Day 75 – March 31 – At sea on the way to Halong Bay(Hanoi), Vietnam

The weather is still gloomy, i.e. cloudy, foggy and cool.  We do have a new lecturer on board, Morton Dean (TV news correspondent).  This morning his talk was on his time in Vietnam during the war.  He is a good speaker and uses news clips to illustrate his topics.  He will be doing two more talks before Bangkok.

We did get the new L’Occitane amenities today.  Soap, shampoo, conditioner, bath salts, shower gel, and body lotion.  They are ok but so far Jan doesn’t care for the soap very much.

Otherwise, it was bridge lessons, lunch, duplicate bridge, and reading for the remainder of the afternoon.

We had dinner with Michael Coghlan, the General Manager, and two other couples we had not met before.  He is very nice and does a great job of getting everyone included in the conversations around the table.  We enjoyed dinner at his table very much.

We decided to try the stand-up comic, Jack Mayberry, but we didn’t like him at all and left not too long after he started.