Wednesday, April 3rd
We are cruising off the east coast of Malaysia today heading for Singapore where we will be docking at 8am tomorrow. I thought I would give you a little information about our next destination while I have time this afternoon. First I should say that at noon it was 90 degrees, 50% humidity, partly sunny, and smooth sailing.
The Republic of Singapore is a Southeast Asia island city-state off the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula just 85 miles north of the equator. The island country is made up of 63 islands. It became a British territory in 1824, was occupied by the Japanese during WWII, then became an independent country in 1965. Today Singapore is the world's 4th leading financial centers and its port is one of the 5 busiest in the world. The people here are well-to-do as the country has the 3rd highest per capita income in the world so will be a big contrast from the countries we have visited so far. One of every 6 are millionaires. The population of the country is 5.3 million of which 63% are citizens and the rest are permanent residents or foreign workers. Buddhism is the predominant religion.
An off shore drilling platform being towed
Beautiful deep blue ocean today. Water so calm it is mirror like.
It is really quite pleasant out on our balcony. When I went out to take the above two photos I met our new neighbors, Hollis & Patsy from San Antonio. He was reading a book by Glen Beck so can't be all bad. They are very nice folks. I may go back out and do some reading too.
So what's on our social calendar for this evening?? Glad you asked! Tonight is the Captain's Welcome Aboard party at 6pm for the 575 new passengers who joined us in Bangkok. I was not planning on going but we saw Goren, our Food & Bev manager friend, at noon and he wanted us to come. It is formal optional night. We are to meet Martin, a friend we met on our 2010 world cruise, for dinner. He is quite a character and lives in Las Vegas. This morning we got an invitation to dine with the Cruise Director tonight but had to decline as had plans already. I have ordered veal Parmesan for the three of us tonight. After dinner we will go to the production show with Martin. He also likes to sit on the front row. The Jean Ann Ryan singers and dancers here on board are really very good.
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We are cruising off the east coast of Malaysia today heading for Singapore where we will be docking at 8am tomorrow. I thought I would give you a little information about our next destination while I have time this afternoon. First I should say that at noon it was 90 degrees, 50% humidity, partly sunny, and smooth sailing.
It is really quite pleasant out on our balcony. When I went out to take the above two photos I met our new neighbors, Hollis & Patsy from San Antonio. He was reading a book by Glen Beck so can't be all bad. They are very nice folks. I may go back out and do some reading too.
So what's on our social calendar for this evening?? Glad you asked! Tonight is the Captain's Welcome Aboard party at 6pm for the 575 new passengers who joined us in Bangkok. I was not planning on going but we saw Goren, our Food & Bev manager friend, at noon and he wanted us to come. It is formal optional night. We are to meet Martin, a friend we met on our 2010 world cruise, for dinner. He is quite a character and lives in Las Vegas. This morning we got an invitation to dine with the Cruise Director tonight but had to decline as had plans already. I have ordered veal Parmesan for the three of us tonight. After dinner we will go to the production show with Martin. He also likes to sit on the front row. The Jean Ann Ryan singers and dancers here on board are really very good.
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