01-28 Tuesday: At Sea. Since we went to bed early, we got up in time for breakfast in the dining room. It was nice. We played Mexican Train again and it was Tamarind for dinner. This was a complementary dinner from the Casino manager. It was good but nothing like we hoped. We ordered the extra special wok seared lobster that was an additional $28 each. It was not good. While it was a lovely presentation, the lobster was sickeningly sweet. It was heavily coated with some sort of mixture, but all you could taste was sweet. The coating could not be scraped off, it seemed deep fried on or something. The tempura shrimp and soup were delicious, as was the Yuku cheese cake for dessert. The evening ended with craps, which could have been better, but still fun!
01-29 Wednesday: Jakarta was a missed port today. This is a real shame for the crew. At almost every stop the family of crew members are invited onboard for a nice visit. Today the port was canceled due to weather and the crew awaiting their family are very disappointed. Ipa, one of our cabin stewards will miss his family visit. It is really sad. For us it doesn’t matter that much. We will have an additional day to play Mexican Train.
Instead, our cruising of Krakatoa was moved up to today. There are a lot of statistics about the volcano, which you can find anywhere on line. Of interest is the Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatau) volcano, which is an off spring of the main volcano. Anak Krakatau is a small volcano that formed in the caldera of Krakatoa following its cataclysmic eruption in 1883, which was the deadliest in recorded history with over 36 000 deaths and led to global climactic effects. Anak Krakatau first emerged above the waves in 1930 and reached a pre-collapse height of 327 m above sea level. On 22 December 2018, an eruption led to the collapse of the south-western flank of the volcano, with the resulting landslide generating a tsunami that caused devastation along the nearby coasts of southern Sumatra and west Java. Anak Krakatoa is still active and you could see some smoke or steam coming from it.
At 6p we had a reception for those continuing on the next cruise, a Collector’s Cruise, so we went to that on the Lido deck. Watered down drinks and nuts were served. There was a Chinese Dragon that made an appearance, but hard to see with people mobbing to get their photo taken with it. We got a quick bite in the Lido since we weren’t very hungry, then off to the show. It was supposed to be a really good impersonator but he tried mostly comedy and he wasn’t very funny. We slipped out after the first 15-20 minutes. It pays to sit in the back sometime. The dragon did make another appearance on stage, so that was cute. We played craps with John, Chuck, and Joyce, then off to bed.
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