Day 91 - Wednesday March 29 at Sea

New menus
position at 7:00am: N23 37.34 latitude E58 34.22 longitude
(about 440 miles NE of Salalah, Oman)
temperature: 77F, 68% humidity, sunny
distance since FLL: 29,186 miles
It was pleasant on deck this morning after a calm night in the Arabian Sea. Clay walked 5 miles this morning to make up for skipping yesterday and tomorrow. It is a chocolate croissant day, but Debbie is taking it easy, still trying to shake her cough and congestion and fever. She is getting slowly better. Clay brought Debbie a chocolate croissant and we did not go out for breakfast until after 8am. We went to Compass Rose. Debbie had raspberries and swedish pancakes. Clay had blueberry pancakes. Our room wasn't ready yet so we got the laptop and a book for Debbie and spent some time in the library.
Back in the cabin, Debbie went back to sleep and Clay worked some. Debbie got up for lunch. There was a hamburger extravaganza going on up at the Pool Deck, but we went back to Compass Rose. Debbie had her usual turkey sandwich and Clay had lamb kofta. we both had peanut butter ice cream for dessert.
Back to the cabin and Debbie slept again while Clay did some more work. Clay observed lots of little boats out fishing. There was also a lot of shipping traffic visible. Debbie woke up for dinner. It was Formal night, but Debbie did not feel like getting dressed up. We dressed casually and went up to deck 12 to check on the sunset. But it was gone already. We went back down to deck 11 and LaVeranda at 6:31pm. There was a line outside but the restaurant was not open. Tonight is the first night of their new simple food concept. Either a lot of people did not want to dress up or a lot of people liked the menu. A scanned copy of the menu is in the pictures. Tonight is also the first night of the Crazy Kitchen in Latitudes, we took a picture of the menu today and it is in pictures. There is nothing on the menu that Debbie will eat, so we will probably just cancel this reservation. Sorry, we will be unable to report about the "Amapola" entertainment.
At dinner, Debbie had jerk pork tenderloin. It was bland. Clay had the BBQ pork ribs. They were the same as he has had at the Pool Deck BBQs and he liked them. They were a little messy for indoor dinner. Clay found rice krispy treats on the dessert buffet and Debbie was happy.
Tomorrow is an early start. We should dock at 7am in Salalah, Oman for a half-day stay. We are on a 4 1/2 hour tour that is scheduled to depart on arrival. LaVeranda will open at 6am, so we will plan to eat breakfast there then and see the sail in and then depart for our tour. After that there are 3 seas days before the big overnight to Luxor, so we hope to be completely recovered and whole again by then. If restful sea days don't do it, not clear what it will take. We will keep our fingers crossed for continued smooth sailing as we leave the Arabian Sea and enter the Gulf of Aden and then the Red Sea.
New menus