This cut
watermelon was just one of the surprises seen at the lido buffet this
afternoon. They also had ice sculptures,
valentine day themed cakes, cupcakes, cake pops…you name it. There was a lot of
sugar to be had by all. I didn’t have my
camera at lunch so couldn’t get pictures.
Of course, that is supposing I could get close enough to get pictures of
course. People on cruise ships sometimes
act like they’ve never been fed before.
You don’t want to get between them and something new on the buffet line!
Unfortunately,
the ship was unable to procure flowers while we were getting supplies in Port
Kelang the other day so they announced they could not fulfill the valentine’s
day flower orders. That means every guy
on the ship can say, ‘honey, I ordered the flowers for you, it’s not my fault…’
Speaking of
Port Kelang I found out that only 100 people got off there to go home. As I mentioned before people who were
supposed to get off in Hong Kong/Singapore were allowed to stay on to Fremantle
at no extra charge if they wanted, so it seems a lot of people took them up on
that. The bad news for them is now they
need to get Australian Visa’s before we get there. They are easily obtained online (we got ours
before leaving of course) but it does require internet time, hence a very long
line at the internet center the other day with some unhappy people waiting
quite a while to be helped.
We crossed
the equator at 8PM last night. In
celebration of that the ship held a ‘crossing the line’ ceremony where
pollywogs (those who have never crossed before) become shellbacks (like Fred
and I…been there done that…). Somehow
this is accomplished by kissing a fish and an elaborate ceremony, none of which
I was able to get a picture of because I arrived too late. I did get a picture of the crowd looking down
on the pool area. Those people standing
on balconies with two levels of glass behind them are in the highest priced suites
on the ship. They are duplex suites and they
cost a lot. They come with a butler and
your own exercise equipment. Nice if you
can afford it.
We continue
our journey to Fremantle where we hope to make landfall on Tuesday. The tour office is under a lot of pressure to
put out a list of shore excursions for our two days there. Nothing has appeared thus far and we’re not
sure what the holdup is. We’re not planning
on doing any tours with the ship during the two days ourselves but others are
impatient.
The Captain
gave a ‘virtual bridge tour’ as a presentation today. He has a great sense of humor. He talked about his time on the staff of a
ship that went back and forth between Sweden and the U.S. delivering Volvos. He said there was no getting off that ship
for 14 days…’just like this cruise’…it got a big laugh.
We’re having
a lot of sea days because of all the changes.
Happily, some of the presenters who were supposed to get off in Hong
Kong/Singapore stayed on and lucky for us they are really interesting. We’ve been gaining weight lately so we’re
trying to watch what we eat (darn that valentine’s day stuff). I was planning to get my haircut in Singapore
but had to have it done here on the ship.
I’ve never spent so much money on a haircut! The cost comes out of our ‘on board credit’,
this is money given to you by the cruise line for your loyalty or because you
reserved early. Even still, the haircut
doesn’t justify the amount spent.
We’re sailing
in the doldrums now, very calm seas and not many ships around. We should be entering the Indian Ocean later
tonight.
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