Our tour today didn't leave until after lunch, so we had an easy morning doing a little more organizing of the cabin. We're learning what works best storage-wise. We had breakfast in Compass Rose and for the first time, service was quite slow. Turns out there were health inspectors on board and they got the timing of the kitchen off, so things took much longer to come out than normal.
Our tour was to a pineapple farm. We weren't expecting much, but it turned out to be quite interesting. There are only 2 farms in Hawaii any more, Dole which has something like 3,000 acres and Maui Gold, where we went, with 800 acres all of which are planted and harvested by hand.
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| Our guide, Tim, who was giving his last tour before moving back to the mainland, went all out with the goofiness. |
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| Ready for picking |
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| Baby pineapple |
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| The "perduncle" that we're holding is supposed to be very romantic, according to Tim. |
I keep forgetting to mention that there is a nice wooden box near the entry to the Compass Rose. I had assumed it was for tea bags, but it turns out it holds reading glasses for those who forgot theirs. Very considerate.
The Captain announced that all of Regent's ships will begin the procedure where crew will be serving at the buffets - no more self service. We've seen this on other ships when there was a flu or norovirus outbreak. He said it was a precaution due to the cold and flu season, but I'm sure it also has to do with the coronovirus. Doesn't bother me a bit. From the first day, they've said we shouldn't be shaking hands, but rather do the fist or elbow bump.
We had dinner with Eugenia and Dave from Berkeley who we met at the lounge outside the dining room tomight. This is their second World Cruise, the first was with Seaborn. Afterwards, Michael returned to the cabin and I went to the show which featured a ventriloquist. He was good, but that isn't really my thing.
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