February 19, 2013 Sea Day

Well, it seems almost everyone on board has heard about our tour yesterday. (or at least it just seems that way….) I’m glad everyone enjoyed it.

At breakfast this morning we ran into Hugh and Nancy. Hugh is in good spirits and has been in contact with his doctor trying to get his knee issues worked out. If not, they will have to end their world cruise in Sydney. I hope not, but if he needs more surgery on his knee there may be no other choice.

 Another hot and sunny day today. I walked an hour and 15 minutes on the track. Nice cross breeze up there today.

We had lunch in the dining room and then Greg went to a lecture and I worked on the blog and the photos from yesterday. After all the sun yesterday, we opted for indoor activities today.

The time just flies by, soon it will be time for dinner and the show. Tonight the show is Trevor Knight billed as one of Australia’s Finest Country/Folk Entertainers. (but does music of the Beatles, Elton John, John Denver, Harry Chapin etc.) We just got back and while he was entertaining, it was kind of a repetitious style. (Like an Australian Garrison Keeler)

Dinner conversation was fun with everyone sharing their excursion stories from yesterday. Janie and Joan bought black pearls and were wearing them. We learned that 4 passengers have passed away on the cruise already. Rumor had it that we were rushing to Tahiti yesterday to get a very ill passenger to shore, but we actually weren’t cleared to get off the ship until past our regular time. We saw an ambulance driving away, but not in a hurry……

We set the clocks back another hour tonight. That will put us 6 hours earlier than EST. In 2 more days we will cross the International Dateline and lose an entire day!