Saturday 12 March - At sea

Awoke to the news that we won't be going to Osaka after all and while disappointing, this is understandable given the situation and our hearts go out to the people who have suffered in this tragedy. The Capt tried to get us back to Nagasaki as we still had to have our passports stamped as leaving Japan, however due to the state of emergency, they have closed the port. The situation as it stands now is that we will be calling at Fukuoka so that we can be checked out of Japan. The Capt has just told us that he has arranged for us to spend a bit more time in Busan, S Korea and is trying to sort out some other changes to the itinerary as well.