A sleep catch up to the extent that we even gave breakfast AND the morning quiz a miss.
As I may have mentioned before, on most (all?) sea days, either the central buffet area or the deck outside the grill bar, has a speciality lunch of some sort. Today, with Mumbai being our next stop, it was an Indian buffet and we had inked that in, which is why we skipped breakfast. The six hot dishes (you know I won’t mention any cold dishes…) included fish fillets in a light curry sauce, beans, cauliflower and potato curry, chicken curry and I think, lamb curry, rice etc. We thoroughly enjoyed it, but what I have found on board is that almost everyone has a different opinion about any curry dish! Not hot enough; too bland; boring etc. We are just grateful to get any curry and apart from our special table requests, it is always at the buffet and never in the dining room. Maybe they need a curry of the day for the main dining rooms? They cater for fish eaters, steak lovers, pasta lovers and vegetarians, so why not curries?
Rock and rollers Graham & Linda enjoyed the sun on deck with Graham going all shy.
An email from my other brother Malc, addressed to Prisoner 2343534, offering support and sustenance if we are incarcerated in India, but querying whether or not the UK contingent of friends and blog followers was closer than the Australian… Thanks Malc.
It took some time to respond to it, whilst Paula had a short nana nap before afternoon quiz, where we were delighted to see Ros back as team leader of the Guessalots. We still didn’t win.
As we were still fairly full after lunch, we opted to skip dinner in the dining room but joined M & M in the Horizon Court, where whatever we all had was very fresh and tasty.
We then went to the theatre to see an act new to us “the Tap Pack”. Five Australian based male tap dancers who also sang and had a bit of banter. We had a mixed view and although the tap dancing was excellent, we felt that overall, the show was a bit immature at times and not particularly well structured. I’d give it a 7/10.
A coffee and a natter in the atrium to round off a typical day at sea – with another tomorrow. Clocks forward just 30 minutes tonight – which tends to be a bit confusing for those trying to contact home.
Sunday September 22nd
A terrible night’s sleep! Paula couldn’t get to sleep either and it can’t be the coffee, as Paula has a weak hot chocolate… At 7:45, when Paula got up, I certainly didn’t feel very awake. Up to HC and met a ‘new’ couple and chatted for ages. We just love this aspect of cruising. Old friends, new friends, potential new friends.
No morning trivia win. What a surprise. I think we’ve missed our moment of glory.
An atrium coffee and a small roll sufficed to keep us ticking over and we retired to the cabin (with the balcony door open as usual).
A bit of internet time and a nice email in from son Stewart, but no further news from the now bikeless friends, who are probably also at sea, but on a much smaller craft than the Dawn Princess. If you are reading this guys, please email us with an update. (Probably far too busy enjoying the local wines.)
As it was Singapore GP day, I kept an eye on the BBC TV sports channel for news and we nipped up for a quick snack at about 3:30.
We didn’t win the afternoon quiz.
After a clean-up, we went back to the Vista lounge for the early show, the singers and dancers’ “Country Road” show. Great costumes but this is a tiny stage area for 6 female and 4 male dancers plus 2 singers. We enjoyed it as it was fairly fast moving and colourful. We noted the Tap Pack watching and I’d have to be honest and say I enjoyed this show much more than theirs. The resident singers leave a bit to be desired on several counts but this show probably suited them rather more than some of the full production shows.
On to dinner at 7:45pm. The surf and turf fillet steak was just perfect and easily the equal in terms of tenderness and taste, to the fillet steak in the Sterling Steak House. Sadly, Megan was bit off colour so it was just Paula and I for the late night coffee whilst Mal went back to his lady love.
On channel 24, they had delayed coverage of the full GP, but in NZ, I tape it and fast forward, so as it was after 11pm, I only managed the first 20 laps before trying to catch up on the sleep.
The controversial Mumbai tomorrow, where of course, we don’t go ashore, but they have now extended the stay from an original departure time of 6:30pm, to 11pm, to midnight, so many will now finish their Princess tours and probably stay ashore and have dinner in Mumbai.
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