tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post5360291228531352235..comments2010-03-11T14:47:40.757ZDiscover P&amp;O Cruiseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17889498552710045530noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-67377213864126351792010-03-11T14:47:40.746Z2010-03-11T14:47:40.746ZJames,<br />great blog, we will keep up with you all the way around. Hope you enjoyed HK, we had a great lunch. Check with Oriental Lil (RM) for an update on her belated birthday ashore.<br />See you next time you stop here. Love to the team...<br />Lloyd, Marine and the little oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-26875732891490401712010-03-09T22:47:21.955Z2010-03-09T22:47:21.955ZGood evening James. How is your crossing?<br /><br />Well I&#39;m off out tomorrow to Bicester shopping village to meet up with some pals I have made through cruise connections. These guys go back to when it all started in 2002! The original posters!<br /><br />Anyway, I&#39;ve just had a phone call from the family - all disappointed because their helicopter trip over the grand canyon has had to be cancelled. Something to do with snow in the hills! I think the problem was getting them to the helicopter rather than the ride! It must be cold up there in them hills if there is snow on them ;-0)<br /><br />Well I don&#39;t know what they will be doing today instead. They need to make the most of it because tomorrow they will be heading home. Yippeeee can&#39;t wait for Thursday lunchtime when they should be calling me to pick them up :-)<br /><br />Best wishes my lovely<br /><br />Elaine (aurorabore)Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609506306131956875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-12882342043626479202010-03-09T15:48:48.195Z2010-03-09T15:48:48.195ZHello<br /><br />I notice that Geoff mentions Queen Victoria being in Hong Kong at the same time as Arcadia, if you get a chance please find out how Martyn Elliott is doing and give him our regards. Many thanks in advance.<br />You should write a book.<br />Judith and Colin AtkinsJudithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-26289530031783283602010-03-09T08:28:22.824Z2010-03-09T08:28:22.824ZHi James,<br /><br />good afternoon to you and all on Arcadia i don&#39;t know if you know but you will be in HK with Queen Victoria, hopefully birthed together. That would be a great sight to see. She departs at 16.00 on the 11.3.10.<br /><br />Enjoy Hong Kong i know two of the regular bloggers are joining you there, good for them,hope they enjoy the pampering on board.Less than 11 months now until my wife and i join Artemis in HK, so we are looking forward to that.<br /><br />looking forward to the updates to come.<br /><br />Regards to all on Arcadia.<br /><br />Geoff Witts PerthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-9340471189939159962010-03-08T13:41:01.304Z2010-03-08T13:41:01.304ZWhat a brilliant idea Elaine, James should write a book I agree it would certainly be a best seller with us &#39;cruisers&#39; wouldnt it? coupled with all the amazing photos of all the ports he has visited, cant wait !!<br /><br />Once again James have enjoyed another blog with wonderful photos, I am still very envious of all on board.<br /> <br />RosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-66670573209800982672010-03-08T12:41:36.829Z2010-03-08T12:41:36.829ZGood day James<br /><br />Well it&#39;s a lovely bright day here at home. I&#39;m still home alone :-( Washing is all done and drying in the utility room! Ironing is up to date (Lol) ;-) I have also spotted our ducks that appear every year at this time ready to mate and then usually the female duck (who we&#39;ve nicknamed Jemima - he&#39;s called jack and their surname is puddleduck) hides away in my bushes and produces lots of little puddleducks! 5 years we have been here now and every year they come back. Sometimes they have 2 lots of ducklings (some early spring and then some a bit later on)! <br /><br />I&#39;ve enjoyed looking at the latest pictures. I am assuming the ladies in red are the theatre company. They look very elegant. <br /><br />Wow, they have a LV at Yorkies Knob! Mind you most places with a big gambling area tend to have a LV. There&#39;s one in Birmingham too, where on a Monday all the oriental ladies are in the store buying designer handbags with some of the money won by their husbands/partners. Was told this by a member of staff there once when we took Nat&#39;s little LV bag back to have the handle repaired. She was telling me how much these bags had gone up since she brought hers! She does like a nice handbag!<br /><br />They certainly know how to look after the passengers in Yorkie&#39;s knob don&#39;t they. I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever seen a covered seating area on the shoreside whilst waiting for a tender.<br /><br />Anyway, my lovely, I must ask if you are keeping well yourself. Everytime I come on here I waffle on about what I&#39;m up to. Just thought I ought to check your ok??<br /><br />Looking forward to the next instalment James. You know you should write a book on your travels around the world! <br /><br />Elaine (aurorabore)Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609506306131956875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-63282193314920065872010-03-08T12:21:08.199Z2010-03-08T12:21:08.199ZHello James<br /><br />We keep looking at the blog and are amazed at the wonderful photo&#39;s (especially of you and the crew, you are all looking very healthy, with great tan&#39;s) Can I spy DJ Martin, on one of the photos? We loved Australia and would like to travel there again someday. It has been really lovely weather here sunny but very cold. yesterday we booked a holiday on the Azura but not until November, still waiting to hear if we have been lucky enough to be selected for a visit in April.<br /><br />Hope you are well, once again many thanks for the marvellous blog.<br /><br />Judith and ColinJudithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-70429523107702903042010-03-07T20:31:02.848Z2010-03-07T20:31:02.848ZHi James your blog is amazing. To visit so many places is wonderful, you are a lucky man! I dont know if you got my last message way back last week, but I am a friend of Liz and John Henderson. They were over in Newcastle for Johns check up and we caught up.Liz said I should drop you a line. Friends of ours are doing the whole 90 day trip with you. They are Debbie and Tony Baird and are staying in cabin DFA132. If you have a spare moment please tell them Avril and Peter said hello and are missing them and can&#39;t wait to hear their tales upon their return in mid April. Many thanks Avril Smith, Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear xxavrilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120042470944436293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549524304374457964.post-38229673186500068642010-03-07T11:18:22.866Z2010-03-07T11:18:22.866ZHi James,<br /><br />Good evening to you and all on Arcadia, while writing this, first sitting passengers are enjoying their meal.Great report as usual, the previous report about the Whitsundays was brilliant the photo&#39;s were great.<br /><br />When i was at sea when we sailed into Cairns that is what it was known as,how long it has been Yorkies Knob i don&#39;t know. Do the passengers have tours to nearby Green Island? That is a fantastic place to visit with its underwater observatory, also they used to have a crocodile to view.It is a place you can walk around in less than an hour.<br /><br />Enjoy Kota tomorrow,the Aurora is in Fremantle on Thursday, may go down to have a look and dream.<br /><br />Regards to all on Arcadia.<br /><br />Geoff Witts PerthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com