First sea day after Mumbai

Wednesday April 8 2009 - We went to a talk by Captain Kent this morning, it was a general question and answer session, but of most interest when he got into discussing our upcoming passage through the pirate area off the coast of Somalia. He told us he will be attending a briefing in Dubai given by the Royal Navy, on current status in the area. We are to stay within a narrow corridor which is patrolled by warships of many nations, it’s expected that should problems occur, we can be reached within ½ an hour by one or other of these ships. As far as passengers are concerned, if problems occur, a five second blast will be sounded on the ships horn and the announcement will be made ‘code papa’ (the secret code for a pirate attack), at this time passengers should go to their cabins and remain there with their door open, staying away from windows. This evening we watched a really funny comedian, Mel Mellers, he had the whole audience rolling in laughter. Shortly after the show the Indian themed deck party started, well attended from what I saw.

Lucy,Pat, Shelley and Izzy (in front)










The deck party










Izzy at the deck party

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