Peter's Travel Blog

Today, or this evening at around 7:30pm, to be a little more precise, we crossed the International Date Line. The occasion was marked by a few people holding up a stretch of rope at the very front of the ship and photographing selfies in front of it, with the sun setting in the background. What it means is this… At...

It’s been a bit of an odd day today. It’s Sunday – but it doesn’t feel like a Sunday at all. I had a class this morning, it being a sea-day; day two of three days at sea as we head towards our next destination, Nuku Alofa in Tonga, but the rest of the day has felt like a bit...

We’re at sea again, and my classes have finally resumed (Dramatic sky and Crepuscular Rays). This meant setting the alarm for an early start in order to set the room up before breakfast. We couldn’t do it yesterday afternoon because we weren’t entirely sure that there would be a class at all, until we’d seen it printed in the daily...