April 8, 2019 – at Sea
Today we moved out of the high risk area for piracy and the water cannons outside of our room were put away. Ian shared a story with us now we are out of danger. 10 years ago on anther ship they were approached by two skiffs coming from Somalia. The ship started evasive action, turned on the water cannons and started the audio blasts. The pirates finally gave up but did try several shots at the ship of their grappling hook. When they arrived in port, CNN was there to do interviews with the passengers.
One more sea day and then we arrive in Jordan. We will be in Jordan overnight and I will be away from the blog. Pictures and stories when we come back. We plan to see Petra, spend the night with the Bedouin in Wadi-Rum, swim in the dead sea and hang out on the beach.
Interesting day at group trivia. What sport is a niblick used in? My answer was golf. Along with a spooner and brassie this was the old name of a club. The team said no and went with cricket. I told Terri I bet it is the club used to get out of a sand trap. The answer? Golf – a club used to get out of a duff! Hamish appears to love phobias. Each game we learn a new phobia. Apiphobia?
Calm seas today. We did see some islands off of Yemen but not much else. The humidity level has dropped and it is very comfortable out on the deck. I think our days sitting out here with shorts on are coming to a close.
Tonight was the Arabian nights gala. We did our best to be in costume.
