Before I recount the day's activities, I need to mention that our friend got their replacement passport at the American Embassy yesterday during our brief port stop. They were obviously relieved and grateful for the ship's personnel's help in making that happen. We also took on more fuel in order to make it to Australia.
Overnight the seas were not very rocky, so we slept well. Our morning started with a coffee chat featuring Tim Kaminski, comedian. Next we had a presentation on the first 24 hours of WWII by John Shively. Then Bruce presented an overview of Iwo Jima followed by a a short 1/2 hour documentary on the 50th anniversary return of veterans to Iwo Jima. This movie was excellent.
Today was the Collector Voyage Indonesian lunch which was followed by Ben Smith's interesting lecture on starting a podcast. Afterwards I spent an hour talking tech subjects with a cruising friend before leading the interdenominational Bible study in the Pinnacle Grill. While tonight was a gala night, we enjoyed a quiet Lido dinner before the 6:30om and another remedial talk for me at 8:30pm by Bruce Petty on the Role of the Naval Officer in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
Colleen Williamson sang an excellent program and Ben Smith, EXC photographer shared his travel stories at the 9:30om bedtime story time. We finished up the evening at the 10:30pm feeding.
Throughout the day we sailed away from Typhoon Lingling and towards the next tropical depression which is located beyond Iwo Jima. But the seas were relatively flat. There was a nice electronic map on display on deck 8 and printed versions near the front desk.
Tomorrow afternoon we'll circumnavigate IWO JIMA plus the day is filled with EXC lectures.
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