Today the latest Cunard cruise liner, the Queen Victoria, carefully manouvered into the port at dawn and moored alongside our ship. At 90,000 tonnes she is almost six times bigger than the Africa Mercy, and is the second largest ship in the Cunard fleet after the Queen Mary 2. She has only been sailing since 7th December and currently has over 2,000 passengers on board including Sir Jackie Stewart. As soon as her gangways were lowered a jazz band started playing to welcome the passengers ashore, and dozens of coaches and taxis arrived to start shuttling them into the city and to local tourist attractions. She will remain in Santa Cruz tonight, as we all wait with baited breath to see how the Canarians celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Photo of the magnificant Queen Victoria as the sun rises over Santa Cruz. Olly
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