We are now in Viet Nam at the port city to access Saigon but I have opted not to go again. I was there on my last world cruise and I don’t relish the drive which took 3 ½ hours in traffic coming back to the ship. The closest other city is a 40 minute ride by taxi so I am not leaving the ship today. We do have another stop in Ha long Bay and I will go into the town at that port of call.

I was trying to get on the internet but it seems not to be working and I have some things I want to do so I am starting my next post hoping it will clear shortly. It is very different here on the ship with few people. This is the first time I have not left the ship during a port of call. I took this shot from the ship of the shore in Viet Nam. Can you imagine our troops trying to find the Viet Cong in these thick woods?

We did have a party for Mo one of the host dancers. He turned 70 today. Mo is a very interesting man. He was born in Egypt, an economist, and after retiring became a dance instructor and is now traveling the world as a dance host. The other hosts are James, Bart, Rob, Bob, and Tony. All very nice guys and a few of the ladies seem to be in love with one or the other but they seem to be very proper.

At the time I was typing this portion of the post we have encountered a storm with rain and some winds. We are moving quite a bit which is kind of nice since we haven’t even had one bad day since leaving the Antarctica.

We are still rocking and rolling and I just had cocktails and dinner hosted by our good looking Captain. The dinner was wonderful and our officer at the table was Mark Miranda who is the officer of security of the ship. Neat guy and is a Catholic Indian, with a wife and two children and I enjoyed his company. The other couple at our table were nice people but he never shut up. I am tired because of his incessant talking and I am now going to sleep.