Peter's Travel Blog

Today has been a sort of a sea-day. I say ‘sort of, because we’ve mostly been at sea, arriving at Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, at around 6pm. We will be staying overnight, and all day tomorrow. Unfortunately, the internet has once again been turned off, so I’m rather hoping there will be some decent wi-fi...

It’s two weeks since our last emergency drill, which means it’s Emergecy Drill Day again. At 10:30am the ship’s emergency alarm was sounded; 6 short blasts followed by one long blast, and everyone dutifully grabbed their lifebelts and headed towards their respective muster stations. On the plus-side, they had us congregate outside on the deck, beneath our allocated lifeboats (ours...

I would have had another class today. Unfortunately, activities in the Craft Studio remain suspended. I’m hopeful, however, that the suspension isn’t going to last too long, and that we’ll be back up and running in no time at all. Given my temporary redundancy, I’ve spent much of the day working on online student stuff. Unfortunately, the internet has had...

Most of the day has been spent consoling passengers coming up to us asking why there has been no class today. We’ve had to explain that the final decision on these things is not up to me, or even the Entertainments Office, but much higher up. Once prepared, the daily programme is sent off for scrutiny and verification by the...