January 22, 2013 (Sea Day)

Today is a quiet sea day with a wide variety of activities onboard to chose between or to just do nothing. Both of us are suffering from colds so it is a good day to take it easy and rest.

Explorations speakers include Sandra Millikin speaking on the Taj Mahal and David Pasta speaking on the predicting of earthquakes, tsunami’s and volcanic eruptions.

The crew prepared a special Mongolian barbecue poolside for lunch. You could select from a buffet of vegetables, meats and noodles of which the crew would stir- fry with sesame oil, garlic and hot sauce.