As the sun rose above the horizon this morning, the sea captured an amazing reflection, and was one of the most interesting sunrises we have seen in a while.
Beautiful Sunrise
We have had very little downtime the last two days and today we rested in our cabin and prepared for our next independent overland adventure tomorrow. After we arrive in Phu My on Wednesday we start our 2 night, 3 day adventure to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. We will rejoin the ship in Sihanoukville, Cambodia on Friday.
Juggler Tempei was the guest on Good Moring Amsterdam and he discussed his childhood in Japan and how he came to be in show business.
Juggler Tempei on Good Morning America
Juggler Tempei and Gene
Judy and I hibernated until our respective must do events – Arts & Crafts and Texas Hold’em at 2:30. Judy started a multi-day project in crafts and my lucky cards are on a temporary (hopefully) vacation.
Today’s weather was beautiful, near perfect, but both pools were surprisingly empty. I suspect that everyone is pretty much wiped out from the last two days and needed to rest inside their cabins on soft beds.
Nice day, empty pool
It is usually quite rare to see trash in the ocean, but unfortunately, today became one of the rare days where we saw a lot of trash, mainly Styrofoam floating around the ship. Not sure where it came from, but one possibility was garbage barges that take trash hither and yon with trash falling overboard along the way. It could also have originated from the many fishing boats in the area. As we passed near Phu Quy Island after sunset, the sea became dotted with the white lights of the many fishing boats in the area.
The Pinnacle Grill was all decked out for a special Vietnamese dinner which was offered for a special surcharge of $79. We didn’t attend.
Special Decorations in the Pinnacle Grill
After another fantastic dinner in the main diningroom, we went to our normal seats in the Queens Lounge, on the left side of the balcony right by the railing. Australian vocalist Annie Frances was the headliner tonight and she was fantastic, easily one of the best singers we have seen this cruise. I particularly enjoyed her rendition of “Waltzing Matilda” and she did a wonderful job of explaining the meaning of the song and how it captures the spirit of Australians.
Annie Frances wows the crowd
Annie Frances singing Waltzing Matilda
I will try and keep up with the blog over the next few days, but the availability of internet on this side trip is unknown at present.
Hello Pete, just loving your blog, I’m sure it’s a lot of work so thanks so much. It’s making me very interested in a HAL world cruise at some stage that’s for sure!
Re your comment about the rubbish I’ll be interested to find out how much rubbish you see in the ocean over the next few weeks, we have cruised once in that part of the world (Singapore-India-Oman) and I was shocked at the rubbish in the sea, which I had never seen before on previous cruises. I wonder if we were unlucky or if it is typical? I know that once you have seen it you can’t unsee it!
Anyway thanks again for letting us travel along vicariously with you and Judy it is such a pleasure to bring your website up each day and watch your wonderful adventures (or not – on a sea day – but just as enjoyable to see!) unfold.
Penny