. If you get a chance go inside a traditional chemist’s shop and see all the weird things they sell (snakes, etc). Food markets are also fascinating but not for the faint hearted….
Enjoy.
Fxx
Sorry about the snow. Here it is now Sunday, a wet, rough Sunday. Welcome to China. We had two warships sailing around us yesterday but I do not know whose. Will try to visit the chemist to pick up your prescription.