Three sea days enroute to Darwin, Northern Territory, Top End

December 25, 26, 27, 2018

Christmas Day was to be spent in Port Moresby, the capital of PNG. This did not happen. Lessons from a third world country—always expect the unexpected. An announcement was made as we left Alotau that the Port Moresby cruise terminal was closed (we later learned a ship was quarantined there) and that the tour company decided not to work on Christmas. So, we began three sea days.

You may wonder what we do on sea days. Here is a brief rundown.

Breakfast. Exercise. Pick up Mensa puzzles. Lecture. Crew vs. passenger games. Lunch. Bridge for Dave. Pool time. Trivia (we don’t have a very good team). Dress for dinner. Eat again. Go to show.

But, each day something happens to vary the routine. The ship put on a very nice Christmas show before dinner on Christmas Day. The dinner menu included traditional turkey dinner. Beautiful sunsets are viewed from our balcony while sipping champagne. And, the crew had a life raft drill in the pool to inflate the rafts. A contest was held to see which department representative could enter and exit the raft the quickest. Housekeeping won amid much cheering of passengers and crew.

Seas remained calm. We continued to be surprised at how clean the water is. During these days we sailed from the Coral Sea through the Torres Strait into the Indian Ocean.









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  1. SraeJanuary 3, 2019 at 12:54 PM

    Great picture of the two of you. Are your clothes holding out?

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