This morning the wind is much lighter and the seas are calm. The temperature is in the low 80's and I'm by the pool. Evelyn took a yoga class and when she came by here she looks like she had a good work out. We have two more days at sea before we reach Dubai.
We are currently in the Gulf of Aden not yet quite out of pirate territory. Although it as been mentioned before, it bears repeating. The level of security on the ship makes obvious just how seriously this threat is taken. Crew patrol the exterior deck areas 24/7wearing vests that indicate security. Although, we have seen NO evidence to indicate their need, their presents is comforting.
At 11am Evelyn and I played trivia and we lucked out for we played on a team that was smart and we won. It was nice to finally claim victory.
After lunch Evelyn decided to take a nap and I'm by the pool waiting for afternoon trivia, now that I'm on a roll. The weather has turned overcast and the winds are now blowing at a good pace.
We decided to attend Friday Sabbath services, more to see what other passengers are Jewish. It was a nice service conducted by a man from Brentwood, who I met last week by the pool. The ship's bakery makes a pretty good challah.
We then stopped in for a drink at the Suite cocktail party with a couple who play bridge and also attended the service. They live in West Palm Beach, but are transplants from Chicago.
Evelyn and I and Myrna and Don decided to have dinner in the Bistro. The Bistro is the buffet turned into a sit down resturant on sea days for dinner. They have a basic menu and allows you to be a little flexible with timing on dinning. You can go anytime from 6 to 11 pm, it is a change from strict second seating. We were going to go to the show after dinner, but Evelyn and I both have head colds so we went back to the cabin. I think we caught the cold on the bus to Petra, but with so many people around you never know. Hopefully we will recover quickly. At least with both of us under the weather at the same he can't blame me for infecting him...
Oct 29 - at sea
There are white caps on the water and the ship is rocking a bit more then usual. Evelyn has gone to the bridge lesson and I'm in the Tahitian Lounge writing the blog and reading.
The process is that I write the basic information and the Evelyn fills in the color, so the interesting details are coming from Evelyn, as is the correction of my spelling.
For trivia we added a lady from Whitter and she was a good player, but we still came in in the middle. It amazing how much useless information there is especially when you add the trivia from other country's. Like where did word "tulip" originate? Answer tomorrow..
We had lunch in the British Pub, which is set up in the Steakhouse. We all had fish and chips. It was ok. Next time I want to try the steak and Kinney pie.
Don and Myrna played bridge, Evelyn took a nap and I attended the port talk on Oman. Not much to see and the souk ( which is the general term for market ) is closed from 1pm to 4pm. We dock at 1pm and have to be on board by 6:30pm. The ship has informed the souk that we will be in port and hope that some shoppes will open up. The tours aren't much, and there is a "free" shuttle bus to take us to the old town. I don't know why we can't dock early, Dubai is only a short distance from Muscat.
Our cruise is now half finished.
We had drinks in the casino bar and tonight was karaoke night. Some of the singers were pretty good.
After dinner Evelyn and I made it an early night.
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Hal
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