Tuesday 22nd January 2013. Sea day.
Gotta love these sea days! After breakfast,
I got all energetic and hit the gym for 20 minutes on the cross trainer, then
went for a quick swim (1/2hr) during which time I got a touch of sunburn. 10am
to 10.30, man this tropical sun is strong. Mind you, we wouldn’t have stayed in
as long as we did except we got talking to our dinner companion from last
night. We got changed and went to claim our champers, played some shuffleboard
and then, off to lunch. We’re getting the hang of doing very little. While we
were playing shuffleboard, deck 7, starboard (smoker’s side) aft there was an
announcement that we were about to pass the Sun Princess to port. People
literally jumped off their deck chairs and bolted for the other side of the
ship. We finished our game of shuffleboard then wandered through to the port
side to see said ship off in the distance. Not sure how close we got, I can’t
imagine it would have been too close, but it was a little bit of unscheduled
excitement. We had a very interesting chat with a lady from Perth who works in the
royalties section of the Mining Dept of
the W.A. Govt who told us a lot about the mining industry and how it affected
the state.
While we were at lunch a call from the
Bridge: Code, Alpha Tango, deck 12 by the pool. Something must have happened.
Every day the Captain gets on the P.A and
tells us interesting things about our cruise, the weather, the ports, whatever,
and he always finishes up with a comment about our beautiful white lady,
‘Pacific Jewels’. He’s a very proud old sailor. Not that he’s that old…………………
The afternoon saw us back in the thermal
suite for the relaxation room, and when Trevor had finished trialling all the
different thermal rooms, we went back up on deck to settle in with our books
and relax till it was time for trivia. We teamed up again with Jenny and Steve
from yesterday’s win, and another woman who tagged in yesterday and today her
daughter joined us. Jenny said there was a second ship passing behind the Sun
Princess today, but it didn’t get a mention. We were beaten by 1 point!!
Bugger! No stubby holder today. Today’s prize was a very handy P&O
keyring/bottle opener. Jenny and Steve are going to give us a game of
shuffleboard tomorrow if we can arrange it. Port day tomorrow, so not sure how
things will run. Probably hit the island in the morning and chill out back on
board in the arvo. It’s only a little island – Wala in Vanuatu.
9pm, up on deck after doing our 6 laps, we
finally track down Stacey. Looks like
she’s met up with some new friends and having a great time. And that’s all I’ve
got to say about that……………….
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