In Moorea, a musical group boarded and entertained us in various venues on the ship until today when they said goodbye. Five lovely Polynesian women who clearly enjoyed what they were doing. The icing on the cake was when Fernando (our cruise director) informed us confidentially that one of the very attractive young ladies was Marlon Brando’s grand-daughter. (If Brad received the photos to go with this note, she is in the orange dress to the left of the guitar player.) Those of you who are as old as I am will remember the huge scandal when his son Christian killed his Tahitian daughter’s boyfriend. She left L.A. and returned to Tahiti so she could not testify in the trial where I believe he was found not guilty. I think she was pregnant with this girl when all that happened. I think eventually, she took her own life but I must do some more research when I get home!!
We’ve had some amazing meals on board and in Papeete we accompanied the Executive Chef David to a local market to purchase some very interesting ingredients which he has been using to make special treats. We tasted moon fish for the first time last night.
Tonight we dined at the pool with our friend Patti. It’s so nice to reconnect with old friends. And speaking of old friends ... Dorothea Bonney wrote today to say she will drive from Merimbula to Melbourne to spend the day with us there. We have not seen her in several years. She stopped cruising after her husband John died but they were the first people we met on the World Cruise of 2007. It will be lovely to see her again!!
It’s almost 11:00 p.m. and we are about to sail away from Raiatea. Tomorrow is a sea day and then I’ve lost track of where we’ll end up on Friday. Perhaps it’s Tonga.
Hope the weather back home is improving and that everyone is in good health. Thanks for following along with our journey.
D & K
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