At Sea - 在海上
Feb 7-8, 2020 (Day 18-19) - Today is another day at sea. Crystal provides enrichment lectures when it is a sea day. Plus it also offers …...
Day 18-19 – Feb 7-8
Today is another day at sea. Crystal provides enrichment lectures when it is a sea day. Plus it also offers various classes like golf, piano, art, etc. We participated in some of the classes. However, what is in our mind and everyone’s mind is the Coronavirus. Crystal Symphony, a sister ship of Crystal Serenity, has been significantly impacted. Taiwan refused the ship to disembark at the port in Taiwan so it was routed to Singapore. So far there is no change to our itinerary. We have our fingers crossed.
On Feb 8, the ship was scheduled to anchor off Rarotonga, Cook Islands today. However, due to high sea, the captain couldn’t position the ship such that we could be tendered safely. He decided to cancel the port visit. We had another day at sea. We were disappointed to watch the ship sailing away from Rarotonga. Like people saying, it is a sea event and nothing is guaranteed .
watching the ship sailing away from Rarotonga without stepping on the land.
We went to Silk for dinner. It has new items on the menu and we had a good dinner. We went to another comedy show and laughed for 45 mins non-stop.
Chinese New Year Day - 春节
Jan 25, 2020 (Day 5) - Today is Chinese New Year Day. We woke up early morning to find out our ship arrived at Cabo San Lucas……
Day 4
Today is Chinese New Year Day. We woke up early morning to find out our ship arrived at Cabo San Lucas. This is the second time that we’ve seen Mexico from a distance but never visited it. After dropping the patient there, Crystal Serenity is on the way to Nuku Hiva.
Silk Restaurant prepared a special menu to celebrate Chinese New Year. We ordered all items on the menu. The food was fantastic, especially the seafood soup and dessert. We also took a picture with executive chef and Chinese chef.
We took a few picture of early morning at Cabo San Luges. The lifeboat was seen to leave the ship to drop the patient and return.
Emergency Evacuation - 紧急医疗疏散
Jan 24, 2020 (Day 4) - Today is Jan. 24, Chinese New Years Eve. More detail about the medical emergency emerged this morning……
Today is Jan. 24, Chinese New Years Eve. More detail about the medical emergency emerged this morning. A woman had a serious medical issue that required immediate medical attention. The closest hospital was Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The captain decided to drop her there then continue our journey. The ship will take a detour and most likely we will lose one port call. However, it is also nice to know that the cruise line would do whatever necessary for the safety of passengers in case of emergency.
Today, there were three very good lectures from Prof. in University of Australian, an American Astronaut who flew three space shuttle, and a Professional Photographer. We took yoga together at 9:00 AM. In the afternoon, we attended Watercolor and Piano lesson on board separately.
Today we had breakfast, lunch and dinner all in Market Place, which provides buffet type food. The dinner was served with Brazilian grill. The food was terrific.
After dinner, we went to the concert by Tommy Proulx, Grammy nominated Saxophonist.
