At Sea Again

by Henberta, posted in On a Slow Boat to China

28 August, Port Klang, Malaysia

Shipboard life since leaving Dubai has been serene, although seas have been rougher since entering the Indian Ocean.  The crew is impressed that we have not been sea sick.  The needlework attempts continue, with a lovely view from one of our four picture-window portholes:

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At the captain’s urging, we have started using the indoor pool and sauna (both as spotless and well-kept as the rest of the accommodations).  They pump fresh sea water into the pool each day, and we have so far had it all to ourselves.  It’s like having a private spa!

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And yes, sometimes we get a little bored.

fullsizeoutput_5a1A couple of days ago was a bar-b-q party for the whole crew.  Very festive – flags from many countries were displayed, including those from Lebanon, the USA and the UAE.  The crew did the cooking… heavy on the meat.

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Henry tried to convince the Filipinos to listen to Willie Nelson tunes rather than doing karaoke Engelbert Humperdinck…. it only worked for a short time.

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And here are pix of our hunky captain from Ukraine (really – I did not clip this out of a movie magazine!) and our hungry chief engineer from Poland.

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And it seems impossible not to include a couple photos of the spectacular sunsets that we hope to never take for granted.

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The port agent has arranged a driver to take us into Kuala Lumpur for the day, so we will have one more posting before pushing on to China!

 

 

3 thoughts on “At Sea Again”

  1. Continuing to enjoy reading of the adventure. What great sunsets ya’ll have seen. With folks from all over serving as the crew, do they use English to converse?

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  2. Gary – Thanks so much for keeping track of us! Yes, English is the lingua franca of the shipping business world-wide, although side conversations often occur in various native languages……

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  3. fantastic–that is supposed to be in all caps with lots of explanation points

    On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:52 AM, On a slow boat to china wrote:

    > Henberta posted: “28 August, Port Klang, Malaysia Shipboard life since > leaving Dubai has been serene, although seas have been rougher since > entering the Indian Ocean. The crew is impressed that we have not been sea > sick. The needlework attempts continue, with a lovely v” >

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