The captain told us he was worried about a weather system that was developing north of Vanuatu and it had the potential to keep us away from Fiji. However, it's come to nothing and we're on our way to Suva now.
Eleven of us gathered at Giovanni's last night to celebrate Robyn's birthday. It was a very generous five-course menu which none of us could face. It was a shame to send back so much food but we had eaten as much as we could manage. Marilyn went off to bed while I joined the others In the theatre to watch a comedian. He was probably as old as me but very funny.
Our cabin steward is another veteran with an evil-looking moustache and the smell of too many cheap cigarettes about him. He keeps the cabin spotless but his towel animals are woeful. They all look the same: shapeless blobs of crumpled towel with rubber bands helping to give the impression of a head or a leg or something. Marilyn say he must have failed 'Towel Folding' at cabin steward school.
We had a very rough night last night but slept well nonetheless. A couple we met at dinner found it difficult and she was pretty sick this morning. We are at a table for two in the dining room but the next table is only inches away, so we have become quite friendly with Ivan and Avril and Sally and David. Ruth and her partner are only a shout away. We might as well be at a table for eight.
There was a 2-hour sale on this morning. Marilyn thought she might buy a cheap watch because she had left all her good ones at home, but it was impossible to move around the shops. I think some people come on cruises just for the shopping. I can't believe the junk people buy. I'm sure they could find it all home in the Reject Shop and they wouldn't have the problem of lugging it along with the rest of their luggage.
As I said, Suva tomorrow. Today is very overcast and we might get some rain from the tail of the Tropical Low that the captain has been watching. If so, it will be another day on a deserted ship for us and that's not a bad thing.
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