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Looks like we passed through stormy seas and the sun and humidity is out in full force

And then we were told that we might cross path with space debris within the next 24 hours… How exciting 😜

Some fun things going on in the ship

One of the enrichment class today is a talk by a Former Butler to King Charles III…. Heard he is also going to do classes on etiquettes…. Someone asks him what is a day like in the royal palace and he said it’s kind of like on the ship.. Preparations for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and midnight supper 😆…. We really felt treated like royalties on Princess Cruises

Another sea day… Nothing much to share, only the spectacular show put up by the horizon.. So here’s more pics of sun and moon and clouds

“I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at ALL”

                                                    … Joni Mitchell

Meanwhile someone is having a little fun with deck towels

There’s a new enrichment talk by a Captain Chris Rigby and he had 10 sessions prepared to talk about the history of Aviation…. Great presentations!! Today’s topic is his analysis on what he thinks happened to flight MH370…. Cant wait…

Almost full moon again…

Below are two shots from today at the same time

Moon rise on the right of the balcony

This leg of the trip is super tough and it’s all because of the reroute from red sea to south Africa (we blame it on the Houthis).. 7 sea days to Mauritius and then 5 sea days to Cape Town…. We are crossing the Indian ocean now after crossing the Pacific ocean…. The crews are all working very hard to throw in as many activities as possible and here’s today’s platter just to show what they are…

Took  a 40 min train from Fremantle to downtown Perth,, the students on the train were probably wondering why there are so many foreigner’s on the train this morning 🤔….. There are many super tall and lean people in Australia, and Perth is more obvious…. Also city of Perth is much more lay back than Sydney or Melbourne

P got a nice haircut while I enjoyed a wonder coffee at downtown Perth… Win win!!

Back to Fremantle and found this seaside town absolutely charming with beautiful architecture and small seaside town vibe…packed with small cafes, pubs, thrift shops (called opportunity shops in Australia) novelty stores… Many Asian themed restaurants as well

Enjoyed Happy hour by the Bathers beach while P took a dip 

After Fremantle /Perth, it will be 7 sea days before we reached Mauritius…. Last night after we return from the nightly show, we had a surprise guest…..

Yesterday evening they did an Australian party and the band is playing music by all Australian singers….. Includes Those we are familiar with : Olivia Newton John, Kylie Minogue, Bee gees… And some only familiar to P : AC/DC, INXS, man at work…whenever there’s a chance for party dancing we will always try to join since no one knows us here and we can go all out and crazy 🤪

We can see that the weather is getting nicer and nicer as we are getting closer to Perth…

Today we decided to have Instant ramen plus room service for lunch just to give ourselves a break from the buffet lunch 😉

The little folding chair that P brought is very useful!!

There’s a new activity today on the ship for flash mob dancing…. That should be fun.. Those that join will be trained during sea days (which we will have many all the way to the Mediterranean) and “flash mob” the audiences at the theater during one of the nightly performance

A cruise voyage is kind of like a life in condense, New people get on board on Sydney while some left…” Sunrise, sunset… Sunrise, sunset…. Swiftly flows the days”