Thanks for your welcomes to the site. I know its an unusual situation and that its usually the other way around.

I don't think he is trying to get to the UK ( I maybe wrong), as he has 2children in Phils who is misses greatly when he is at sea for 10 months at a time.

Im just enjoying it at the moment. I have a good excuse to go on lots of cruises and hopefully to Phils in November.

I will just have to see what happens.