At his PM talk today, Captain Jonathon said we are closer now to a different land mass, which is the Marquesas. Every day, he has said the nearest land mass has been the Galapagos Islands. Only two more days at sea, and we will be in Nuku Hiva. Believe us, that is a whole lot of ocean to cross.
The weather has gotten a bit warmer with mostly blue skies. But we can still say it is pleasant, which is great. It’s still necessary to slather on the sunscreen. One day someone will develop a pill that will give you sun protection from the inside out. Until that time, we’ll be greased up, looking like we’re ready for the BBQ spit.
The Explorations Central talks have continued for the upcoming ports in French Polynesia. Barbara H had to amend her suggestion to purchase fresh flowers while in Polynesia, or anywhere else on this voyage. Apparently, bringing cut flowers on the Asia/Pacific created a problem with insects that took a ride on these flowers. So the decision has been made not to allow any more to be brought onboard. The little tiare blossom or the handmade head bands are OK, but nothing more than that. Could be that we would have run into a problem if we had brought our window garden materials onboard. And now we doubt we will be able to purchase a potted plant in Singapore. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Lunch was in our room again with burgers from the Dive In. There was no line at 2:30pm, so the wait was a short 10 minutes. Instead of ice cream cones, we split an apple instead. That will tide us over until 8pm.
During our afternoon walk, we spotted hundreds of small flying fish. As the ship cuts through the schools, they come popping out, flying many yards before diving. Lucky for them, there were no birds hunting them……yet.
We took the time to watch the sunset tonight. Tablemates Bonnie and Paul came out to watch it also. It was not disappointing. As we recall, the sunsets can be spectacular in this part of the world, and we hope to see many more. By the way, Bonnie had attended the ball last night, leaving dinner before 9:30pm. She reported that it was fun, even though the time was short. She admitted she wore her mask through the whole dance, and did a few waltzes with some officers and dance hosts. Little chocolate candy balls were handed out on sticks at 10:15pm.
Dinner for us was in the Pinnacle Grill. Even though we had rack of lamb last night, one of us tried the lamb chops. Hands down, they are far superior in this restaurant. The chicken jidori entrée was also a nice alternate. French fries, the skinny type, were delicious. Skinny? Dream on….. We saved a little space for dessert, Cherry Garcia ice cream and the raspberry cheesecake, which really isn’t anything close to cheesecake. During our mealtime, we could hear many of our buddies, who were enjoying their travel agency’s dinner. Located in the back room, we could hear them laughing all evening. Guess the wine was flowing freely, and no one was in a hurry to leave.
The show this evening was a comedian, Martin Beaumont. We happened to have ridden the elevator with him, as he was on his way to the show lounge. He cracked some jokes on the way, so we guess we can say we did hear some of his show.
The clocks went back again tonight, as the ship heads southwest towards paradise.
Bill & Mary Ann
A sunset to enjoy…….
