Off course not "easy peacy" travel. Plane change in Toronto became an almost American deal. 2,5 hours in customs and immigration, so for sure I missed that flight. Spent the afternoon awaiting new tickets and trying to find a decent Hotel room(which I finally did, knackered).
"Alt Hotel" next to the airport, modern and fresh..
I must be "jinxed". 3 last times I have been travelling to join my vessel, I have been delayed and have had to stay in Hotel somewhere around the world awaiting new travel arrangements.
I joined just when the vessel was about to get out from the dry dock, after a decent "face lift".
Spent a couple of days in and out of dry dock dock, equipment berth, and then doing sea trials..making sure that all systems are "go". After that we left and set out for new adventures. A few "snippets" of the views I encountered.
In for landing Freeport
Hugin on the blocks
My Hotel balcony
My reliever sign off from dry dock..
Sea Trials and FRC, "shuttle" "techs" in and out of port
Sun rise Northern Beach equipment berth
Electricians pulling cables..
OOW Voyage planning
Frantic
Ch.Off looking lonely...
Nice water, feel like going for a swim
A few hundred mattresses being recycled
"Propp stack"
Safety Officer doing a safety induction for newly arrived joining crew.
Ch.Elec and Elec struggling with the window wiper
Surroundings..
Recycling, Sun chairs
Recycling Mattresses
ROV doing an "Abbey Road", Is that a "pressure chamber"?
Msm have a "quick peak"on the coffee break
Ch.Engineer in his Office
Ch.Electrician final pray before "switch on" the power.
Carnival installing cabins on top of the bridge.
Newly purchased battery handling device for the Observers on Node deck.
Sun is setting
More mattresses for recycling
Batteries loaded, now landing shipments
Workers fishing on their lunch break, "birdies" looking for "nam nam"
Facilities for arriving/departing cruise passengers.
Senor Frog's
View from our bunker berth. Towards dry dock..
..towards the sea.
Pilot boarding the vessel next to us on their departure.
More views.
Arriving ships, container top and cruise below...
"Tender boat" bringing joining ships crew out to their vessel. Crew change.
Swinging around in the morning light...
Next cruise ship waiting in line...after her arrival, we are clear to depart...
Rig Lizard doing an "Obi-Wan Kenobi" "clear for departure...