Saturday 14th 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 15th 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.
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