Gloria reporting from Suite 820

Well after Machu Picchu we decided to rest, so didn’t do anything in Pisco. Town only had few people in it so stayed on the ship. There were some stalls on the pier so went down and had a browse. Some beautiful jackets for 1 year olds with beautiful animals stitched on them and not that expensive. Played golf (5 holes) and I got equal first with another guy, so won 1 whole point. If you collect enough points you can get a t-shirt or cap, so may get something by the end of the trip.

As we’re on segment 2 of the trip we had another Captain’s Welcome, Captain Stan is French and a very nice fellow, unfortunately he is going on leave in about 6 days so we will have another new Captain. This one steered us thru an awful thick fog as we left Pisco but it didn’t hang around long thankfully, Captain kept sounding his horn.

Went to Signatures restaurant, one of the speciality restauant’s, this one is French and has very well presented food. The other one is Prime7, fish and steak. The main dining room is Compass Rose which is a beautiful room, and the menus are always very good there too. We choose to share a table and have met some lovely people mainly Aussies and Americans. The other restaurant is The Verandah, mainly buffet but menu for dinner, its also a very nice restaurant and has dining outside as well which we have done.

Yesterday was Matarani, but the city of Arequipa is about 2 hours away so didn’t get there. Went into the small town of Mollenda, 25 mins away, not a lot to see but it’s close to a beach and there were about 500 people in the water, not that hot and the sand was grey, yuk.

The shows on board have been quite good, went and heard a couple of singers last night and they were very easy to listen to. Most of the shows have singing and dancing but did have a circus trapeze act one night.

Today is a sea day and very calm. Tony’s been to a storytelling on Chile and then we played golf and Tony was a winner today, hooray bring on the t-shirt.

Have another block party tonight, which entails you taking a glass from your suite and going out in the passage way to be greeted by the house keepers who pour you a drink and you meet the neighbours. Quite a good idea.