Peter's Travel Blog

Very briefly, yesterday afternoon, it looked like we might have the internet back. It was strong enough to receive and send a couple of emails briefly, but then it just sort of gave up the ghost. Tracey asked me why it was that I seemd so calm about the situation. Normally, I would be pulling my hair out, stomping around...

Today, I held a very democratic referendum in class. Yesterday afternoon, when we set up the room for this morning’s session, we counted up how many sheets of watercolour paper we have remaining, and compared that number to how many sessions I still have to run before we arrive in Sydney at the end of February. We have a shortfall...

Last night, at around 11pm, we crossed the equator, so we are now officially sailing in the southern hemisphere, in the South Pacific Ocean. We are still travelling ‘dark’, with no internet, and I’m really hoping that I’m not missing anything important. This is our third day without a wi-fi network, and there’s a high probability of there being three...

Food is still being served by staff in the bistro, salt dispensers have been replaced by sachets, and the hot tubs are closed. Still nothing to worry about – I’d say no more than defcon 3 – although fully-bio-suited and face-masked waiters taking trays of food to a small number of cabins doesn’t inspire confidence. Despite containment measures clearly having...

It’s official… we have no internet, and will probably continue to have no internet for several days – possibly up to a week, with no connections at all. Every morning, when we are in the bistro for breakfast, we make a habit of connecting to the ship’s wi-fi to check for emails and to read the news headlines. Both yesterday,...