ABU DHABI

stop in abu dhabi for today ) went to a nice beach right by the city center, a newly "built" beach with sand brought there from the desert played fresbee with friends, cut my foot on a shell, kept playing fresbee anyway, jumped in the water, fooled around all day long.. not a bad day at all! tonight i'm sitting at my desk, all work done already.. tonight we're having 1 hour back to adjust to Bahrain's time, meaning that while everybody on the ship is sleeping 1 hour more, i get to workl 1 hour more!!! but not too bad, tomorrow i'll have my revenge when we'll get back to uae time )) not much else apart from the nice sun and sand.. ))

UAE, OMAN AND BAHRAIN

SO HERE GOES A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO UPDATE THIS BLOG I ONCE OPENED BUT NEVER REALLY USED... I'M IN COSTA CLASSICA SAILING AROUND DUBAI AND UAE.. I LEFT END OF NOVEMBER FROM SAVONA, ITALY, PASSED THROUGH EGYOT, SUEZ CHANNEL, JORDAN, YEMEN, OMAN AND ARRIVED TO DUBAI END OF DECEMBER. THE SHIP'S MUCH SMALLER THAN THE ONE I WAS ON BEFORE, WHICH MEANS I WORK A LOT LESS (URRA!!), PEOPLE ARE NOT SO STRESSED OUT AND ON THE WHOLE THERE'S A GOOD ATMOSPHERE AMONG CREW ) I FOUND A COUPLE OF NICE FRIENDS WITH WHOM I'M ALWAYS HAVING CHEAP BEER AT CREWBAR (WHICH IS WHY I CANT FIT IN MY JEANS ANYMORE..) AND GOING OUT AT PORTS. SO BASICALLY, GOOD LIFE ).. I WORK IN NIGHTSHIFT, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE LIKE THAT FOR THE REST OF THE CONTRACT, SO THAT I HAVE MORE TIME TO GO OUT. SINCE I HAVE LATELY ACCESS TO INTERNET, I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH PEOPLE I HAVENT HEARD FOR AGES.. SO JUST DROP IN A NOTE IF YOU WISH ) HOPE I'LL BE BACK SOON ))