Day 95: Sleeping in on the Laccadive Sea

Hello Everyone - It’s been a while since I have posted. Easily I have missed 20 days of blogging on Find Penguin’s. Today March 27th (Day 96) we are in Cochin, India and for the first time in two weeks I woke up refreshed. I will do a Cochin post once we experience it.

We then have 5 sea days as we travel to Port Louis, Mauritius. Many people are doing a multi-day overnight in India and will catch up with the ship in Mauritius or Cape Town. Here is hoping to some free time to fill in the gaps on my blogging and get you all caught up.

Days 93 & 94 in Sri Lanka, we did an overnight at Yala National Park Long bus rides and an early morning Jeep safari - more to come on that. This sets the stage for Day 95 - “Sleeping in on Laccadive Sea”

After the Yala National Park Donna and I were exhausted. She was in bed before 8:00PM and I followed here around 9:00PM.

I woke up about 9:00AM. Donna was still out for the count - Not wanting to disturb her sleep and not having to be anywhere - I darken the drapes and went back to bed.

We got up at noontime - took showers - had lunch went back to the room and pretty much just chilled out for the afternoon.

From Singapore to Phuket, Thailand we had seven days of back-to-back-to back etc ports, excursions, high heat & humidity - We hit the wall, tourism fatigue hit-in strong. Then a couple of Sea Days - then two very long days in Sri Lanka - It was nice to 15 to 16 hours of sleep in a dark space with no overwhelming new information for my brain to process. We needed our bodies and minds to get refueled. We needed quiet. Around 5:30 we got ready to share a special dinner with new friends.

Robin & Josh invited a great group of people to celebrate their 44.4 Wedding Anniversary at the Captain’s Table. Their anniversary is December 23 - the day we all boarded the Neptune to start this adventure. It worked out for them to work with Guest services, The Restaurant staff and have this wonderful celebration for them. The food, cake, wine, people everything was wonderful. Thank you Josh & Robin for inviting us.

It’s after 9:00 PM Donna headed to the room. Morris and I headed to the Explorer’s Lounge to finish up a couple of conversations we had started days earlier. Morris & Susan have become good friends. They are getting off the ship today (Day 96) and heading in other directions. We will miss you both.

People think we are crazy for doing a World Cruise 139 days as our first cruise. Less than six months ago Morris & Susan retired, sold their home, live out of their CRV or a Cruise Ship and are nomads traveling the world. I think Rome is next for them. They are doing the things many of us dream about. I look forward to watching their travels. Hopefully our paths will cross again - I guess we just need to pick a country to meet up in.

Somewhere around 11:00PM Morris & I had our “Man Hug” and headed back to our rooms. Donna was still up. We got ready for bed.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - Day 95 “Sleeping the Laccadive Sea” Was a great Sea Day. Today (Day 96) we explore Cochin, India - We only have one day in India due to the itinerary change avoiding the Red Sea, etc. One day is not enough. So, be prepared as I will be playing catch-up on past blog posts. In the next few days.

Time for breakfast and a new adventure,Les mer