OP ZEE

hey man het gaat lekker met je lees ik ik wou je nog smsen of bellen voor je weg ging maar ben zaterdag me tel verloren dus was al m'n nummers ook kwijt maar kreeg gister je smsje binnen dus als je over 4 maanden terug ben gaan we wel ff terrasje pakken maar het heeft alweer gevroren hier maar ik hoop dat het bij jou ook gaat vriezen succes en laat snel weer wat van je horen groetjes en xxx Jermaine en Madeleine

Hello David,

To day you are in Banderas Bay, one of the 28 most beautiful bays of the world !
Is the ms Statendam for anchor or birthed at the Terminal.
If for anchor this in case there are already three other cruise liners at the Terminal,the passengers have to tender to the harbour front.
And for the crew no go.!

By the way the ms Statendam is not on the www.marinetraffic.com anymore.
Funny because this also means that the AIS transponder is not working which is also designed to avoid collisions.
You better speak to the officer responsible. !

Erik is back (!) quite an experience to travel around in the middle east....!!!!

All the best,

Opa Willem

Hoi David, leuk om te lezen. heel avontuur. Zie op de site dat je op 22 april op Aruba bent, net 1 wk te laat voor mij. Ga een weekje eerder die kant op. Maak er een mooie tijd van!
Gr vanuit Wageningen
M. Rooijmans

hee ouwe baas,

Hoe is het dan, bevalt het werk een beetje. Heb je al veel collegee ontmoet? en hoe vergaat het engels je(went snel he!!)

ik hoop snel weer wat van je te lezen ouwe.
laterss

Hello David,

To day, Sunday march 14th, the ms. Statendam is moored, right into the town of Puerto Chiapas Mexico.
Quite an experience to be so close to a city and on which you can look down!
By the way did you see any Humpback Whales in the Bay of Banderas leaving Puerto Vallarte for Huatulco.
I read they are getting their young, in the bay and in march they go North to Alaska to enjoy plenty of food in the rich waters feeding on krill, plankton, and small fish.
Don’t worry if you missed these huge animals I’am sure you will see them during the trips you are still going to make from Vancouver to Glacier Bay Alaska and back. !

However no holiday for you just visiting a variety of beautiful and exotic places !!
YOU are supposed to work hard with a permanent smile on your face.
I wonder if the kind of work you have to do is indeed according your, and my, expectations namely having the responsibility including supervising the dining room wait staff and overall operation of the dining room.
Is all staff Philippines ?

David nearly one week at sea now ! And in a few days you will leave the Pacific sailing thru the Panama canal to the Atlantic side of the American Continent.
By passing this famous canal you will be lifted up and down again 26 meters.

Talking about experience !!

All the very best,
Opa Willem