I am 31 years old and I am currently onboard the cruise ship that my husband works on. There are no guests onboard and none of us have been on land in about six weeks. We are currently sitting at anchor outside of the Port of Jakarta, Indonesia waiting to be able to disembark over…
Welcome to the questions post! Thank you so much for people that have reached out to ask how we are doing onboard and what is going on. So, without further adieu, here we go! Q: Where are you going? /When will you get there? A: What excellent questions! Each time I have written a “Where…
It has been nearly a month since the passengers were disembarked from the ship in Fremantle, Australia, and as you can guess things are a bit different. While the economic impact of sailing without passengers is massive, both for the cruise line and the ripple effects to the crew working on board, this post is…
I recently finished two books. “The Art of Thinking Clearly” by Rolf Dobelli, translated by Nicky Griffin, and “The Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss. This is not only indicative of how much time I have on my hands with all of these sea days, but is also great as I’ve met one of…
I am a 31 year-old, largely unemployed weird version of a stay at home wife. I am currently sailing with him on the cruise ship he is working on. There are no guests on board and we are re-positioning between Australia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At present we are about five days away from South…
This is my story of living on board a cruise ship during the coronavirus epidemic. Our ship is healthy, does not have COVID-19, and has now disembarked all of the passengers. We are currently making our way to Fort Lauderdale from Fremantle, Australia. (You read that right – literally half way around the world.) This…
