Our tour guide.
Additional Photos from inside the Cave.
This is just a very small portion of the area we walked to after the tour selling items. It went on for about a couple of blocks. As they say, welcome to Vietnam.
Last evening we dined by ourselves at Prego and enjoyed a nice quiet meal there.
The purse is a gift to Anne Marie from our Son, Eric, and Daughter In Law, Kara.
We each began our meal with salads; with Keith enjoying his standing order salad and Anne Marie having the Caesar Salad.
This was Keith's entree which was one the two additional entrees. This one was a snapper which was hidden below the vegetables.
Keith enjoyed a small side order of vegetables; well maybe it was not so small.
Our waiter was Costa and we learned last night that his contract was extended until the end of the World Cruise so that was great news for us.
Anne Marie went with the Veal.
We had a great time and since it was relatively slow when we arrived it gave us more time to speak with Costa and one other waiter along with Head Waiter Mario and Maitre d' Antonio.
When we got back to the room we read, wrote, Anne Marie did some laundry, and caught up on news from home.
We slept well as the Serenity was anchored for the evening. Tender service ran between the ship and shore till around 11:30 PM.
Keith awoke first and did reading and writing and then had coffee at the Lido Cafe. As he was leaving he brought coffee back to the room for Anne Marie to enjoy. We then took a nice walk on the Promenade Deck. For about half our walk we walked with friend Elaine. We enjoyed the sunrise.
We did not go ashore today as the last tender was returning at 11:00 AM and there really was nothing more to see so we stayed on the ship. There were some people who took early tours this morning and some who didn't get a chance to shop as we did when we returned from our tour (although we did not purchase anything)
Overall, the program was planned to make this a sea day for those staying on the ship.
We had breakfast in our room at the same time we do on sea days. Afterwards, Keith did take the Spin Class being offered which was why he didn't go on the Elliptical in the morning. We had three new people in the class today. Fitness Director, Michael, went with a new CD and the music was quite good and it was a great workout.
While Keith was in Spin, Anne Marie sat at the Crystal Plaza and read and wrote and then spoke with several guests and with Cruise Director Rick, Hotel Director Josef and Captain Birger.
A little while after Spin Class, Keith had a haircut at the Salon, which was his third of the cruise. He really felt like he needed one so this turned out a great day to have made an appointment.
They also added a Team Trivia game to the schedule since this voyage only has four sea days. Our team did well today getting 12 of 15 questions right. One that we got wrong included what will Earth's Sun be called when it eventually goes dark.
We also enjoyed salads for Lunch as we do on almost all days we are on the ship. We find it filling, healthy and we enjoy it.
Anne Marie walked in the afternoon. Keith tried to play tennis but no one was around so he ended up reading and writing and then later in the day met with dear friend Bob.
This evening we will be dining at the Crystal Dining Room and look forward to an enjoyable time.
We also have a World Cruise Event and we will post all about this tomorrow.
TODAY'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY……...
"As we walked around Vietnam in many ways it is difficult to believe that the war ended a little over forty years ago. While there are signs of the war in some of the places around the country including Ho Chi Minh City, there were no signs of war where we were. Today, the vast majority of Vietnamese were not alive or too young to remember the war." - Keith & Anne Marie
Keith & Anne Marie
The junk excursions looked fabulous. Those color lights illuminating the caves were awesome. I would have loved that.
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