Honolulu to Tahiti, all wrapped up..yep Im cheating now !

Day 1 part 2 Honolulu to Sydney

We have another 6 days at sea, so I will condense all the news into one blog, as I am a bit behind the 8 ball, and the internet is so expensive, I will need to sell my kidney to pay the bill soon !! Most seas days are spent with an early (or not so early) swim in the beautiful solarium, followed by a leisurly brekky somewhere nice, then we head off to Trivia, we have named ourselves 'Franks Yobbos' we are still not ever going to win, but we learn something every day, most days we learn how bitchy some people can get !! Hey Frank....Its ONLY A GAME hey !!! We walk the deck, then get together for the scavenger hunt. Our first night at dinner was a fiasco, so we have not been back to the main dining area since, we so miss our friends and wait staff from our first leg, come back you Canadians !!!
Royal Caribbean have offered us a 'deal' 4 specialty dining options and a galley tour for $70. Day 3 we went to Samba Grill a Brazilian steak house...WAY too much food, but a really lovely experience, you have 9 different meats served at the table side, all very nice, but some way too rare for our liking !

Yesterday we were informed of an out break of noro virus, so lots of activities for the kids have been cancelled, library shut, and all the self serve eateries are now not self serve ! The rumour is that we may miss Tahiti if the outbreak is not contained ! Please Mr Noro, I dont need that !!! Our meet and mingle was well attended, we got to meet all those people we had spoken on line to for so many months, it was great to catch up with the familiar faces also. Kim presented me with a Rascal T-Shirt from Frank and Norm, I was so touched by that act of kindness, and guys, yes it will be treated like gold, and its going straight into the pool room !!!
Still no word form the bank ....hello ANZ, are you even a weeny bit concerned for us ??????????
Last night we crossed the equator again, in the morning we had the King Neptune show by the pool, the weather was fine, but today its back to being a bit scrappy and overcast !
Tonight we have booked into Chopps Grille, the 2nd of our 4 restaurants, and our galley tour has been cancelled, I guess it wont happen now with the Noro outbreak !
Today is Saturday and we learned Geelong beat Collingwood in the Grand Final, woo hoo ! Warren also won Gold in water volley ball, and we won gold in the scavenger hunt, we talked a couple of young girls into joining us, they were very reluctant as we looked a bit "old" for them, I promised them they would not be sorry !!the team close 2nd were some really cute kids, so we gave them our medals, and they were stoked ! Back for the progressive trivia as a part of Franks Yobbos !! I dot think we win gold here ....mate, where the heck is Frank !! Oh and yesterday we won gold in the video scavenger hunt, Norm was a strong team member last cruise, this time we were joined by Karen & Kevin, friends from just near home in Brissy, they were stoked, we had such fun and won GOLD !! How good are we ! It can take us half an hour to walk down 2 flights of stairs now, we have met so many people, all so lovely.
Our Scenic friends are still close by as are our great mates from Canada, we will alway cherish this time we have spent with you all..Heather, I talk about you all the time !

OK, we are off now for dinner, I will get back to you all in a few days, thanks for coming along. Keep safe and well everyone, oh and happy birthday Steve Boughton !!!