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6 June. By 06:30 or so I’d had enough sleep and, apparently so had my cabin mates John, Anne, and Groud. This meant I was able to fish out my camera from my bag without disturbing anyone and snap a …

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5 June. We’d already had some early mornings but today was our earliest of the trip – up at 05:30 to muster in the lobby by 06:00. Everyone arrived on time and after a short walk we schlepped our luggage …

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4 June. Thank goodness for Groud. She’s loaned me her adapter into which I’ve plugged my computer and am at last charging my phone. However, I’m sitting in the room because you need the room key to get power to …