Tuesday, April 16th
We had a 5 hour "Highlights of Goa" tour scheduled for this morning but decided not to go. It appeared to have similar sights as the one we did yesterday, only a different city. Another mostly sunny and very hot & humid (90 degrees & 78% humidity) day here so good to just stay in the air conditioned comfort of the ship. We woke up this morning and found out two tragic events had occurred. One, my cousin's 26 year old daughter was brain dead and would soon be removed from life support due to an ATV accident. She leaves behind a 2 1/2 year old girl. Number two was the Boston bombing. We are about to cruise into a dangerous part of the world; Somalia waters on way to Dubai, UAE, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, and Israel but seems we are safer here than in the USA.
Goa has a population of 1.5 million and is renowned for its beaches, places of worship, and architecture. Tourism is #1 in the economy and mining is number two. They mine ores such as iron, bauxite, manganese, clay, silicone, and limestone. They also manufacture fertilizers, pesticides, tires, tubes, foot ware, pharmaceuticals, wheat products, steel rolling, textiles, fruits, fish canning, cashews, and brewery products. They have a very low excise duty on booze so it is cheap here.
Our pier at Goa port
Our guards
Indian naval ship by us.
Large ship in dry dock for repairs next to our pier.
Running/walking track around upper pool deck
Walking/running track info.
Compass Rose the main dining room.
Elevator placcard
Bert & Lani from Tacoma, Washington. We dined in Prime 7 with them last week.
Tonight is the Captain's Farewell Party as the 2nd segment (17 nights) of the cruise is ending on Thursday. So tonight is formal optional dress. On Thursday most of the current passengers will be disembarking and we will then have to break in some new ones who will be boarding that afternoon.
We will be sailing at 4:30pm today for Mumbai (Bombay for us old geography students) and will arrive there tomorrow morning and remain there for two days.
https://goo.gl/photos/sLamm5eGnMMZh8nk6
Goa has a population of 1.5 million and is renowned for its beaches, places of worship, and architecture. Tourism is #1 in the economy and mining is number two. They mine ores such as iron, bauxite, manganese, clay, silicone, and limestone. They also manufacture fertilizers, pesticides, tires, tubes, foot ware, pharmaceuticals, wheat products, steel rolling, textiles, fruits, fish canning, cashews, and brewery products. They have a very low excise duty on booze so it is cheap here.
Tonight is the Captain's Farewell Party as the 2nd segment (17 nights) of the cruise is ending on Thursday. So tonight is formal optional dress. On Thursday most of the current passengers will be disembarking and we will then have to break in some new ones who will be boarding that afternoon.
We will be sailing at 4:30pm today for Mumbai (Bombay for us old geography students) and will arrive there tomorrow morning and remain there for two days.
https://goo.gl/photos/sLamm5eGnMMZh8nk6
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