March 13-15, 2024
Well, Kim made it home and had a great experience. She met a new friend. I was right, she did not want an ice bath, but she was tired. Early bedtime for her.
Kim found a nice beach for lunch.
Well, after two sea days, we will wake up in the Philippines in the morning. We have 3 stops including an overnight in Manila. On our second day, we plan to take a taxi to a beach resort nearby. We will enjoy the beach and probably eat lunch there. On our last day in Indonesia, three health officials from the Philippines came aboard and this morning everyone had a mandatory temperature check taken by them, it’s mandatory that everyone who enters the Philippines have this done.
Just two days after Paul said that he and Chris don’t do hot and humid anymore, I once again became overtaken with a heat related sickness. I got very dizzy and had to head into the air-conditioned area of the ship. Kim fixed me up with some electrolytes and I started feeling better. I have not pushed it again, and probably won’t.
When we left Bitung, Indonesia, the whole village turned out to see us off. There was singing, dancing, and speeches. WOW!
How about that for a sunset as we sailed into it.
And now, another episode of the Pool Chronicles, you can’t make this shit up. We had dinner in the steak house tonight, the fanciest place on the ship. Elegant dining for sure. One of the things they do differently is instead of a saltshaker, they bring you a tiny bowl of coarse ground salt with a tiny spoon. They bring the pepper around and grind it for you when you get your food.
Well, then we heard it, from the table next to us, he was talking to the waiter and asks, “what’s this salt for”. Seriously? Salt on a dinner table? What a unique idea! I wish I had thought of that😉.
Next week when we hit Taipei, several cruisers and crew will leave us and new ones will join us.
More from the Philippines.
Thanks for all your pictures you sent from Indonesia. Looks like a very poor country from the pics. Yet you captured the villages there. We’re having summer like weather now; chilly mornings in the low 40’s but up to 70 this weekend. Steve I’m enjoying your comments. Salt! What’s this for?
Gorgeous sunset over the mountain. Like the ones we get here in central Oregon over the Cascades. Table salt, did I just invent a new idea? HA! Bon appetite! Sorry about heat sickness, not fun at all. Three cheers for Kim and the electrolytes! Drink up.
There’s that bathtub have hot, cold and ice?
Hmmm….Salt on a dinner table. What a novel idea. Had that other couple never eaten out at a restaurant before????