Date: Feb. 21-23, 2007
Location: At Sea
Next Port: Singapore, Feb. 24
Quick Summary: We enjoyed three restful days at sea, two sunny and one mostly cloudy. Friday morning, we rounded the northern tip of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, the site of the December 26, 2004 tsunami that caused so much devastation and loss of life. Once we entered the Straits of Malacca, the seas smoothed considerably, and the boat traffic became significant.
Report: Karen spent Wednesday in bed, having come down with a slight fever the evening before and some chest congestion. She took some of her medications, which seemed to help, and was up and about on Thursday (though she still took it easy during the day).
Larry was able to get in his workout each morning and finally caught up on some of his reading. He is currently enjoying, “Devils on the Deep Blue Sea,” by Kristoffer Garin. It’s the story of the American cruise-ship industry beginning with the growth of Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and ending with their ultimate fight for P&O’s Princess Cruise Line. Maybe there could be a guest lecturer future for him!
Thursday evening, we enjoyed the hilarious “Crazy Kitchen Cabaret” dinner that has been ongoing in the Latitudes restaurant for the past few weeks. Amy Baker, the vocalist, wrote most of the new words to familiar songs for this crew cabaret production of songs and funnyskits. All the wait staffparticipated – wearing colorful costumes in the brightly decorated restaurant. It has been so popular that it’s been extended for another week.
Afterwards, we thoroughly enjoyed the Peter Grey Terhune singers in “Back to Broadway II,” with great songs from several Rogers and Hammerstein productions and Les Miserables. In our opinion, these four talented vocalists have outshone some of the main headliners that have been brought on ship to perform for us,
Capt. Dag informed us this morning that our arrival tomorrow in Singapore has been delayed from 9:00 a.m. to noon. He plans to extend our stay by an hour or so…making it a shorter stay in this city we have heard so much about. We plan to go on a city excursion to some of the ethnic neighborhoods…and of course stop by the Raffles Hotel for an original Singapore Sling. After all, we are tourists!
Around noon on Friday, we were able to talk to our daughters and Ron...a real treat. We will be getting another hour of free phone time when the new segment begins in Singapore. We’ve had one-hour time changes the last two days and are now 14 hours ahead of Chicago time. We are moving right along.
Larry
Photos of our cruise are available at the following web site:
picasaweb.google.com/larryworldcruise
Photos from the Crazy Kitchen Cabaret & the Singers have been added.
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