No deck parties, no movies under the stars. All around the ship, as the sun set, all curtains were drawn and all shutters closed.
Bright lights, which normally signal the presence of the Sea Princess on the ocean, were dimmed or turned off altogether.
Captain Gennaro Arma addressed the ship. He apologised for alarming passengers. However, the threat, he said, was real and the ship must be prepared for a pirate attack.
For 10 days we travelled through an area where the risk of piracy is higher — the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal.
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