March 3 - At Sea
Last night the new Captain Urbaldo Armellino (new since Auckland anyway) warned that we would be in for a rough night with high winds and big seas. Well, either he is a bit of an alarmist, or I've really gotten my sea legs because it was not as bad as we've had in the past on this cruise. Our cabin stewards were instructed to prepare the balconies so this is how it is now. This morning they didn't even strap the blue cushions on the chairs as they would normally do. Really? This isn't nearly as bad as we've had on occasion in the last month. Speaking of which, I was asked about the changes to our itinerary going forward so here it is: Originally scheduled to go Sydney - Brisbane - Airlie Beach - Cairns - Cooktown - Darwin (all Australia) - Bali - Surabaya (both Indonesia) - Singapore where we would spend the night and start another segment which would do Singapore - Kuala Lumpur - Penang - Langkawi (all Malaysia) - Phuket (Thailand) - Sri Lanka. Th...