SATURDAY, APR 10TH--AT SEA

The Indian Ocean seems to be on the war path this afternoon. It looks very nasty outside and we are rocking big time. Well, last night’s dinner at Captain Dag’s table was real nice. The 3 other couples were really nice and no one tried to dominate the conversation. I ask Captain Dag if he was going to get me to Richards Bay by 7am tomorrow and he said don’t worry. We finished dinner in time for us to get front row seats in the showroom for Brandi Chapman’s fantastic show. About mid show she said she wanted to dedicate an anniversary song to a couple she had met onboard. That would be us. She called our names and glad we were there on the front row. Right after the show she came out and talked with us. This morning my shuffle board partner and I won the tournament. Had to go 2 sudden death over times to do it though. At 11am we went to the President of Regent Cruises town hall meeting. I amazes me what some people want to bitch about. We are very “happy campers” on this world cruise and feel fortunate that we can do it on Regent. After our room service lunch we are finishing packing so we can leave the ship tomorrow. Our flight departs the airport at 11:50am for Johannesburg. There we transfer to another flight at 3:30pm to Kruger Park airport. From there we will have a van take us to Leopard Hills safari lodge where we should arrive about 6pm. Paula and Charles Loguda will also be going with us to Leopard Hills. We will be arriving too late to do the evening game drive but will enjoy a nice dinner. On Monday & Tuesday we will be doing a morning game drive at 6:30am and another at 3:30pm. The drives are approximately 4 hours each. Mid days we are free to enjoy the lodge or our individual suite pools. We can do a drive on Wednesday morning before flying direct to Cape Town where we will rejoin the ship when it arrives at 5pm. Weather forecast is still calling for sun and mid 70’s for a high and low in mid 50’s. We are so excited about the safari and hoping for a lot of good pictures of the “big 5”: elephant, lion, tiger, rhinoceros, and cape buffalo. This evening we have church service at 5pm (today instead of Sunday as will be in port). Then at 6:30 we will be going to “Dinner and a Show” with Dave & Nancy Bixler. It will start with a set menu dinner at Signatures (French restaurant) then after dinner there will a show by the Tony Award winning performers of Forbidden Broadway. It will be over before the normal 9:30 showroom show which tonight is a variety show. Right now we are rocking and rolling so much that I doubt if either show will go on. Performers would have difficult time standing let alone dancing. So we will see. Leopard Hills brochure says they have internet but I am not taking my laptop and will not write again until we get back on the ship. I want to enjoy ever second of this safari. So be back with you on 15th. Taking a shower this evening is going to be very challenging with all this movement.