Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

It was nice not to have to set the alarm for stupid-o’clock for once. The Marco Polo wouldn’t be embarking passengers until 4pm, meaning I could take a relatively leisurely drive south. For the most part, the journey was just that; traffic was fluid for most of the way, only stodging up on a couple of occasions due to a...

MV Marco Polo   Today, I completed packing, ready for joining the good ship Marco Polo on Monday. This is always an anxious time, with only a day or two to go to a voyage; I have so much gear, piled up and ready to go, thoughts that I may have forgotten something always nags at the back of one’s...

I’ve just received confirmation of my workshops on the Marco Polo for this coming January. This will be the fifth time I’ll have done the Amazon trip (once on Fred Olsen’s Boudicca, and three previous visits on the Marco Polo). I love the cruise, and am looking forward to revisiting Brazil and the Caribbean (and will have fingers crossed for...

I’ve just re-read my next-to-last post, in which I described mountainous waves as being a thing of beauty. In the context of sitting in Marco’s Bistro and eating breakfast while watching the sea, I still stand by that, but with what happened over the 24 hours that followed, I may have to revise my thoughts on mountainous waves.   The...

This is just a quickie post to thank everyone for their comments and concern.   I’m now home safe and sound after an uneventful drive back to North Yorkshire. I will post an account of the last couple of days, which have been anything but uneventful, as soon as I’ve settled back into things, and I’ve caught up with everything...