MONDAY, MAR 15TH--AT SEA

We had a very nice day at sea relaxing from our long day yesterday with our 11 hour Hanoi tour. I managed to get the Hanoi blog written and posted by noon today and am uploading the pictures now as I am writing this. The internet has been down for most of the afternoon. Just came back from the gym (5:30pm) and Rebecca is napping. She is fighting off a sore throat now so is resting a lot today. She went to Morton Dean’s lecture this morning and I played shuffleboard. Came in second today but there were only two teams! I listened to a rerun of Mort’s lecture on TV this afternoon while editing the 160 pictures I took yesterday in Hanoi. Don’t worry, I am only uploading 92 of them on blog. It is about sunset now and we are going to have an incredible one and perfect view from our balcony. I have requested veal parmesan with pasta as special dinner again for tonight and Allan & Carolyn will be joining us. Performing in the showroom tonight will be a violinist. I was talking with one of the ship’s band members today and he said he was very good so may go. Vanessa, one of the ship’s singers who always does the games with her singer husband, is celebrating her 25th birthday today. Everyone who plays the games surprised her before the Baggo game today. One of the dancers lead her down blindfolded and we sang Happy Birthday when the blindfold was removed. Must have been 30 people there and it was lots of fun. Tomorrow we will be in Nha Trang, Vietnam. It is near the huge air base used by the Air Force during the Vietnam War called Cam Ranh Bay. Now it is Cam Ranh International Airport. Nha Trang is more commonly know as “China Beach”. It is a big tourist city now due to its pristine beaches and was the site of the 2008 Miss Universe contest. The sun has set and time for me to get ready for cocktails.