We have been chugging across the Atlantic for a few days. Internet and CNN access have been on and off. We were hungry for news but horrified when we heard about the tragedies in Boston and Texas, and the huge earthquakes in China and Iran.
Our trip is winding down. People are beginning to pack. We think about getting back to friends and family, back to grocery shopping and vacuuming and other activities of life away from The Amsterdam.
On board, so many entertainment options are offered that it is sometimes hard to choose. Yesterday, our Indonesian crew members put on a show for us. Thanks to the excellent onboard camera classes, I finally learned how to take reasonably good pictures from the balcony of a darkened auditorium! Want to see some of them?
These are two of our dining room waiters, performing a traditional dance in non-traditional clothing. To complete their costumes, they got creative and made sarongs from the dining room tablecloths.
We liked the music produced by an orchestra of bamboo and wood instruments. Each instrument is individually tuned to a different note. The effect is similar to a bell choir.
And we loved the dance-drama featuring Hanuman, the monkey god
And a scary monster.
The crew accomplished all this on their own time, rehearsing until 1 am and then getting up at dawn to greet us with a smile as they fill our coffee cups.
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