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  1. My brother and his wife were on this cruise, but I haven't had a chance to discuss it with them yet. It's just as well Aurora got back to Southampton when she did, as quite a storm seems to be brewing up this evening. Those on her next trip look to be in for a rough time of it leaving Southampton, assuming she is able to depart on time.
  2. As another data point, I've not had any problem with this using Chrome on my PC.
  3. I've enjoyed all the meals I've had in Sindhu on Aurora and Arcadia (the only P&O ships I've been on). No, they aren't extremely hot, if that's what you want, but I find them far more subtly spiced and higher quality than one finds in most high street Indian restaurants (and cheaper too!). I suppose all this shows is that people's tastes differ. Unless there's great variation from ship to ship depending on who the head chef is? Having said that, I do enjoy Sainsburys Indian ready meals too, though they aren't comparable to Sindhu.
  4. They had obviously realised by this point that they weren't going to run out of grapefruit or yoghurt by the end of the cruise, and so didn't need to water it down to make it go further! I'm glad everything went so smoothly on your last day.
  5. 1st March, maybe? (Ditto for Part 2.) Or maybe all your reports have been an elaborate - if early - April Fool, and you've actually been at home the whole time. 🙂 I'm glad you had such a memorable meal to finish with. I can't help wondering how much weight you've put on during the cruise - not that it's any of my business.
  6. After reading that, I'm hungry! Luckily I'd already planned to be going to my local Indian for lunch in a couple of hours time. Though it's pretty good, it's not a patch on Sindhu, though.
  7. Thanks for the very informative summary. Regarding the maintenance issues, it sounds as though things may have gone downhill over the last year or so. When I did a Caribbean cruise on Aurora at the end of 2022, I didn't notice any temperature problems, and the lift display screens and floor announcements were hardly ever incorrect. Even then, though, there was some rust to be seen on the hull, even by someone as naturally unobservant as myself.
  8. If you mean a brochure devoted entirely to the cruise that you are going on, I didn't think that P&O did those any more. So it may be a case of the web site being out of date.
  9. Thanks from me too. I've very much enjoyed all your reports. I wonder if the attitude that only customer satisfaction scores of 10 are adequate has filtered down from P&O being part of a US company. I understand that in the US, where everything is hyped, it is usual to award much higher scores than we Brits would do. I wonder if cabin stewards and waiters who fail to get an average score of very close to 10 miss out on their share of the gratuities that are included in passengers' fares?
  10. It's a fairly big garden that is about 90% lawn and 10% jungle. And I live in Surrey, which is probably one of the more expensive areas if one wants gardening help.
  11. I wonder if I could get her to come and mow my lawn. I pay the bloke who does it £25, and I think it takes him about 45 minutes. 🙂
  12. "It was a Marco Pierre White branded menu but without his dishes highlighted" Not being a fan of his choices, I would see that as a plus! Wad this the Cheryl Baker who used to be part of Bucks Fizz? I was a fan back in the day, but I suppose that day was forty or so years ago.
  13. Looks like the best dinner menu of the cruise. There are three main courses that really appeal to me.
  14. I imagine there are still two or three daily reports to come, so I won't thank you just yet. 🙂 I did the "South Island sights and Angra" excursion on my way back from the Caribbean in December, 2022 and very much enjoyed it, so I'm glad you did too. And yes, the proper coach was a blessed relief after all the minibuses.
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