Woke up to realise that we were moored in Callao.
Headmaster came on the Tannoy, saying that the medical transfer had been completed and we would resume our original course. He added that we would carry out an additional search when we reached the area where the crew member had been lost. Unfortunately (and as expected) we would not be able to stop in Panama but would proceed through the canal, with the next stop at Aruba, in the Caribbean – that means a further five days at sea.
Ray Mears is now one of the guest speakers and gave a very interesting talk – much of it was about conservation and repeated what has been seen before on TV.
Another speaker is some sort of “life coach”, who is becoming ever more strident in her exhortations about we should do and eat, to become fully cogniscent centigenarians – it is all in her book, which is on sale outside the theatre.
Perhaps she should take a tour around the buffet and the dance floor, to realise that there are many lost causes. Having said that, the chair aerobics and the trivia may give her hope. This would be severely dampened by observation of the line dancing class and sequence dancing.
Another speaker is discussing unsolved murders. Today’s subject was supposed to cover a murder on a cruise ship, where the body was thrown overboard – unsurprisingly, this was substituted by a gruesome, 1920’s shooting.
Trivia breakthrough was a flash in the pan, and we fell back to our previous level.
Received invitations to a complimentary wine tasting and Captain’s cocktail party but not sure if we will attend.
Did some pedalling in the afternoon but noticed that not mentioned by life coach as having any benefit.
Lynne’s cold had turned into a persistent cough, so she visited the medical centre. Doctor gave her a full examination and fortunately, said there was no cause for concern, while presenting her with a bill for $US160.