OK, this video made by stomach churn, so much so that I feel compelled to break from the RANT, RAVE, and REVIEW nomenclature and add "OMG".
Aside from the increasingly intrusive "message from our sponsors", you'll see some south Atlantic action that, if you're a resolute land-lubber like me, will have you "parking a pavement tiger" as Billy Connolly used to put it.
Basically, "heavy seas" (that's raging storm, to you and me) with waves as high as 3 storeys (that's 3 storeys higher than I like) bashed a cruise ship around so much it lost one of its engines, which further compounded its pavement tiger-esque action.
It seems like everyone survived, but note to self - no cruises outside the tropics, and bugger the Bermuda Triangle.
One side note for all you budding globe-trotters, never rely on an American news source for geographically accurate information. This news report states that the cruise ship came into heavy weather off The Shetland Isles, Argentina.
Now, I learned at school that The Shetlands are north of Scotland, and therefore just about as far away from Argentina as one could get.
One side note for all you budding globe-trotters, never rely on an American news source for geographically accurate information. This news report states that the cruise ship came into heavy weather off The Shetland Isles, Argentina.
Now, I learned at school that The Shetlands are north of Scotland, and therefore just about as far away from Argentina as one could get.
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please tell me our snorkeling trip will be nothing like this.
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