Day 12 – at sea closer to Tahiti
Leisurely day spent listening to the talk on two upcoming stops in French Polynesia, Huahine and Raiatea.  Both are small ports that larger ships would not stop at.

Well, last night was “Captain’s Circle”, where cruisers who are on at least their second cruise are invited to a special gathering to meet the captain.  Well, on a round the world cruise over 90% of the cruisers are invited to the Captain’s Circle. With free drinks, canapés, and a few words from the amazingly entertaining Captain, this was a very nice experience.  They also take the time to honor the most cruised of the cruisers.  Number two on the list was a couple with over 1800 cruise days aboard Princess ships.  Then an investment banker, with over 2100 cruise days was honored. He said a few words thanking the crew, captain and his family, as he was on his 9th round the world cruise! I was able to use my new talents with the iPhone and took the picture of Jan and the captain using the iPhone portrait mode on the “stage light” setting that blackens the background. I also took a picture of Ingrid using the same technique and then was able to use photoshop to put Ingrid in the pic with the captain.  It is nice to have the time to play with the photos we take and to learn new techniques.

Yesterday also saw us celebrate the crossing of the equator.  This does not go without fanfare and volunteers are subjected to all kind of public displays in front of the entire crowd in front of the pool.  Cheering crowds shout, “Guilty” as the volunteers are adorned with colored liquids of all kinds to mix with the buckets of spaghetti and watermelon.  No – we did NOT volunteer and I would not suggest you do either, but fun was had by all.



Crossing the equator!  Volunteer!

Comments

  1. Paula CoxFebruary 2, 2019 at 3:57 AM

    We do carry these small computers around and most of the time do not know a fraction of the functions and abilities they have Good tip on not volunteering that looks yucky. I was curious how the weather’s been. Are you still having daily sunshine?

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    1. IngridFebruary 2, 2019 at 9:45 AM

      We certainly are! We may get our first rain shower in over a week tonday in Papeete.

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    2. UnknownFebruary 3, 2019 at 12:41 PM

      When we were in Papeete, it poured. It was about the same time of year.

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  2. Kim GFebruary 3, 2019 at 4:55 PM

    We were on the Pacific Princess a couple of years ago. Always had fun in the piano bar. I hope they have a fun entertainer there!!! Looking forward to pics of Taihiti.

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