Thursday, April 17, 2008

A mouse farting into the wind

Well, as the title describes this, this is another attempt at a blogging in the seemingly endless sea of bloggers. So I have no real great expectations for this but to see where it takes me.

Right now, we are leaving Nassau, Bahamas and are on our way to the port of Freeport...yes, we are in pirate country but we missed it by a few centuries...thank goodness for that, but it seems as though time has not caught up with parts of the west and east African coast where piracy is still a good days work.

Yes, we are sailing in a huge floating palace called the Norwegian GEM...one of the newest cruise ships around...and instead of parading her where she belongs, we are roaming the small islands of the Caribean. The islands, well, "exotic destinations"...for someone from afield as Europe or somewhere in States, then yes, this could be labelled, at a stretch of the imagination as "exotic". Now, don't get me wrong, some of these islands are incredibly beautiful in terms of beaches, jungles, blue waters and reefs...but for all the beauty there is also the downside.

But enough of that, it is 01h50 in the morning and I am still trying to download some software from our incredibly
reliable MTN internet connection. This company is really going all out to bleed the crew dry but that is a story for another day.

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