The weather got no better. I spent the day watching the Brexit debate in parliament via text updates and catching up on some of the web searches I’d had to delay. I can confirm that I wont be participating in Fibonacci February, which you may want to avoid reading about while at work. Or indeed, […]
The French and Americans
It’s a bit weird being in the Caribbean and France at the same time. It’s also a source of great comedy. Caribbean France is still full of people with obnoxious accents, less friendly than any of their neighbouring countries, selling food that’s pitifully overrated. In fairness Martinique does have one major advantage over the rest […]
I saw no bridge
For the second morning in a row I’m up eight minutes before my alarm is due to go off. My body seems to be adjusting itself nearer to UK time, a week before I get home. It is just a week now too, and although it’s a week with a Caribbean holiday to enjoy I’m […]
Dead
Back on the ship my glasses died, an arm falling off completely. I shrugged, swapped them for the other pair, kept going. Heading to find coffee my right knee died too, luckily not falling off completely. The 5km walk around town hadn’t seemed to hurt it so perhaps it was the added turn resistance from […]
Wet Sunday
Having been welcomed by my phone to St Kitts and Nevis last night I was this morning welcomed to Jamaica. If only this cruise went to either. Instead I stood in the rain on deck and watched us reverse into Castries, a town in St Lucia. An hour later, I got off the ship. It […]
Sint St Saint Maarten Martin
Being woken by my alarm from a very deep sleep isn’t a problem, just a surprise at gone 7am. Just ten days before I reach the UK isn’t the time to finally adjust to American East coast time. We’re an hour ahead of that, and the skies are already blue as we pull into the […]
Back to the Caribbean
My final laundry trip of the trip, clean clothes enough now to last until I get home. A walk to find coffee and a cricket score. Should’ve kept to the coffee. On deck the wind proves the foolishness of venturing out with hair still wet from my morning shower and I sit in one of […]
A day in the Atlantic
The first of two consecutive days at sea had little on the schedule that demanded my time. A frequent flyer lunch was the only reason to leave my cabin so I decided to grab coffee and go to one of the Microsoft sponsored events, one that taught people how to use MS Studio to process […]
Caribbean Cruise
On the ship my cabin is kind of ok. I’d swap the 40″ TV for somewhere to put my suitcase. The ship itself is both excellent and terrible. It’s very obviously newer than the others I’ve been on, looking and feeling more modern. It’s also larger, so there are some additional services, such as a […]
The end is nigh
Today I embark on the penultimate leg of this journey. (The final leg is the trip home). Sadly that means minimal and dodgy internet for another 12 days, so don’t panic if updates are infrequent. I fell asleep at 9pm last night, woke up at 2.30 due to traffic noise, woke up again at 5.30am […]