Packing Day...

Wednesday September 18. Clear skies, moderate sea. 30 C.

A day that comes every vacation: Packing up and getting ready for the Real World again.

To us, a Sleep-In is awaking around 5:00 but not having committed to do anything urgent that day. Such was the case today. It was still dark out when we went on the deck for coffee but the sky was turning red as Old Sol slowly popped up and going on his daily journey across this tired old earth. We could smell the land, a soft smell of what we thought was wood smoke but may have just been smog.

After breakfast and a walk around the deck doing our daily exercise we went in and started to pack in earnest. Around 11:00 we took a break and then lunch and back to the cabin for a bit while Fellette did a bit more packing.

Lunch came and went, after which we attended a lecture, then watched a movie in the cabin and chilled then got cleaned up for dinner at the Italian Restaurant, followed by a 1/2 hour cabaret show, then the Captain did his farewell thing with many, many crew in attendance, then, finally, the Last Show by the entertainers with a Beatles Parade of Hits. Long evening and a good one.

Hong Kong tomorrow, hopefully on the deck, as we sail in.

Early morning on the balcony is when the coffee tastes best!

iPhone and iPads out, seeing what is happening in the world and at home, where it is 2:30 in the afternoon.

We found Disembarking Instructions and luggage tags for Hong Kong on our bed when the room was made up this morning.

Fellette does an excellent job of packing, whether it be a load of lumber in the truck or suitcases for a trip, I am relegated to a fetcher and a spectator.