Hey Mate, someday we have to get together and talk story. BAS is so cool. I really missed her. I know very well what you meant about it being worse than Pataya
When I was stationed in Greece. I can tell this story now that time has passed. I worked in a comm center and it was high security so no one knew what we were up to in there. We had 5 times the people needed to run the place, so we worked a 24 hour shift and were off for 6 days. You could get others to take your place, so we could have 13 and 21 days in a row off.
Rosemary and I crewed on 124 ft Yacht in the Med for 5 years. It was a wooden Yacht and had twin diesels. We got the front cabin and our job was to serve any guests Ice Cream and Strawberries. Oh and I had to throw out the line when we docked and pull it in we left port. Damn hard work
Went all over the Med, Cairo, Italy, and allot of the Greek islands.
But then I got promoted and had to leave the Comm Center. Damn
I hope you do get that Yacht and do your reverse cruise.
Maybe you could get a tie behind a freighter or liner and come over to Hawaii for a visit.