Tuesday, 4 April 2017
At Sea — South China Sea
Stats @ Ship’s Time 8:45p (ICT) … UTC 1:45p (4 April)
Temp: 77.5F (25.3C)
Position: 15.55.87N / 109.21.43E
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience.
The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing’.
~ Daniel J Boorstin ~
Beautiful day at sea — slight motion of the ocean, but comfortable-to-coolish temps. A nice surprise considering where we are. Captain Luca mentioned a typhoon had gone through the area just days ago, so I imagine that has something to do with the lower temperatures we are enjoying now.
Up at 6:00a, I read until 7:00a and then went for a walk on deck 10 to get my sea-day exercise. At 7:30a, I joined Mui for breakfast at the Terrace Café and then it was back to the cabin.
I’d been putting off the bookkeeping chores, so I focused my attention on that first. Then I made myself comfortable on the veranda for pretty much the rest of the day. Journaling about Ha Long Bay took up a good chunk of my time, but I interspersed some Kindle reading, too. And I enjoyed the company of an unexpected visitor who stopped by and stayed awhile.
My visitor is a red turtle dove … aka a red collared dove.
Dinner was at the Polo Grill tonight. We asked the Gelmans and the Holloways to join us … the former accepted; the latter declined as they had a prior commitment. We’ll try again on another occasion before they leave us in Singapore.
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