Rare Tothesunset Posted March 19, 2020 #201 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Chin up, Roma. Good to hear your recovery progresses. You'll be grand yourself, so you will. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveywavey70 Posted March 19, 2020 #202 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A Wave from Sunny North Wales hear Roma. Keep your chin up. Any idea when you'll be allowed home yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archipelago Posted March 19, 2020 #203 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Tothesunset said: Chin up, Roma. Good to hear your recovery progresses. You'll be grand yourself, so you will. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzibroad Posted March 19, 2020 #204 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I have a feeling tomorrow is the day. Cannot say why. Very likely unless they get a spanner in teh works. I am told we will be checked by a doctor before we go. That will be the sign!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirio Posted March 20, 2020 Author #205 Share Posted March 20, 2020 How are you in Shadow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzibroad Posted March 20, 2020 #206 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Well , I am right We are being flown out by charter, Australians NAD new Zealanders first 5 pm to Sydney via Santiago, The airline is one that I consider the worst I have been on, LATAM, but beggars cannot be choosers. We are glad of anything. The staff will be up front [ie Business], passengers economy ,with food packs and water already on our seats and we have been supplied with masks and gloves we must wear throughout the journey, then into 14 day home quarantine No food or drink service and I was on LATAM 4 months ago and know what the packs will be like .After lobster and champagne for 10 days straight it will be a big come down but we are grateful to be going home. I am prepared to starve as on my last trip. After Sydney we have to do domestic flights We arrive Sydney 5,20 am so home is many hours away. We are going at last- yippee. We now value our freedom more than ever before.We do not know what awaits us at home- maybe nothing to eat?? We cannot shop. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirio Posted March 20, 2020 Author #207 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Have a safe and healthy flight back home. Hope to "meet" you in better circumstances! For the others hope soon you all be flying home. Keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowornever Posted March 20, 2020 #208 Share Posted March 20, 2020 First bus has departed. Safe travels! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWaldo Posted March 20, 2020 #209 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Hopefully you will fit the seniors cireteia which woolworths and coles have done for home delivery only. If not, places like Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon still have delivery going. The last option I guess is menulog. Many of the smaller places like butchers and fruit shops are doing limited local delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgh Posted March 20, 2020 #210 Share Posted March 20, 2020 There are many places organising support services and I am sure there will be something already up and running when you arrive home. Which town in which state ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigtraveller Posted March 21, 2020 #211 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Safe travels everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagerTravelerBC Posted March 21, 2020 #212 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Any word on when the final 100+ Americans will be departing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowornever Posted March 21, 2020 #213 Share Posted March 21, 2020 As one of the 103, I can say that we are still here enjoying Brazilian hospitality. ✈️🤞🙏 & if all of the above fail -🥂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 21, 2020 #214 Share Posted March 21, 2020 To the 103. You are all in our thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishusa Posted March 21, 2020 #215 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Did I miss something? What about the Brits, Moss included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted March 21, 2020 #216 Share Posted March 21, 2020 55 minutes ago, nowornever said: As one of the 103, I can say that we are still here enjoying Brazilian hospitality. Darn! Was hoping you were on your way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirio Posted March 21, 2020 Author #217 Share Posted March 21, 2020 For those on board, keep going. It is hard, very hard everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodashire Posted March 21, 2020 #218 Share Posted March 21, 2020 We left last night at about 7.30pm from the ship. Had to wait until all three coaches were full. I mean full. Then we had the full convoy of police cars, dozens of police on motor bikes etc. En rout to airport they had closed all road large and small that would cross of or go our route to the airport. As we left the dock gates even though night had fallen lots of tv crews and joe public taking phots. We were in masks and gloves. Another set was also given to us when boarding the plane. On arrival at the airport coaches pulled up to planes stairs. We were not assisted with our carry on baggage and a number of guests really struggled with the steep steps onto the plane. We had been given our seat allocation with the return of our passports. We were to,d before leaving the ship that we would all sit in economy and that the crew would not help or serve us. On our seats were two sets of snacks that included water bottles and very small juice plus a thin blanket. No head phones so a very boring flight. They did try to seat us a seat apart. on landing at Heathrow we were told that we would go through border control and heightened health checks, before collecting our bags and then to proceed into main terminal where Intercruises would then give us all our future flights either within the U.K. or to the continent. Ship side had no idea of our onward travel arrangements so somewhat difficult to make arrangements for pick ups at our final destination. Moss was also on our flight including voices of Silversea. Although already said hats off to the Captain, Officers and crew for their continued high service and politeness in very difficult conditions. As our coaches left the water tankers were still delivering water 24/7. whilst waiting in our suites for the sound of the phone to ask us to proceed to deck three, an announcement was made asking of on the USA flight that was due to take off at 8am this morning Brazilian time there would there a guest that was a medical doctor?! Incredibly when we arrived at Heathrow there was no check on our health at point at entry even though we were a charter flight that was known to bring passengers from a Risk/isolation and all wearing masks and gloves. we are now T home, so relieved to be back with the great work of our Embassies and others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowornever Posted March 21, 2020 #219 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Hi soda. So happy you made it home safely. Be well & stay healthy. It looked like a circus out there when you departed -drones flying around & enough motorcycle cops to put down a small revolution. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archipelago Posted March 21, 2020 #220 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I am on the bay side of the Shadow and the Brazilian authorities have not been patrolling in front of the ship today. Glad that our shipmates are home or on their way home. Thank You to all the hard working and wonderful crew ! The Best ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted March 21, 2020 #221 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Happy to see people are getting home. Anyone have more news about/from Roma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirio Posted March 21, 2020 Author #222 Share Posted March 21, 2020 https://g1.globo.com/pe/pernambuco/noticia/2020/03/21/mais-viajantes-sao-retirados-de-navio-que-esta-retido-no-porto-do-recife-por-causa-do-coronavirus.ghtml Coverage from the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaxted333 Posted March 21, 2020 #223 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/18/2020 at 8:55 PM, Ozzibroad said: Roma, I am so sad that you have been left out. Rest assured however that our Captain has kept up to date with your progress and several times announced how you and the positive gentleman are going. It is a pity you did not know this. Thank you for letting me know about that, it's very touching. Did he tell you that I have been readmitted to ICU? I had a lot of chest pain and my O2 levels were low so I needed a higher level of care. I'm still in ICU so I don't know when I'll be heading home. Hope you've all got home safely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaxted333 Posted March 21, 2020 #224 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 9:48 AM, spinnaker2 said: Hello Roma from South Florida USA! Keep getting better! :-))) Thanks Spinnaker2, once this is all over we shall meet up and have a good old 'yarn' about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaxted333 Posted March 21, 2020 #225 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 12:51 PM, Tothesunset said: Chin up, Roma. Good to hear your recovery progresses. You'll be grand yourself, so you will. 🙂 So you're Irish then?? Or doing a reasonable impression of one 😄 sad to say but I'm back in ICU after going a wee bit downhill, so I did! Don't know when I'll get home. Safe travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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