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CRUISE TO NEW CALEDONIA 2020
We should have been overjoyed at the prospect of eight, glittering nights on board Carnival Spirit. But David’s doctor warned him the cruise was a, ‘No-no.’ Still, we decided to go.
Echoes of the Ship of Fools? I packed my baubles and bling. Cough mixture. A month’s medications. Travacalm. Panadol. Anti-diarrhoea medication. Metaphen throat gargle. Calcium Ascorbate powder. Berocca. Alcohol hand wash. Face masks. Surface sprays…
Were we expecting the Plague? By March, the world was under siege from a deadly pandemic. Invisible. More infectious than influenza. Covid-19 sought out heart problems. Lung Disease. Those over 70. Diabetes. Thousands could die.
China took the first blows. Then Italy was in lockdown. A tsunami struck Palermo. From three cases to 12,462 in three weeks. Drenching Fever. Coughs. Shortness of Breath. Iran has a tradition of visiting the sick.
Corona gave all a warm welcome. Spain. The UK…
Panic buying. We laughed at customers wrestling for packs of toilet paper. A couple ended in court for affray. Breakfast cereals ran low. Panadol. Pasta. Rice.
Trump’s denial had shifted to closed borders for Europe. The US had a thousand cases. Britain had 10,000 cases and counting. Singapore. North Korea. Singapore… Australia isolated people for 14 days. Corona closed Epping Boys High School and Marsden College. Nursing Home Patients dead.
Scott Morrison stepped up, spending big to support workers and businesses. Instead of a phantom surplus, the nation’s finances plunged into deficit. And, as the midwife declared to the pregnant woman, ‘ Things will get worse before they get better.’
Monday 16th March, was meant to be our sail away. But the TV news announced : Carnival Cancels all cruises, for the next fortnight. They must be kidding. And you know what? I couldn’t have been happier.
We should have been overjoyed at the prospect of eight, glittering nights on board Carnival Spirit. But David’s doctor warned him the cruise was a, ‘No-no.’ Still, we decided to go.
Echoes of the Ship of Fools? I packed my baubles and bling. Cough mixture. A month’s medications. Travacalm. Panadol. Anti-diarrhoea medication. Metaphen throat gargle. Calcium Ascorbate powder. Berocca. Alcohol hand wash. Face masks. Surface sprays…
Were we expecting the Plague? By March, the world was under siege from a deadly pandemic. Invisible. More infectious than influenza. Covid-19 sought out heart problems. Lung Disease. Those over 70. Diabetes. Thousands could die.
China took the first blows. Then Italy was in lockdown. A tsunami struck Palermo. From three cases to 12,462 in three weeks. Drenching Fever. Coughs. Shortness of Breath. Iran has a tradition of visiting the sick.
Corona gave all a warm welcome. Spain. The UK…
Panic buying. We laughed at customers wrestling for packs of toilet paper. A couple ended in court for affray. Breakfast cereals ran low. Panadol. Pasta. Rice.
Trump’s denial had shifted to closed borders for Europe. The US had a thousand cases. Britain had 10,000 cases and counting. Singapore. North Korea. Singapore… Australia isolated people for 14 days. Corona closed Epping Boys High School and Marsden College. Nursing Home Patients dead.
Scott Morrison stepped up, spending big to support workers and businesses. Instead of a phantom surplus, the nation’s finances plunged into deficit. And, as the midwife declared to the pregnant woman, ‘ Things will get worse before they get better.’
Monday 16th March, was meant to be our sail away. But the TV news announced : Carnival Cancels all cruises, for the next fortnight. They must be kidding. And you know what? I couldn’t have been happier.