While the itinerary says,
Chennai, no one could get off this morning as it was all aboard at 8:00am.
Some of the Indian crew had been given shore leave to visit their families in this area.
For the first time in 26 years of Jamie’s sailing, the Indian officials insisted on a face to face DEPARTURE inspection.
That meant all of us including the crew had to personally appear before them again.
It was supposed to start at 8:00am according to the official instructions, but they didn’t show up until almost 9:00am.
Then in went very quickly as all we did was go back to the theatre with our passports and departure cards, given them to an official, who stamped our passports and gave them back.
We finally left the port about 11:00am and Jan thinks everyone on board the ship was very glad to be gone from the filthy port. The beautiful white Voyager needs a major cleaning and the crew will be busy for days getting rid of all the black dust that has infiltrated every where. We enjoyed the excursions and the area has much to offer, but the port facilities are terrible for a cruise ship.
The rest of the day was spent enjoying the calm
Bay of Bengal, an area that is known for its bad storms, none of which we saw.
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