So what tattoos or ear piercings did you get? Sounds like you've crossed around the horn and the equator, maybe the arctic & antarctic circles, too?
I have to say tattoos are my pet hate I turned down many dates when younger due to my dislike of them.... when my daughter was about 16 she discussed the possibility of an eyebrow piercing, I told her to pack here bags if she did.
I can live with ear rings but I have no desire to let anyone stick anything in my body that I don't need........
For a single man it was a great adventure but came to an end when I met my wife, I have never been in the Artic unless you count Norway but crossed the line many times.
Some counties I visited off the top of my head (either lay over or shore leave) I leave out all the Gulf Oil States and Europe as I visited most of them with ports.
Angola, Australia, Borneo, Ceylon(as it was then), Congo , Egypt, Japan, Kenya, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Sicily, Turkey ......etc.
Lou
Ps favourite place was NZ, the nurses in Dunedin were very... very nice, when we docked and the telephone land line was connected the first incoming call was an invite to a party at the nurses accommodation block..... I was there for 3 days.....my shore leave timing was perfect
