The first time a ship enters a new port it is known as her "Maiden Call", and today Queen Mary 2 made her Maiden Call into Port Rashid, Dubai. She was a sneaky wee ship and snuck in at least two hours ahead of schedule so I missed catching her on video. She was also supposed to be at Quay 2 but I notice there's been a change of plan and she's been moved back into deeper waters, near where the container ships are. This is nothing new for QM2 - the same thing happened in Auckland as Princess Wharf is too short for her to tie up properly.
Yesterday I told you about the all-white imposter; you can just see her bow in the left of the photo. I would say she is about 0.5+ km closer to me than QM2. Also you can just make out a container ship in front of QM2 (foreground) - she has a black hull with a white bridge. That should give you a sense of scale.
I'm still in my Jammies and there are a couple of last minute errands I need to run so the next post from me will be from onboard.
Special note to Sallie: Damn, I wish you could have gotten the time off work kiddo. We'd have had a blast. I'll be thinking of you and will down a wee glass a champers in your honour. To absent friends!
2 comments:
Waiting, waiting ... for the first onboard installment. "60 Minutes" on TV3 tonite had an article on cruise ship high-jinks and another on Dubai. Coincidence?
Yeah ... that was my fault. I sent the first blog to the wrong address (left a 1 out by accident). Should be all OK from now on. If I don't post it is because I'm having too much fun.
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