We are sailing in a north easterly direction towards
Shanghai in the East China Sea. The temperature is a pleasant 23 deg with
moderate sea conditions. Although still very calm, we are feeling the motion of
the ship after the ‘millpond’ sea state of the last 10 days. We have sailed
over 3000 nautical miles since Singapore. There are occasional passing fishing vessels and container ships, and yesterday we caught a rare glimpse of the
Taiwan coast.
There is a good balance between port visits and sea days,
and we are now entirely acclimatised to our new time zone. The ship is large,
similar to Grand Princess, but she seems to run more smoothly. In particular,
the Horizon Court Buffet is not normally overcrowded, except for breakfast on
port days when queues are long as everyone needs to disembark early!!
With such a long trip there are very few children onboard
and the pools are very civilised and warm.
The library is well stocked, and the onboard TV info works
extremely well. There is a wide selection of films, such as The Artist,
Warhorse and Iron Lady.
Our balcony on Dolphin deck is really quite spacious. Having
won a bottle of fizz (with help) at the 60s Trivia quiz, we managed to fit 4 of
us on the balcony and promote USA/UK relations!
There’s loads more to say about the ship, so I will try and
fit in some more details in later posts. We sail into the Huangpu tomorrow as
we approach Shanghai, and I should have time to post some details about our
day. After that, due to Japanese Radio Communication , there will be no onboard
internet services from 27th
April to am on 29th. I should be able view emails on my kindle in
port, but there will be no blogs for as couple of days.
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