Cruising Right Along

Well, we are now both working on our fifth decade of life, yes, Scott and Randi turned 40 this month. 

We would have never guessed we would be living in Singapore and experiencing life in Asia for our birthdays but here we are.

 We decided to take a cruise to celebrate our birthdays, our first cruise and probably not our last as we really enjoyed it more than we thought we would.

We left from Singapore

which meant we did not have to fly anywhere to catch the ship and we got home quickly afterwards.

Since this was our first cruise we had no idea what to expect so we got a suite in order to have enough room for our family to live for the week.  I am glad we did as the room fit our family and our personalities and the deep need to escape "people" for the week.

The couch folded out into a bed for the boys with their own TV, although we really did not watch much TV, how could you when there are so many things to do on the ship and you have many books to read.

The deck off of our room allowed us to sit out and enjoy the water without being in the sun or in the crowds.

It really is peaceful to see the sea surrounding you, and fall asleep to the movement of the ship and the sound of the waves, we were on the 8th deck so the waves were not too loud, but sound travels up so we did hear them.

Our room was right next to the bridge we were able to talk to the captain and the officers from our deck.

There is plenty of room to walk on the sports deck

and there was of course shuffle board, we had a family tournament, parents against boys, and the winner was.......the aged.

We understand how one can gain weight on a cruise, there is food everywhere, and dinner is always like going out to a nice restaurant. 

We connected with our waiter Weifeng right away, he was thrilled that we spoke a little Mandarin and tried to teach us new phrases at each meal.

Caleb, my brave eater is always looking for a new adventure, he was thrilled to eat escargot, baked snails in a creamy sauce.

We met the Captain on a more formal basis at a reception

and he invited us to take a private tour of the bridge, which we of course did.

The control panels are really amazing

it was comforting to see that the ship does not run on GPS alone, they do chart the course and check the location every 15 to 30 minutes on a paper map.

After a week of much needed play and relaxation

we are ready to "hit the road running" Well.... sort of.

Look for upcoming blogs on Bangkok and snorkeling in Ko Samui Thailand.