This begins our third leg of the World Cruise. We have two segments left. Rumor is that ship numbers will be down with each segment. This is a long time for anyone to be on a ship and the economy is not helpful here. We just heard that some of the crew is being let go early, in Cape Town rather then let them finish with us in Ft Lauderdale. This has to be tough on the people whose contracts are not being adhered to. Don't know how Regent will be handling that part. Our numbers on the ship are about 480 passengers with a capacity of 700. We have had some really great speakers so far, Cathy Rigby being one, Charles Duke, astronaut, another. Now we have Mort Dean, ABC news correspondent. He has given a talk about Vietnam back in the 70's that just makes you cry. We have 2-3 lectures a day. Bridge continues for me. David dropped out.... Crafts, reading, computer, trivia help pass the days. The cruise is going by so quickly for us. Ports this cruise have been intense. In two days we get off the ship for a week to travel on land. We will visit Angkor Wat and The Temples of Myanmar both in a week. Amazing. We are heading South which means the weather is rapidly warming up and bringing with it the good 'ol humidity. Oh, we did slightly tag that 'ol star ferry ship. We have a scar, but are safe to continue onward. We we not sure if the ferry was trying to out run us then panicked and did a u-turn under our bow or, we have also heard that some believe if you cross as close as possible under the bow of a ship and make it, it erases all evil spirits in your life. Pick one. The Captain did one hell of a manuver or two to graze him and not run him down.
One thing I find I am noticing more and more with my camera are the children....:),.... the families.... funny thing for me, right? :) So upon leaving Halong Bay, I thought the children and the families deserved a page of their own. It can make you smile or make you cry.
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