Shipboard life

It kind of reminds me of summer camp.  Up at 6:00, tai chi on the sundeck at 6:30, breakfast in the dining hall, then the morning excursion, then back to the boat, lunch buffet, sometimes a lecture in the lounge, then an afternoon tea, and another excursion.  Cocktails at 6:00, dinner at 7:00, and then there is usually some film or documentary on offer in the lounge.  

We opted for both of the excursions on the first day, then we kind of tapered off.  So far we have been transported by tuk-tuk, bus, xelois and cyclos.  Barb and John have done more than we have and were once transported by oxcart.  We’ve seen rural villages that are unbelievably poor. We watched a village cooking demonstration, visited traditional homes, observed Buddhist monks performing a blessing ceremony on the boat, visited the former residential village of the royal family, experienced a silk weaving community, and visited Phnom Penh.  We saw the royal residence, the country’s crown jewels, visited a market or two, a Vietnamese temple, and a fish farm. Somewhere in between all that we squeezed in three spa treatments.