Another day in paradise

 A quick update whilst we have 4G alongside the quay; there will be none if/when we sail and I’m not entirely sure about Turkmenistan and the internet. We may be ‘dark’ for a while. 


It’s been a day of highs and lows. Now at 6.30 pm we are still trying to work out what is happening. We have established that there is a sensor which needs to be replaced in one of the engines. Various departure times have been offered: 1pm (we thought unlikely), tomorrow sometime (depressing) but hope springs eternal and the latest update is the part has arrived, it is being fitted and sailing tonight is a strong possibility (we are not counting our chickens and I will only post this as we slip away from the dock). 


Wish us luck……






Mmm.. update at 8.00am. Still here. 

Nigel was woken last night by the 2nd mate to be asked for assistance in the engine room. Nigel woke Chris and together they performed a dance of misunderstanding via Google translate which resulted in them returning to their bunks after a few minutes. 


Nellie and I joined Nigel for our morning walk around the top deck and discussed possibilities, options, plans. One thing we have found frustrating is a total lack of information. We have to find someone to challenge and Google translate is not so good on Turkmen, the oral translate doesn’t work and of course they have a different alphabet. 



Looking longingly at two ferries leaving today. We could have been on one, had we not jumped the queue!

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