dry-dock

Hi all!

So finally another update. I’m sorry it’s been a long time.

Currently the ship is in dry dock in Gran Canaria. That does sound like a horrible place to be, I know, but I’m managing ;-)

We sailed early in the morning of the 2^nd of July and arrived before noon around the port of Gran Canaria. From there on we were pushed in and pulled in onto the dock by the shipyard crew. During the time of biking the Camino in Spain with Christina I picked up a little bit of Spanish, which really comes in handy now. Besides that I’ve had loads of practice doing charades with patients in Africa J

During this shipyard period the deck department has done a lot of maintenance work and also the shipyard has been working hard on the maintenance of the ship’s hull. But the main reason for this dry dock has been the replacement of the air condition systems, as you can see on the photo’s being put in through the side of the ship.

On board it’s about 28 degrees Celsius, since the air condition doesn’t work. On the island itself it is nice and cool, because of the wind. During my days off I’ve been biking around and been to the beach.

The plan for me was to leave the ship this Friday the 13^th, but we will be sailing back to Tenerife soon. The Chief Mate asked me to stay for that voyage, so I decided to stay until the 20^th of July.

Other interesting news is that I met a very nice, fun & sweet guy, who likes me too…

It’s nice to have an extra week to spend time together and get to know each other better.

Big hug

& Blessings

Maaike