Two things I never really wanted to do. Two things I have never done. Two things I said I would never, ever do – a package tour and an ocean cruise.
I’m about to do both.
Travelling with three of my sisters, Margaret, Louise and Ellen, I am about to embark on a 16 day – two for one deal – to travel to China and Japan. The “holiday” includes a three-day cruise between Shanghai and Tokyo. Surely it is just another, slower, noiser and crowded means of travel … and not a nightmare-on-sea.
When not being cruisers, we have been allocated a coach for our travels. There are 10 coaches each named after a Chinese zodiac and colour coded – so we don’t get on the wrong coach I assume – although surely, we are all going to the same places?
We are on the monkey coach. It’s purple, in case we forget the zodiac and have strong colour memory. Apparently, each coach carries around 40 tourists.
Wish me luck as I embark on my “adventure of a lifetime”.
Am I having fun yet?
The seat of my pants 