Right now I am sitting in a restaurant on the water in Philipsburg St. Maarten. The trick is to do internet when you get on shore as many places offer it for free as they want your business. It gets expensive from the ship with "crew internet". They usually give "crew" discounts for food and drink as well. Same goes for many "tourist" things like excursions etc. You can also get a lot of these for free. You just have your manager contact the excursion and away you go.
It is very long hours especially on Sea Days. But you get to make your own schedule and get a lot of port time off.
Just before beginning Pain Seminar
This weeks schedule is:
Saturday 1pm-9pm embarks from Cape Canveral at 4pm
Sunday Nasssau off from 8am-1pm and then work 1pm-8pm, ship leaves at 2pm. I also give a 1 hour seminar on Pain/Arthritis at 3pm
Monday Sea Day work 8am-8pm, seminar on Acupuncture for an hour at 1pm and 1 hour for lunch.
Tuesday St. Thomas work 8am until 11am, ships docks at 10am then took the rest of the day off, ship leaves port at 8pm
Wednesday St. Maarten all day off, ship leaves at 6pm
Thursday Sea Day work 8am-8pm, seminar on Pain/Arthritis for an hour at 11am and 1 hour for lunch.
Friday Sea Day work 8am-10pm, seminar on Herbs For Life for an hour at 11am and 1 hour for lunch and dinner. Also "port clean" which means we clean our room for about an hour.
Next week is similiar except we only have 2 sea days and go to Cozumel, Belize, Roatan and Costa Maya.
Saturday 1pm-9pm embarks from Cape Canveral at 4pm
Sunday Sea Day work 8am-8pm, seminar on Pain at 11am, lunch at 12pm and Acupuncture Seminar for an hour at 1pm.
Monday Cozumel and ship ports at 10am-6pm. I work until 11am and then take the rest of the day off.
Tuesday Belize 8am-6pm. I usually here as it is not one of my favorites 8am until 8pm and an hour for lunch and dinner
Wednesday Roatan and ship ports at 10am-6pm. I work until 11am and then take the rest of the day off.
Thursday Costa Maya and ship ports at 8am-3pm. I work from 3pm until 8pm.
Friday Sea Day work 8am-10pm, seminar on Herbs For Life for an hour at 11am and 1 hour for lunch and dinner. Also "port clean" which means we clean our room for about an hour.
I think I got all that right. We are under contract to do 52 hours but I seem to always do a bit more.
I've been told I got my next contract confirmed on the Radiance of the Seas starting 7/22
Schedule is as follows:
Alaska for 2 months from July 22 until mid-Sept.
Schedule is as follows:
Alaska for 2 months from July 22 until mid-Sept.
Vancouer to Inside Passage, Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier and Seward.
Then 2 weeks in Hawaii
Kailua Kona, Lahaina Maui, Nawiliwili Kauai, Honolulu Oahu.
And then from the end of Sept through Feb to New Zealand and Austrailia for the most part but also ports of call in Papeete Tahiti, Moorea French Polynesia, Bora Bora French Polynesia, Bali Indonesia, Noumea New Caledona, Isla of Pine New Caledonia, Ouyea Loyality Island, Vila Vanuatu, Lugnaville Vanuatu and Mystery Island Vanuatu.
In Austrailia we are going to Hobart Tasmania, Sydney, Brisbane, Airline Beach, Port Douglas, Darwin, Broome, Geraldton, Perth, Albany, Esperance, Adelaide and Melbourne.
In New Zealand it is Aucklane, Bay of Islands, Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napeir, Tauranga and Volcanic White Island.
Not too bad for a poor boy and old man of the sea....
So there you have it. What it is like to some degree. I'll probably extend in Feb so I can travel back through the Panama Canal.
Also you can do 4 or 7 month contracts and extend if you like too. This lets you find out if you like it and if it fits your needs. Also I think I told you that you also get your own cabin so you so not have to share living quarters, this is huge.
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