Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Cruise ship visit

The P&O cruise ship Oriana came into Santa Cruz port this morning - and on her was our good friend and crew-mate Third Officer Matthew Parker from the UK, who served with us on the Africa Mercy for a month in Benin. He invited us onto the ship and gave us a 4 hour tour of the leisure facilities (seriously, VERY impressive!), and even fed us twice (breakfast and lunch) and treated the kids to a few minutes in the hot-tub and pool before he had to go back on duty.

What a fun time we had. We've never been on a fancy ship before (having lived on more basic ships for over 4 years), so it was a treat to see how paying customers live, and how a commercial shop operates! Thanks again Matthew! Olly

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