Peter's Travel Blog

Today, we’ve been at sea again, heading towards our next port-of-call, Quayaquil, in Ecuador. In the morning, just after breakfast, we stood on the back deck watching the waves, and saw several dolphins. I have a theory that the area we were looking at is a bit of a sweet-spot for dolphins, mostly due to the bow wave, which seems...

Today, we were at sea again, and once again, we’ve spent most of it upstairs on the front deck with our cameras and binoculars. The front deck is home, most days, to a mixed group of enthusiasts. There’s Dave the Dolphin and Whale Man, who is always at the helm, gazing far out to sea, and is often the first...

Having had an enjoyable and productive ‘deck-day’ yesterday, it was back to work for me today. In this afternoon’s classes, I had them painting a dramatic sky, featuring crepuscular rays – always a good session, and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. We were a little concerned, come late afternoon, to discover that we had no hot water in the...