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Subject: Fun on the Uganda Author: Lorraine Johnston [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:53:14 02/16/03 Sun I was lucky enough to do two cruises on the Uganda in 1976 and 1977-Norway, Denmark and Germany the first time and Norway, Denmark and Holland the second. The first trip we were on the dormatories were full(imagine our sadness!!)and we ended up in en-suite cabins instead. We had a ball! Next time it was back to slumming it in the dorms but since we were above the waterline we were grateful for small mercies-the boys in our group christened their below waterline quarters 'The black hole of Calcutta' I don't remember the food being terrible but the all-pervading smell of curry cooking(presumably for the crew) had me hanging my head over the side a couple of times! I remember that you weren't allowed to take food out of the dining room and having to resort to shoving my orange down my sock and making my escape like a prisoner from Colditz past the guard(it could have been a waiter on door duty!) To anyone who has read it, does the Uganda book give details about how many thousands of deck quoits were lost or thrown overboard over the years that Uganda transported mischievious children?!! I clearly remember that being more popular sport than the official version of the game! Also,can anyone explain to me why dormatory lockdowns and patrolling teachers were serious business at night and being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time was punishable in ways so horrible you could only imagine, yet our group of 12 -14 year olds were taken to the centre of Amsterdam and told 'you have two hours free, be back here by 3pm' then left to our own devices in the red light district! After all, there's only so much Delft pottery you can look at before the side streets beckon! My favourite souvenir was the SS Uganda sailor doll in the traditional velvet suit with the sailor hat with SS.Uganda written on the band-sadly not available in the on-line shop. I still have my Uganda log, posthumously written in after our return and under threat of corporal punishment if it wasn't done, so I guess we must have been having too much fun to bother with it while we were away! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]