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Noon Report: Location:  N 16° 48.51′, E 040° 29.56′ Speed: 15.6 knots Course: 308º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: ESE 10 knots; 11.5 mph Sea: Calm So yesterday I got notice from the vendor for our Petra excursion that the passport photos we sent them weren’t of sufficient quality to use […]

Noon Report: Location:  N 12° 03.92′, E 045° 24.21′ Speed: 18 knots Course: 252º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 28 C; 82 F Wind: ENE 16 knots; 3 mph Sea: 3 foot swells Pretty normal morning.Up, Exercise, Breakfast, Walking into the World Cafe this morning we noted that lunch today is our first ever “pickled fish”

Noon Report: Location:  N 14° 21.40′, E 052° 43.40′ Speed: 18 knots Course: 253º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: ESE 7 knots; 9 mph Sea: Calm We woke up this morning to a newly fortified ship for sailing thru this historically “iffy” stretch of water.While I won’t go into specifics, I

Noon Report: Location:  N 16° 25.50′, E 059° 14.70′ Speed: 16 knots Course: 257º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: WNW 2 knots; 3 mph Sea: Calm Another day another time change.We woke up this morning having slept an extra hour. We are now on Arabian Standard time – 9 hours ahead

WARNING: This post contains art. Noon Report: Location:  N 17° 45.44′, E 066° 02.40′ Speed: 16.8 knots Course: 258º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26 C; 80 F Wind: NW 5 knots; 6 mph Sea: Calm This is the first Sea Day of a 5 day run across the Arabian Sea, up the Gulf of Aden,

Noon Report: Location: N 18° 55.85′, E 072° 50.64′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: NW 7 knots, 9 mph Another early excursion this morning: “The Hidden Charm of Old Mumbai.” On the way to our first stop we passed several religious sites including this Parsi Temple. They

Noon Report: Location: N 18° 55.85′, E 072° 50.64′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: NW 9 knots, 11 mp 8:45 saw us leaving the Theatre and onto the dock and waiting in (a much shorter) immigration line. Basically they just checked that our document had a Mumbai

Noon Report: Location: N 18° 55.85′, E 072° 50.64′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: NW 4 knots, 5 mph We weren’t schedule to arrive in Mumbai until noon today, so the morning was very much like a typical sea day: Up, Exercise, Breakfast, 9:30 lecture “Mumbai: India

Noon Report: Location: N 15° 24.96′, E 073° 47.47′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: W 8 knots, 9 mph Goa was a Portuguese colony until 1961, so its culture is somewhat different from other parts of India. Our excursion today was “Goan Heritage” – a look at