Emely is working away at the knots in my back as we sail under the Greek summer sun from Crete to Santorini.
The boat’s gentle swaying lulls me into an almost meditative state while soft Balinese music plays and waves splash up against the window. ‘You needed this, eh?’ she says as my knots unfurl.
She’s right, I haven’t felt this relaxed in months. This might sound like I’m aboard a luxury chartered yacht.
Harriet Sime boards Celestyal’s MS Olympia (above) for ‘quite possibly the world’s cheapest cruise’ – a three-night voyage that takes in four Greek islands and visits the Turkish Riviera for just £234 per person
In fact, it’s quite possibly the world’s cheapest cruise.
