Saturday 14^th February 2015 – Day at Sea.

 

Another lovely day at sea. The Asians on board don’t seem to “do” sunbathing. Indeed many of them are still walking round in body-warmers and jackets and scarves! The plus side is that there are plenty of sun beds available.

 

We didn’t fancy any of the lectures so we took the opportunity of a little bit of sunbathing followed by sitting in the old-fashioned wooden loungers in the shade on deck 7 reading our books and just generally watching the world go by.

 

As it’s St Valentine’s Day there are lots of romantic decorations around Kings Court which we photographed. Nesta (along with all the other women) was given a single red rose as we entered the dining room and there were heart shaped chocolates in our stateroom when we returned.

 

We watched the start of the “Romeo and Juliet Ball” but decided that ballet is not for us!

 

 

Sunday 15^th February 2015 – Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

 

The clocks actually went back an hour last night, so we are once again at 7 hours ahead of GMT.

 

It was the ship’s first visit to Sihanoukville and we had to anchor one and a half miles from shore. Even then there was only one and a half metres of water beneath the keel!

 

We did the “Sokha Beach and Surroundings” tour. It took us to a “typical village” and local school – which all did seem a bit staged. After all, it is Sunday so why has the school got pupils all in tailored white shirts learning an English song?

 

It is obviously a very poor country and the housing seems ramshackle at best - but some of the hundreds of children that kept appearing were wearing nice replica football shirts, and the motor bikes looked new, so we will reserve judgement.

 

We spent the afternoon at a five star hotel, complete with barbeque and use of their private beach, swimming pool etc. The best thing is that the Wi-Fi was free, so Ian updated the laptop and sorted out Steam (so he can play FIFA 2015). But, still cannot get photos onto the blog. We will have to rely on Facebook for photos – sorry!

Back on the ship we ate in the Chef’s galley tonight and then went to see the film “Pride” starring Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy.