The dress code called for wearing something Vietnamese so Ken and Peter donned the helmets purchased in Hanoi plus flashing sunglasses and scarves. We were dining casually at Hot Rocks but we convinced the two of them to silently walk through the Restaurant and La Terrazza where they received much applause both from the passengers and staff. Others were wearing very elegant silk dresses etc.
The flashing T-shirt Ken wore was also very popular and our friend Wendell, the Indian dress designer, is now the happy new owner. We met Wendell and Jerome on the Spirit two years ago and they are great fun. They have a country house in Goa and we'll be going there for lunch on the day we're docked in that part of India.
All too soon Peter and Pru's seven weeks aboard have ended. We had a nice dinner with them on their last night. We did manage to have lunch with them in Bangkok where the World Cruisers were treated to an overnight at the Shangri La Hotel, complete with an amazing Thai dinner and entertainment. I'll send some of those photos with the next note.
After Bangkok, we sailed to Ko Samui another beautiful island in Thailand. We were just there for the day and since we are kind of "Templed-Out" we just took the tender to town with Niels and Molise and walked around. We also stopped for a cold local beer which is something we like to do wherever we are.
Must run now and go to dinner. The Ship's Doctor is joining us along with his two Nurses. He is a big mprovement (personality-wise) over the first one who was a Russian with absolutely no sense of humour! He was in the bar one night and we invited to join him. His gave us a curt "nyet "! Oh well ... This will be the second time we've dined with the new doc who obviously enjoys our company a bit more!
We are trying to organize a party for the crew sponsored by us and Molise and Niels. We want to do it before Sujith leaves in Dubai but it seems we will be on "pirate watch" on the date we've requested. Stay tuned for an update and photos.
Ciao for now
D & K
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