In my last post I said I was through with the subject of India.. WRONG! As we were just about to leave Goa and go back to the ship some of the ladies were bartering with the vendors . When the pashima scarves were being sold for $5.00 I bought one. It had a lovely lavender sheen to it. Well, I decided to wear it over a black silky pant outfit I have to the special Indian dinner. I didn’t like the smell and I like to wash my clothes after buying them and before wearing them. I washed it in cold water using Woolite soap and that lavender sheen I liked so much just washed away. I could have dyed my white shirt lavender what with all the dye in the sink. Fortunately, my $5.00 purchase was still wearable as it was now a wine colored paisley print.

The Indian dinner at the Pinnacle was quite nice and certainly the best of the South American, African and Indian dinners,

Ellen, Sue and Ellen threw a St. Patrick ‘s Day party and, of course, being the social butterfly that I am, I was invited, as was Larry Hagman and I thought you would like to see what he looks like at this stage of his life. Not the greatest photo of me but with Larry being in the photo who is looking at me. My friends Ellen (the short plump one), Ellen (alias the Russian Princess at the last mystery dinner) and Sue (Chop Chop Suey) with the funny hat. It was great fun.

Later that evening after dinner I danced the night away at the Crow’s Nest not just with the hosts but with Melvin, Maurice, Glenn and now even Lane is dancing and he is really a good dancer, We had a blast and I didn’t get to bed until midnight with an early morning call for a tour of Malaysia.