Peter's Travel Blog

Once again, we spent the day at sea, on our way to our final port in India; Port Blair. Top of the today’s agenda was my painting class, in which I had them painting James Bond Island in Puket, Thailand; a study in delicate graded washes and rocks. As usual, we spent some time wave-spotting, reading and enjoying the warm...

It’s been a typical day at sea on board the MV Voyager, which sort of goes something a little bit like this… I always set the alarm for 8am, giving us a few minutes of lazy snooze time before bounding out of bed and heading up to breakfast (which finishes at 9:30am). After breakfast, we head out on deck, to...

Today, we arrived at our first Indian port, Chennai. The first order of the day was for everyone to come face-to-face with Indian Immigration. Voyager staff handed us our three forms and passport as we entered the Lookout Lounge where a row of about half a dozen tables had been set up, each manned by an immigration officer. At the...

Today, we have been at sea, which means I gave my first painting class this afternoon; ‘The Stilt Fishermen of Koggala’. There’s always a bit of a worry as to how many people are going to turn up for the classes. The last time we were on the Voyager, I had 60 passengers turn up, which was far too many...

Today, we dropped anchor off the coast of Galle (pronounced ‘Gorl’ – like ‘Gaul’), our second port-stop in Sri Lanka. As with most tender boat operations, passengers not booked on tours were required to obtain coloured tender tickets from Reception to facilitate an orderly disembarkation. Once the coloured tickets were gone, they would go to open-tender . Unfortunately, the operation...