Was good to have a sleep-in this morning, the clocks had been put forward overnight. It was back to mahjong for me, a lot of chat about what we had all done in Dubai over the last two days.
At around 11.15 the captain announced that we had another very sick passenger on board who would need to be airlifted off the ship and a helicopter was being sent from Oman, arriving within the next hour or so. Passengers were instructed to stay off the top decks and not to use balconies on the port side. We are on the port side. Straight after we finished the game I came back to the cabin to drop off the mahjong tiles before going to lunch - I arrived to see the helicopter within metres of our balcony, the doors and windows were shaking and the deck chairs rattling and the noise was deafening. It circled again then came back and I was able to video it from inside. Definitely couldn't have opened a door or would have been blown to bits. Never a dull moment on Princess!!!
So after lunch I joined a line to face the Indian immigration officers, ensuring we all had the correct documentation and visas for our upcoming visit to Cochin in three days. The visa thing has nearly caused a mutiny on the ship - some passengers have been given the run-around about the need for visas and others have been forced to pay hundreds of dollars - some people don't even want to get off the ship and never intended to and it will be interesting if all those who are going to 'sue' (not us!!!) will do so.
Then I met George for a cocktail at happy hour and when I told him I had footage of the helicopter from our cabin he told me I must have been dreaming or in someone else's cabin. Took quite some time to convince him that we were just there at different times. Apparently his footage was from the balcony & I can't imagine how he was able to remain safe.
Enough for today!!!
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