At Sea

Today was our last Sea Day for this cruise. To explain; Quiyaquil to Cozumel is a single two-week cruise, and in Cozumel, when the majority of passengers disembark (some will have booked for the two back-to-back), a new cruise begins, when we will be sailing to Cuba and a handful of Caribbean islands on our way to Barbados, where we will also be disembarking and heading towards home. I’m starting to wish I’d left getting my hair cut a little later before leaving home; by the time we get to Barbados, I’m going to be looking like a right scruffy old hippy…

I’m pleased that we’ve managed to grab some time up on deck, just gazing at the waves as they pass by, and marvelling at the sheer scale and expanse of the ocean. Tracey managed to catch a couple of lectures and I managed to get some other work done… all at a very leisurely pace.

My final workshop this afternoon was a Mayan Temple, chosen as a taster for some of the things the trip still has in store for us. As I said in my ‘Meet the Lecturers’ introduction; we can’t come all this way and not paint a Mayan Temple!

Tonight was a formal night (I went semi-formal, with a dark suit and tie), and the entertainment in the Darwin Lounge was a classical concert given by three of the on-board musicians who are collectively referred to as ‘Voyager Strings’. Classical concerts are not really our thing, but as we were duly ‘formalised’ in our attire, it seemed daft not to give it a go (all dressed up and nowhere to go n’ all that). We were both glad we did; the two violinists (one also played an accordian) were particularly impressive. Accompanying them was a young man on the piano who is also clearly very accomplished, and the three of them made forty-five minutes fly by. An excellent, and highly entertaining performance indeed.