The boat continues to gently lull us with its rise and fall. We have skirted the Bay of Bengal and will tomorrow round the southern aspect of Sri Lanka. Tonight’s show was a spectacular soprano, who had performed leading roles in such shows as the Phantom of the Opera and Les Misrables. Her performance was both captivating and relaxing.
Today, with Shreeyash not lecturing, we were able to have some time together, sometimes going “guy things” like working out and playing table tennis, and other times just talking about life, the past and possible plans for the future.
We took lunch with an amazing Chinese artist who plays the hammer dulcimer. His quiet thoughts in the political realms of India, China and the United States were very insightful. Overall his presence exuded quiet confidence. It would have been easy to speak over him, but instead our lunch was more thoughtful and circumspect.
Lunch
had a peculiar fruit that I had never seen before. It looks like a plum, but the h
ard red exterior is not for eating. Cut in half, they reveal a sweet, soft white core. Between those and dragon fruit (a subtle fruit I have come to really enjoy on this trip) lunch was exotic, tasty and healthy. What a great mixture!
I plan to tour the ship’s medical facility tomorrow. I will see where the nursing staff works and what their resources include. I am very excited about this opportunity.
I ended the night singing “Danny Boy” with a group of new friends that I had met the previous night. We plan to meet again, and I think I will bring the words to “The Impossible Dream.”
As for wild life, small flying fish are common in these waters. They are small and shoot out of the water for short distances. No more dolphins. We appear to be traveling with several other cargo ships. They are frequently visible on the horizon and sometimes come close enough to easily see the other ship.
If you saw reports of a cruise ship responding to pirate activity, there are two things to say: 1) It was not this vessel (although we were both in Singapore at the same time) and 2) The captain was responding to an unidentified fishing boat straying too close. These fishing boats were not pirates. So, of late there is no recent documented activity by pirates in the area.
Today, with Shreeyash not lecturing, we were able to have some time together, sometimes going “guy things” like working out and playing table tennis, and other times just talking about life, the past and possible plans for the future.
We took lunch with an amazing Chinese artist who plays the hammer dulcimer. His quiet thoughts in the political realms of India, China and the United States were very insightful. Overall his presence exuded quiet confidence. It would have been easy to speak over him, but instead our lunch was more thoughtful and circumspect.
Lunch
had a peculiar fruit that I had never seen before. It looks like a plum, but the h
ard red exterior is not for eating. Cut in half, they reveal a sweet, soft white core. Between those and dragon fruit (a subtle fruit I have come to really enjoy on this trip) lunch was exotic, tasty and healthy. What a great mixture!I plan to tour the ship’s medical facility tomorrow. I will see where the nursing staff works and what their resources include. I am very excited about this opportunity.
I ended the night singing “Danny Boy” with a group of new friends that I had met the previous night. We plan to meet again, and I think I will bring the words to “The Impossible Dream.”
As for wild life, small flying fish are common in these waters. They are small and shoot out of the water for short distances. No more dolphins. We appear to be traveling with several other cargo ships. They are frequently visible on the horizon and sometimes come close enough to easily see the other ship.
If you saw reports of a cruise ship responding to pirate activity, there are two things to say: 1) It was not this vessel (although we were both in Singapore at the same time) and 2) The captain was responding to an unidentified fishing boat straying too close. These fishing boats were not pirates. So, of late there is no recent documented activity by pirates in the area.
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