The Our final sea day features passenger performances of hula and ukulele. “Tiki Dave” teaches ukulele to hundreds of eager passengers and Leialoha, his wife, teaches hula to a similar group.
They also perform together as Elua featuring Hawaiian music.
The ship was very quiet New Year’s morning. There are usually dozens of people picking up morning coffee but this morning only me and a couple of others. The dining room was also quite empty for breakfast.
The day featured a rehearsal and performance of the hula dancers and ukulele players. A good show, as always.
The evening featured one of the best illusionists we’ve seen in quite a while and, of course, some time on the dance floor.
A January 2 visit to Ensenada, we call it packing day. Packing went reasonably well with only one article on the missing-in-action list.
Today is quite comfortable so we went out on deck and encountered a couple with whom we have been sharing the dance floor. It turns out that we will again be sailing together March 2 on the Diamond Princess cruise from Sydney to Tasmania. Another small world story.
The Harbor Seals still frequent the rocks around our berth. The port also seems to be a bit more people friendly. This is also the first time we have shared a port with another ship.
The evening finds us saying goodbyes to our new cruise friends. Many will be home before our flight leaves LAX. Others, returning to other continents will still be in the air when we arrive home. Wednesday morning we will disembark at 8:45 AM after that it’s over to Air Canada.
Bye until February.
