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Sunday night we met up with some guests for a meal. Thanks to Peter and Karen Bodde, Kay Ahlbrandt, Louis and Joy Tuip, and Matthew and Celeste Sena we had a great evening. They were all very down to earth people with a good sense of humour. Strangely enough it turned out that they had some dealings with being in the navy or forces – a common thread for them which I didn’t know about when we sent the invitations out.
Last night the captain and his wife invited us for a meal along with the 1st officer. Oh dear! It was kind of him but we were still already full from the previous night’s dinner. Nevertheless we couldn’t turn him down. On top of it Paul and organised a farewell ‘do’ for the boson in the boson’s store. Our dinner with the captain ran a bit over time but we finally made it down to the boson’s store to say hello. Shame, the staff had not started their meal until Paul arrived but they soon tucked in with great gusto. Paul had some prawn crackers but unfortunately I couldn’t look at another morsel let alone eat anything more. The staff was a jolly group and a home-made music video was playing of some of the staff playing as if in a band. Microphones where paint rollers, guitars were brooms or plastic spades, drums were tins of paint and trays for the cymbals. The real music came from a dvd as they played their air instruments. It was very good and it looked as if they were having a great time making the recording during their few hours off.
There have been 2 people quite ill in the infirmary. Unfortunately the Maasdam has been way too far out to sea for a helicopter evacuation. Fortunately the people’s conditions have stabilised and being monitored closely.
Tomorrow we arrive in San Diego.
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