Saturday 30th
We have certainly had a change of temperature, with a high recorded at 28 degrees. The sea is calm and deep blue in colour. Still surprises us that birds are still circling around the wavelets - so far from land.
Did our walk after breakfast and coffee on Promenade Deck, where we met up with Ray & Paula from Auckland. We coffeed with them last year at Kings Garden Centre on the North Shore. They are seasoned cruisers and to a certain extent it was Ray's blog that inspired me.
The ship stopped about 4.00 over the spot where the HMAS Sydney was sunk in WW2. A memorial service was held and we started up and as you know, next stop Colombo on Saturday. Went to the show after dinner, Bayne Bacon, he is a comedian, guitarist and an extremely proficient piano player. We have seen him before on the Ocean Princess and he was just as good this time. With such a long time at sea they have to take on a number of different acts to keep us on our toes. A Kiwi singer tomorrow I see.
Sunday 31st
Another glorious morning with not a cloud in the sky. We are sitting on the deck and have just seen a school (?) of flying fish dart by. There are once again little wavelets of a foot or so and the sun is striking them at an angle to give off little rainbows. It is quite good to be on the shady side in the morning as I believe that many are finding their balconies too hot by 9.00 on the starboard side. Looking forward to a glorious sunset tonight.
We woke up and were surprised to see that it was 6.40, so ordered our tea and got down to breakfast just after 7.30. Went to the interdenominational service at 8.30, walked the deck till 9.15 and then to coffee. At last we have the coffee to our liking! Vivian's bridge buddy had told us about this magnificent lecturer, so off the the Princess Theatre at 10.00. Well, he may be a Commodore (retd) but his skills as a lecturer were not to our liking. It seems that he is doing a daily stint for 10 days on the sinking of the Sydney. Sorry, but we walked out after 30 minutes - too much repetition for us.
Anyway we had to get back to the cabin to surrender our passports. We were told that we won't get them back until we disembark. I do recall something similar last time, but I would have expected a receipt for then. So if you don't hear any more from me, you'll know that we've been detained as boat people!!
Good entertainment tonight and we've put our clocks back yet another hour, so a little more sleep in.
Monday 1 June
Sure enough, woke a little earlier, but otherwise much of the same. Smoother seas, but cloudy as we head northwest. A little disturbed to hear BBC news talking about the arrival of the monsoon in the next few days!! Actually the day has improved and it is quite warm and a bit muggy.
We found a nice little deck at the back of deck 11 - just hope that not too many people find it too! Meeting of our Cruise Critic group at 11.00 and there was a great turn out. The Captain, a number of senior officers and cruise director were in attendance, which was great. Then it was down to lunch with our friends Christine & Mark from Canberra. Over the course of lunch we found out that they also have an apartment in Richmond, Melbourne a couple of streets away from where my brother lives. A very small world indeed.
Tuesday 2nd
Repeat. Temperature around 30 degrees, muggy and a shower of rain mid morning. Saw a ship in the distance, the first sign of life since we left Fremantle. I would expect to see more once we enter the main shipping lanes later on the week.
Wednesday 3rd
And again - except our clocks went back another hour, so we are now 6 hours behind NZ. Currently sitting on our balcony with clear sky, smooth sea, flying fish (still) and 30 plus. Sorry to rub it in for those of you back home! Another formal night tonight and then another couple of days till Colombo. We don't have any trips planned, as we visited a couple of years ago, but (relatively) close to local attractions. We are expecting muggy weather in the mid 30s.
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