Today was Mariner Appreciation day and the CEO Stein Kruse is on board. The highlight of the day was the South African Braai (Br-eye) buffet dinner and the free drinks. A Safari Tent camp was built on Lido deck, African entertainment and photo ops with the likes of this guy. The decorations were fantastic what with an old truck with no wheels, carved animals, actual tents with tables and chairs inside and even great lounge areas with pillows. There was so much it would be impossible to post photos so you will have to use your imagination. This dinner was “kind of” like our dinner with Cunards’s rep at the convention center in Honolulu but done on a smaller scale on the ship. It couldn’t compare to that night but it was still spectacular and I had a lot of fun.

This bouquet with the horns is a sample of some of the unusual bouquets that we see on the ship. The little bouquet was sitting in my cabin as another gift from HAL.

This pilot boat was real close to the ship and I was able to get a great shot of it. I am glad it wasn’t one of those Somali boats with pirates on board. We are not going to the Seychelles because the pirates are working that area currently. We will be going to the Maldives instead.

Tomorrow we will be at Cape Town and I have a tour one day and a free day the next. My next post will cover both those days.