Fortaleza means Fortress. It is a sprawling city of over 2 million people. There are beaches, but we didn’t make it there.As of today we are still on Code Red. If many more people get sick, the boat will be in isolation!
Hopefully this will not be the case as we head towards the mouth of the Amazon (the reason most people are on this ship is the one week trip up and down the Amazon)
Fortaleza - yesterday we heard the boat was in for another full health inspection on arrival. However, both passengers and crew were cleared to go ashore quite quickly (in Brazil, it is necessary to check into every port separately). We docked in a boat yard, about 20 minutes from the city centre. A bit confused, but local transportation shuttle was arranged for us. Jimmy stayed on the boat (not a beach day and Brazilian cities have limited attraction after a while!) and Charlotte wanted to stay aboard and go to Kids Club. I went ashore to find internet connection (to upload the blog!)
Brazilian authorities came and did a 6 hour inspection of the boat due to “CODE RED”
Unfortunately the next morning Kaley, who runs the kids club, was sent to isolation, so no Kids Club for a couple of days.