Next July I am going to travel all the way to China (Shanghai) to get a boat to play around on the sea specially to be in the right place to see a rather special total eclipse of the sun. (I apologise about my carbon footprint, I could have travelled all the way by train, but I have commitments each side of the trip which means I don't have time).
I hope that the ship will have special advisors on it to help me get decent pictures of it. Last tiem one was visible from the UK the sky clouded over and we couldn't see it. What a let down! This time I am spending my entire year's spending money on getting to see it properly. It should be wonderful.
But I am a bit concerned about the manner of my travelling. This is taking place as part of a cruise, and I have not cruised before. It has been arranged for me to share a cabin with a complete stranger (same sex) to save having to pay ridiculous single person supplement. I hope she likes me. I hope I like her. These things cannot be guaranteed. But more than that, I hope I am not bored silly by being on the same boat with the same people for a week. The scenery will change, since we are visiting Japan and, I think Taiwan, but the people will be the same.
And, faced with meals on tap all day and night, am I going to be able to eat sensible and not too much? How unpopular will I make myself with others when it is discovered I barely drink alcohol at all? It's a new kind of travelling for me, and I am already excited . . .and a little bit scared.
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