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They started getting very abusive and tried to force us to put the machine back as before which of course was impossible, and we had our work cut out to prevent them trying to turn it back again themselves. Our own tempers by now were not too good, but we felt they must be kept at all costs, as after all, the odds of three men, two of them with guns, and all with knives, against us two with nothing but a spanner between us were a bit too much of a good thing, and we had no reason to doubt that they would shoot if given the chance.

To get away from their ceaseless grumblings we decided to get into the machine, my father in the front cockpit and Lady Blanche in the back. This however, only made them worse as they wanted to get in themselves, and Haidar after much shouting and gesticulating actually caught hold of the collar of Lady Blanche’s coat and tried to pull her out. His ugly dirty face so close to her, and his hand on her collar, was too much for her and after having done nothing but impress on Oggie the absolute necessity of keeping our tempers at all costs, it was Lady Blanche who now nearly caused war by losing her temper and shouting back at Haidar and nearly hitting him.

However, all this good and bad come to an end sometime and by now the rain was stopping and the dawn was breaking, and with the light our troubles seemed to shrink to half the size they had been during those hours of darkness. The only friendly gesture of our guards up to now had been sometime during the night one of them had given us a handful of a kind of thin dry bread called Chipatti, but as we couldn’t see what it looked like and were not sure then if their intentions were good or not, we had not dared to eat any of it, and Oggie had buried his in the sand and Lady Blanche had stuffed hers in the pocket of her coat, but with another day arriving and our hunger increasing we were only too pleased to fish it out of our pockets again and share it with the small amount of chocolate we had left, and that is all we had to eat on that Saturday December 1st.

As soon as it was light our three ruffians had a try to get some more money out of us – Ali the Jew particularly being very persistent and unpleasant, and even going so far as to try and put his hand in the pocket of my father’s coat where he knew the money of the night before had come from.

Oggie kept pushing him away, and although sorely tried kept his temper admirably, and eventually seeing we were quite determined they gave it up.

Also by this time our audience of the day before were re-assembling, and being of a most sly and secretive disposition, our guard were much against showing others where money was to be got. So, anyhow for the time we were left in peace -if you can call it so – for our audience never left us from 9 a.m. till about 4.30 p.m., and to have a hundred pairs of eyes sitting round in a circle watching and commenting on your every movement is, to say the least of it, disturbing.

After this we found that our only time of real solitude undisturbed was for one hour at day break when our guards went off, presumably for food, and before our everlasting audience returned for the day. And then for one hour at sun set when the audience went back to their homes and before our guards returned to take up their nightly watch.

Nights made hideous by their perpetual talking, singing and especially spitting – a habit which these native never ceased to indulge in through the nights and as well as days.

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If you’re thinking about getting a cruise ship job, the chances are that you’re excited by the prospect of traveling the world and getting paid for it. However, before you rush off and start applying for jobs, have you thought about your previous experience and how that could help you to land the perfect job?

That’s correct, a job on a cruise ship isn’t solely for somebody who does not have a specific track record in another. The industry is constantly looking for people with relevant experience in other jobs to bring to their new position.

You may wonder what exactly these jobs could be, especially if you’ve never worked on a ship before. But the truth is that there are many careers that provide you with the experience to work on a cruise ship, and not all of them are related to ships.

If you have worked in a restaurant, a bar, a hotel, a gift shop, a convenient store, a museum, or anything else related to the hospitality industry then the chances are you already have the skills you need to land that perfect cruise ship job.

Cruise ship companies are constantly looking for directors, casino staff, lecturers, entertainers, personal trainers, medical staff, photographers, and hundreds of other types of professions, meaning you could quite easily use your previous skills to fill a post on board a cruise ship.

And there is never a better time to apply for a job than now. The cruise ship industry continues to expand, meaning there are always more positions to fill. When you think that each cruise ship will need to employ anywhere from 500 to 1,500 members of staff, it is quite easy to see that there are a lot of opportunities going.

And things are just going from strength to strength in the industry. Hundreds of thousands of people enjoy cruises each year, and the volume of passengers increases all the time.

This means that now is the time to apply for a cruise ship job! You may want to save some money on rent, meet lots of new people, travel the world, or even consider a cruise ship job as a new career. You can do each of these when you work for a cruise ship, so whatever your reason you’re sure to fulfill your expectations.

What you also have to consider is that a crew member is needed on most ships for every two guests. So if a ship is carrying 1,000 guests then that’s 500 positions that need to be filled! But this is just the average. Some of the higher-end cruise ships have even more crew members than guests!

And opportunities are always arising. Crew depart the industry for good, take a long break, and move to different ships, which means there’s always a continuous number of vacancies. Of course, this means that you have an excellent chance of securing a job on a cruise ship if you put the effort in.

And when you get a cruise ship job, you’ll be entitled to numerous perks. As if traveling around the world wasn’t enough! Often these can include free room and board (including meals), health insurance and more. All this makes a cruise ship job a highly desirable position, so if you think you’ve got what it takes and have the experience to get a job, then go for it!

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