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At the end of a beautiful morning in Moorea touring my favorite island, I checked out the merchandise at the vendor stands near the tender station.
The market was filled with creative black pearl jewelry, island apparel, souvenirs, and more. I am proud to report: I resisted.
At the sail-away party, we waved goodbye to French Polynesia while snacking on crab cakes and listening to island tunes. Moorea's beauty is stunning and I was sad to see it fade into the background as the ship sailed into the sunset.
I saw the pre-sunset and almost stayed but chose to go to my assigned dining with my dinermates.
After dinner, 200 of us played Majority Rules in the theater. I Played with Asia and her parents. We did well but missed a few answers ( we considered the winning answers though) What animal makes cutest babies (cats), most handsome leading man (George Clooney), most disgusting thing to do on a first date (pick nose), best song ever (My Way), etc. I kept reminding our team they we needed to get inside the head of a 60+ American. A woman who joined our team kept referring to her husband in Papeete, Tahiti hospital having surgery. I couldn't believe how nonchalant she sounded and that she left her sick husband in French Polynesia. Also, she casually mentioned that he night join the ship again next week in Aukland, New Zealand. WTF!!!!
Show-Bacon--west Texas vaudeville with 1950's humor( bitching about ex wife and child support). Asia had seen him befire and gave him 5.5/10. His piano playing was ok so I give him 2/10.
After the show, we joined a team in the piano bar for "name that tune". Mona said they could handle everything up to 1976. I replied we will take over from there. We won. Of 25 songs, I knew 22 so I could have done really well solo.
I missed both earlier trivia games so it was nice to have mental teamwork challenges at days out.
A new team of lecturers, entertainers, and instructirs are in board. I look forward to the new energy.
At day 19, menus have not been repeated.
The full moon was covered by clouds. I will see it another time.
