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One more day closer to Japan. We are now on Tokyo time. 14 hours ahead of home.
Group trivia went better today as the whole team, minus Richard, was there. Bet you don’t know which candy was created and named after a nickname for his daughter. What is known as the pig in men’s gymnastics? What is known as the royal disease? Which country did graffiti originate? Which fruit has the most vitamin C (not an orange) The sixth commandment in the King James Version of the bible? Percentage of DNA that is the same in both monkey and human? Which was the first breakfast cereal? We did rather well with these and others.
We had dinner with Janet and Brian. They came down from the 3rd floor to our table on the second. Fascinating learning more about Canada. Brian said that the amount of Military that the US has on Guam equals about a third of the entire military in Canada. He also said that Canada relies on the USA to defend it. I guess we already knew that. Janet said that Canada has sent 8 tanks to help with the effort in Ukraine. This was 10% of all of the tanks that Canada has. It also relies on us for health care. This way it can have “free universal health care” and when someone really needs something done they can come to the USA. We talked about Trudeau and Biden. Lots of head shaking by all. Janet told how they shop in land owned by the “First Nation”. The First Nation, a group of indigenous people, decided to build a Costco. Shopping there is much cheaper than in mainland Canada and gas is cheaper too. They also have casinos to draw in Canadians.
Wapole Island is a first nation island across from Algonac, Michigan. Maybe they plan to open a Costco there?
More forms to fill out for Japan and a mandatory face to face with customs officials. We will be in Japan for 12 days. This should be fascinating. No overnights. We will return the ship each evening. Don’t want to miss dinner!
We finished the evening with a game of cards on the back of the Lido. Nice weather! Terri is up by 2.
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