Sailing through Taiwan Straits

2019 Summer Trip to Asia

July 13, 2019 -- At Sea, RCCL Voyager of the Seas

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Our ship continued her course to Okinawa, Japan on this day at sea. When we woke up in the morning, the TV monitor was showing that we were sailing along the west side of the island of Taiwan. Actually quite near MOR's hometown.

Trying to avoid the crowded buffet this morning, we headed over to the main dining room on deck 3 which was opened for lunch and breakfast everyday. Other than the regular breakfast items, they also had some breakfast sets for those who needed their Chinese food fix. They also had the food bar where you can go get other stuff, like cheese, bread, fresh fruits etc. 

Breakfast menu

MOR had the Taiwanese set, which turned out just OK.

I had the French Toast with some sides which were all good and hot.

As usual we did not do much on this sea day, just walking around the ship exploring. The Promenade Cafe offer sweet treats, coffee and tea, etc. all day long. I just did not like the cramped space so we only went there once but dropped by occasionally  to get tea bags to take back to our cabin.

Again, lunch was at the main dining room where I always was able to enjoy a good bowl of Tutti Salad, made to order at the salad bar. My problem was, they usually give you a huge bowl which I had to tell them to cut down on my order.

Freshly tossed!

Barramundi Filet was my main.

I thought the elevator door was very pretty.

As expected in Asia, not many people were using the pool and the sun deck. We like shades!

Penguin Duo, love them! They sang and played oldies from Theresa Tang to Carpenters, wonderfully!

Yep, Voyager is showing her age! She is going to get a face-lift soon!

Dinner in the main dining room, which was also our first formal night. The only peeve was that we had a set time, set restaurant, but no set table. We would be taken to different tables every day depending on what was available at the time. We have soon learned to tell them when we enter the restaurant where we wanted to be and usually they were able to grant our wishes. On our last few days we managed to have the same table by the railing in the center of the restaurant right near the entrance.

These photos came out a little blue because we were by the windows with blue tint.

Shrimp Cocktail

Not escargot, but Bay Scallop Gratin

Lobster Bisque

Not 100% sure, but this may be the Asian Roast Duck.

Corvina Filet

That evening, we were able to watch the Captain's Welcome Aboard Party from our stateroom.

Come to think of it, there was never a parade throughout this cruise. 

Meeting all the senior officers on boar.

Can't wait to be in Okinawa again tomorrow.