I think I
mentioned the Noro Virus spreading thoughout the ship. The night before we left
on our overland we were amused by how the cabin steward stocked our bathroom.
He left a stack of 3 bars of soap on the sink, an extra box of Kleenex and a
totem pole of toilet paper!
Upon our return
from the overland, we heard that 23 of the 95 people on the Princess overland
had to cancel due to being quarantined due to Noro. We heard that 2 got sick
while on the tour.
While they
say it is getting better, you still can’t serve yourself in the buffet and
nothing is on the tables. In the dining room there are still no baskets of
rolls or condiments on the tables. The waiters still use tongs to serve you the
roll you choose and they shake the S&P. We also got a paper in the cabin
saying that while we are overnighting in Dubai they will do a thorough ship
cleaning. During the first day we have to remove everything from the desk and
night stands and take down everything personal from the walls. The walls are
magnetic and we have lots of clips that hold the daily schedules and tour info
etc. We have a large world map on the wall and I have all the magnets I have
collected from this cruise on the wall. They said we could just pile it on the
bed so they can wash everything down.
There was a
port talk for Dubai and then they were showing a production number in the
afternoon. Apparently, the female comedian that was supposed to perform on one
of the nights we were in Delhi got Noro and couldn’t perform so they put on a
production show instead. For those of us on the overland to the Taj, they put
it on again for us this afternoon. Greg
started feeling under the weather and missed the last part of the port talk and
the show. He skipped dinner as well. The show tonight was a guy we have seen
before. Bob Arno was a professional pickpocket and is now billed as being the
world’s only legal pickpocket. He has been hired by various government agencies
to assist them with catching pickpockets, gypsies etc. He says he does about
60% of his time with law enforcement and the rest on doing these shows. He is
hilarious. Before the show even begins he is going through the audience and
shaking hands and collecting watches from unsuspecting passengers. He goes on
stage and lays them all on a table. Then he brings them on stage to collect
them and some get the watch back and he has taken something else off of them or
he gets the same watch back. He’s going to do a show later in the cruise on how
travelers can protect themselves against pickpockets, gypsies and other groups
that use distraction techniques to steal from you.
I went up
briefly to the Bollywood deck party, but it was so windy out I came back to the
cabin. It would have been nice if they had moved it inside to the Pacific
Lounge.
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