April 5, 2019 – at Sea
Today we will be cruising along the coast of Oman and then Yemen. Tomorrow afternoon we will make the turn toward the Red Sea. It is in this narrow channel where danger lurks. This is heavily used shipping channel and there are lots of ships that pirates can choose from if they so desire.
A woman was on the treadmill to the right of me this morning and she kept looking over at my screen and then flipping the channels of hers to try to find Fox News. Little did she know she was on the dreaded treadmill number 4. She obviously just got on the ship in India and doesn’t know about treadmill number 4 lacking Fox News.
Team trivia is not only difficult because of the questions, it is also difficult because of Hamish and his pronunciation of words. Even when corrected, his pronunciation doesn’t change. Roman numeral for 400? Good luck!
We have noticed many ships in this area. I imagine they follow a route that is monitored by the by the protecting maritime force.
We had dinner in the Lido and were watching some whales coming up for air. By the the size of the blast of air that we saw, I would guess that they are on the small side.
The internet is worse than ever. I got locked out of one of my bank accounts because of suspected fraud. Most of it is caused by the slow speed and the impatient user. I won’t have cell phone connection until we reach Jordan on Wednesday. I have experiment using google hangouts to make wifi calls and I did have success today. I will be calling the bank later when they open.
The evening entertainment was Helen Wilding. She is from the UK and is an accomplished actress, and singer. She opened up with a medley of tunes from the sound of music. She sounded just like Julie Andrews. Following this was a medley of Gershwin hits. Well done. Ave Maria was done well. Her cover of “At Last” was weak. She did “When You Wish Upon a Star” with some visuals aids of stars moving on a screen that children would love. Her final number was a compilation of herself singing harmony for a youtube channel that she created. Not my cup of tea. I give her an 8.…