DAY 67 - AT SEA - APRIL 4, 2010 - EASTER SUNDAY

WE CELEBRATED EASTER BY HAVING AN EARLY BREAKFAST AND ATTENDING THE 10:00 NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SERVICE IN THE LOUNGE. REV. JIM MUNDELL, A METHODIST MINISTER FROM PHILADELPHIA, CONDUCTED THE SERVICES. HE HAD AN EXCELLENT MESSAGE AND IT IS OBVIOUS HE KNOWS THE LORD. HE ALSO DID A MARVELOUS JOB LAST WEEK FOR PALM SUNDAY.
THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WAS RELAXING TO SAY THE LEAST. THE ONLY REAL WORK WAS GETTING READY FOR FORMAL NIGHT, THE SECOND AND LAST OF THIS SEGMENT.

AFTER DINNER WE CHANGED INTO MORE COMFORTABLE CLOTHES AND RETREATED TO THE LIBRARY. GEORGIA CAUGHT UP ON READING AND I WORKED ON THE BLOG. WE EVENTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO THE CABIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.



DAY 68 - AT SEA - APRIL 5, 2010

ALTHOUGH WE HIT THE SACK AROUND 1:30 GEORGIA WAS WIDE EYED AND BUSHY TAILED AT 7:00. I COULD NOT FORCE MYSELF TO GET OUT OF BED AND SLEPT UNTIL 10:00. GEORGIA HEADED FOR THE EXERCISE ROOM, HAD BREAKFAST AND BEGAN TAKING NOTES FOR ANOTHER BOOK IDEA.

WE PROMISED OURSELVES TO LEAVE THE DINNER TABLE EACH NIGHT WHEN THE DESSERT MENUS ARE HANDED OUT. WE HAVE GONE OVERBOARD THESE LAST FEW WEEKS AND ARE DETERMINED TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS, ONCE AGAIN.

TONIGHT WAS FORMAL NIGHT AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT ALL SEVEN OF US SHOWED UP AT THE DINNER TABLE. IT IS A RECORD 3 DAYS IN A ROW. TONIGHT ALSO IS THE LAST NIGHT FOR OUR WAIT STAFF, TIK AND SOMBAT. THEIR CONTRACTS ARE UP AND THEY ARE HEADING HOME, TO THAILAND, FOR A TWO MONTH REST. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN REASIGNED TO THE PACIFIC PRINCESS FOR THEIR NEXT CONTRACT.

WE ALSO LOST OUR EXCELLENT CABIN STEWART, SAMMY. HIS CONTRACT IS ALSO UP AND IS HEADED TO HIS HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES.

THE WEATHER, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE FOGGY AND RAINY, IS GETING WARMER. THE TEMP HAS GONE UP ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR DEGREES CELSIUS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS CURRENTLY RAINING IN HONG KONG. WE PRAY IT STOPS BY THE TIME WE PULL INTO PORT IN THE MORNING.