At Sea, Adaman Sea, 3/12/24 Tuesday

We wake and find our way to the buffet breakfast in ‘Borough’s Market’ at the back of the ship. Today is “At Sea” in the Adaman Sea. Who’d have thought there were so many seas on earth? The old song, “I’ve Sailed The Seven Seas In My Dirty Dungarees” comes to mind, yet we have been in many more than 7 seas!

Studying the daily activity sheet, we find a couple morning activities that we are interested in and mark our times. Elee goes off and signs up for a painting class but is put on a wait list. My first that I will do today is Trivia at 10:30AM.

Trivia is fun with old friends. Or is that friends that are old? Either way, trivia is fun! Then it’s off to a seminar/lecture about an upcoming port that is very informative!

To lunch in the restaurant and we chat with new met friends. Lunch is very good yet we eat light. Elee and I head our separate ways after lunch, Elee going to play board games and I head to play Whist. I meet many new people and bump into 4-5 old friends from our RTW Cruise 4 years ago! Once a world cruiser, always a world cruiser!

I finish the Whist game and win the Guys top score! All of my new friends look at me and ask if I really needed that refresher course! But everybody laughs! The Lady’s Top Score beats mine by one point so I point out that I really didn’t win!

I check in on Elee’s board games and they have a full and happy group! So I go to my cabin and pick up my new Ukulele and head to Ukulele class! Maybe I can learn to play this tiny contraption! But class is confusing for a beginner player and an experienced player who was in the Whist Group recognizes me and takes me aside from the Group and gives me my first lesson!

Right after the Ukulele class, there is a Formal Reception for all us new people on the ship to meet the Captain and Crew. This is the first time I have met a Ship’s Captain that is from the USA. Idaho, who’d have thought? I asked if he brought the potatoes and he assured me he filled the Galley! LOL

So now it is off to dinner and it is Formal Night. Neither Elee nor I brought real formal clothes as we opted not to. So we put on decent clothes and attend and meet our new table mates for the first time! Turns out we are seated with others who just embarked in Singapore like we did! One British couple and a lady from Australia!

After dinner, we go to the show in the Paladium Theatre and listen to and watch Emily Haig perform soprano numbers, starting with a James Bond Medley, transitioning to Somewhere Over The Rainbow and West Side Story bits along with operatic numbers. Not exactly our cup of tea, but very good and entertaining!

Finish the evening with a Trivia Contest with friends and it is off to our room. Tomorrow will be here before we know it and we will be in Penang, Malaysia!

Goodnight All!