Deck Day is never complete until the 3D puzzle is complete. Once long ago the puzzlers were determined to finish the 6 ft tall Big Ben puzzle and persisted until it was finished at 2AM. Somewhere there is a photo of the persistent puzzlers, the completed tower, and the grandfather clock in the background with the face showing the time of completion. This time however as Deck Day participants dispersed they boxed up the holographic horror that had been the puzzle this year. One participant however was not satisfied. Our friend Ed, a Deck Day regular took the puzzle home with him and stuck with the project until he finished it. He claims it is one of the early triumphs of his new “retirement”, Thanks, Ed! Now Deck Day is done.
Dakar, Senegal: A Wolof Village & The Pink Lake
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.




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