Friday 11th April

Carol is confined to the cabin after spending and uncomfortable night with a combination of diarrhoea and being sick. I am free to come and go, but must eat in the dining room, or in the cabin, I can’t go up to the Lido. As things go at the moment it looks like it is a twenty four hour bug as she was hungry this afternoon with no further signs of illness. They are going to phone her tomorrow afternoon to see if she is still OK and if she is they will set her free and she can then run up the corridor, jump in the air clicking her heels and shouting yippee!

We rounded the southern tip of India into the Arabian Sea and are following the coast fifteen to twenty miles off the Indian sub-continent. Temperature is 33°C and at least Carol can enjoy the sun on the balcony. We can also expect to see an abundance of flying fish as they are the main prey of tuna fish and this area is rich in tuna. Flying fish can travel up to 40 miles per hour and over forty yards in one leap. The weather forecast is good for the next few days, calm sea, light winds, 33°C will remain through our transit up to Mumbai.

We had a piracy exercise today (which we were excused from). Everyone with outside cabins had to go into the corridor and sit on the floor. Those with inside cabins had to remain in their cabins. We were informed that there was an armed international military task force on board including the Royal Navy but it is unlikely anyone will attempt to board a liner travelling at 22 knots. (PS. Saturday am. Carol was released from custody first thing this morning.)