Date: Jan 30, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
SEA DAY II ENROUTE TO WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA
It is a little rough today. Make that, it is, rough today. Rocking and rolling, flipping and a flopping. Try to take a drink and you find you have just poured water in your ear. You have to hope you like what the person next to you has chosen to eat. Soon as they place dishes on the table they go flying. If you are lucky, the dish belonging to the person next to you, goes sliding to you, as yours gets flung elsewhere.
I came up with a really helpful idea. At least it would be helpful to me. Seat belts for the toilets. After all, you can be seriously damaged, not to mention besmirched, should you go sliding off when a large wave hits.
They had to go much slower and there is much further to go when you have to go up and down these big hills. We will be getting into Walvis Bay several hours later then anticipated. They are not quite sure when. We could make up some time if the ocean calms down tonight but that looks unlikely. They will probably have to cancel our 4 X 4 trip into the desert tomorrow. There is a dinner tomorrow evening, for the entire ship, in the desert in tents. It is supposed to be very fancy. I guess it must get cold out there at night because they show pictures of tents being closed up and heaters being turned on.
We have to leave to dinner a little earlier tonight. It takes longer to get to the dining room when you have to crawl there. We did try walking but that didn’t work well. We just kept bouncing off things and falling. But you don’t have to worry about me getting hurt. I hold on tightly to Bobbi. She is soft and cushions my falls well as I land on her. Then there are the other cool things that happen while trying to get dressed. You turn on the sink faucet and it totally misses the sink and hits the walls and ceiling. I guess you had to be here, although right now you might not want to be.
The ship was rock and roll and so was this evening’s show in the main theater. One thing I have always complained about, on this cruise line are the shows. While they have always had great entertainers, their choice of songs and shows have always been from the last century or further back yet.
I don’t know if tonight’s show was the beginning of a change into a more recent century or just an odd exception, but it was great. They started with a 40s song. At least it was a 1940s song. Then all the songs and dances went to the 50s on up to Disco. They did some terrific songs and dances including Macho Man from the Village People. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen on Regent. How they did the dancing with the ship jumping all over the place, I don’t know. Once or twice they were all doing something else at the same time but that was the worst that happened. They were all over the theater and up and down the stairs and aisles without falling on their faces. I was amazed that even all the old farts thought it was great. As we were leaving I heard many of the geezers saying this was the best show yet.
Maybe there is still hope the entertainment will all get as good as everything else aboard.
I guess this will have to be all. We have to get up bright and early tomorrow to see the ship dock at about 2:30 in the afternoon.
We have no pictures for today so I’ll send more from St. Helena.
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