Day 11 27/5/12

Day 11 – Darwin – Singapore - 26/5/12

Weather – Fine, Sunny, 28C – 29C. Humidity – off the scale:)

Sunrise – 6.40am

Sunset – 6.52pm

Throughout the morning Sun Princess continued its passage using the “Archipelagic Sea Lane” which is the recommended shipping route through the Java Sea. Just after midnight we entered the Karimata Strait passing west of Kalimantan 40 miles to starboard. At about 5.30am we passed 20 miles port of the Mompang group of islands and entered the South China Sea with flat seas and no swell to speak of..smooth sailing :) At 7am we then passed 40 miles north-east of Belitung Island and 20 miles starboard of the small Serutu Island. We followed a north-westerly course through the afternoon and at 6.15pm we crossed the Equator.

Short update again today. Another sea day today, which was our laziest to date :) It continues to amaze me the number of people on this cruise we now know. No sooner do we sit down somewhere and we bump into someone that becomes a 15 – 30 – 45 min chat !!!

Trivia – bombed out – again

This afternoon was the usual King Neptune 'trial' of crossing the Equator. We were to lazy to go up to top deck for the event, as we had experienced the event about 6 times over the last few years.

Singapore tomorrow which we are really looking forward to. We are meeting friends Jane and Carl for a birthday brunch (Jane's) at the Equinox Restaurant which is on level 70 of the Swisshotel.

We also need to go hunting for a charger for the Camera battery. I was certain that we had packed it, and it was marked off the packing list, but it aint there, so we have lost it, or not packed it..bugger.