Westward with the Pizza and Noodle Express - In position 20:48.73N, 069:07.50W
AJAYA'S CRUISE
Phil & Nikki Hoskins
Mon 11 May 2009 19:50
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All ok onboard. Another sunny day greeted us after
a few squalls during the night (on Nikki's watch) and a myriad of shipping
passing us going in all directions. Most notably the 900ft 'Disney
Magic' again on Nikki's watch, heading for St Maarten (early warning for St
Maarten - they're on the way guys) no doubt with it's young charges all tucked
up in bed with their complimentary cuddly toys, having heard the night's
sleepy-bo-bo story over the ship's tanoy! It's one of the joys of having the AIS
system of ship identification we have on Ajaya, although with super-sized
caricatures of the famous Disney Mouse plastered on each funnel we
feel that it hardly needs any other form of identification. We suspect the
ship's radio officer has a torrid time with anonymous VHF calls asking if
they can speak to Mickey if not - is Goofy there?
We've now settled back into life at
sea once more, although 2 more days will see us off the Caicos Islands for
some R & R. Our diet has been supplemented by the purchase of some
pre-cooked pizza bases in St Thomas so we are busy cooking varieties of pizza.
Last night the boat smelt like Sloppy Joes Pizza Palour as No 2 created her new
signature dish - A Caribbean Sardine and Olive Special Also
whilst we were in Barbados the Skipper couldn't resist buying up some 'chicken
flavoured' pot noodles at 35 cents each, which had gone past
their squawk-by date but were really cheap!. So these pot noodle tubs
have formed the backbone of Skippers recent nocturnal eating habits - usually at
about 0300 in the morning, so by 0600 when no 2 arrives on watch the
ghastly stench of a dried up polystyrene pot noodle container greets her.
However, last night was the final pack. No more in the bilge to look forward to
in the wee small hours. Back to the cheese and crackers - but alas we have no
Wensleydale.
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