The Africa Mercy, taken from lifeboat 4 during a drill:
The port of Durban at dawn:
The welcome home sign (click to enlarge):
Memories of our long trip home: Nissan 927 broke down again, and had to be carried back to Durban on an AA truck:
Noah's last fire at Appelsbosch, in which he burnt his precious collection of sticks:
A new year: new cooks. Sylvanus from South Africa carving melt-in-your mouth roast beef...
...and Bobbi from NZ (right) with her beautifully displayed fruit:
Weight tests on the lifeboat davits: each yellow bag is filled with tons of water, whilst the lifeboats went around the corner to another yard for their 5 year services:
The best fry-up in South Africa, available at the Harbourside Cafe, 10 Rotterdam Road, Bayhead:
A tornado hits Tongaat as we travel home:
New ice machine on Deck 6 outside Crew Galley:
New air conditioning plant in the engine room:
Our technical crew have worked themselves to exhaustion over the last few months, and words are insufficient to express our thanks to them. The new generators are now working; we have electricity to just about everywhere and shore power is being disconnected as I write. Deck 3 & 4 a/c was switched on over the weekend, and (praise God) the new a/c system for Decks 5, 6 & 7 was switched on last night. The temperature in our cabin went down from 31 degrees to 26 degrees in an hour, and we woke up at 22 degrees this morning. What a welcome relief, as Durban's summer is well and truly established. Olly
Memories of our long trip home: Nissan 927 broke down again, and had to be carried back to Durban on an AA truck:
Noah's last fire at Appelsbosch, in which he burnt his precious collection of sticks:
A new year: new cooks. Sylvanus from South Africa carving melt-in-your mouth roast beef...
...and Bobbi from NZ (right) with her beautifully displayed fruit:
Weight tests on the lifeboat davits: each yellow bag is filled with tons of water, whilst the lifeboats went around the corner to another yard for their 5 year services:
The best fry-up in South Africa, available at the Harbourside Cafe, 10 Rotterdam Road, Bayhead:
A tornado hits Tongaat as we travel home:
New ice machine on Deck 6 outside Crew Galley:
New air conditioning plant in the engine room:
Our technical crew have worked themselves to exhaustion over the last few months, and words are insufficient to express our thanks to them. The new generators are now working; we have electricity to just about everywhere and shore power is being disconnected as I write. Deck 3 & 4 a/c was switched on over the weekend, and (praise God) the new a/c system for Decks 5, 6 & 7 was switched on last night. The temperature in our cabin went down from 31 degrees to 26 degrees in an hour, and we woke up at 22 degrees this morning. What a welcome relief, as Durban's summer is well and truly established. Olly
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