Category: South America

Today, we were back at sea (three sea-days to our next port-of call, not two as I said in the previous post), and in this morning’s class, I had them painting Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio, without the cloud and the rain. The class seemed to go down well, and there were some seriously good results, which is always a...

It’s been my day off today, so I’ve spent most of it, between breakfast, lunch and occasional cups of tea, catching up on work ready for when we next get decent wi-fi, and pottering around on deck watching the birds following the ship. Mostly, these have been Masked Boobies; predominantly white birds with streamlined heads and large yellow beaks, and...

We’ve been back at sea today, and I’ve held my classes this afternoon… which pretty much sums up the day. Not a lot else happened. I spent the morning painting another boat from Mindelo, and in the class I had them painting winter trees (summer trees to follow). Oddly enough, the ship’s clocks are going FORWARD tonight. This is to...