Day 2 - At Sea

The second day aboard the Pacific Dawn, and our first full day at sea started early at 8am in order to make breakfast at the Palm Court dining room. A hot breakfast served and our stomachs full, we meandered back to the cabin to go back to sleep. This would set the tone for the rest of the day. Awakening from our slumber, due to the strange snoring and chocking sounds of Rob, it was time for us to make our way back up to the buffet line and feed our tired bodies. The usual selections of salad, pasta, roast meats and desserts were again on offer, but due to rougher seas, my appetite was rather limited and instead of piling up two plates of everything offered, I stuck to a more limited and comforting meal size.

Our bellies again full; we made a beeline back to the cabin for another catnap waking in time to find the International Show Lounge where a round of Pacific Deal or No Deal was to be played. This was hosted by the ‘delightful’ Shardae whom on our first encounter assumed one of the bongo band members was from Jamaica because he looked like one of the other members in the band (I believe the direct quite was “you can see how I thought that”). She’s from New Zealand, so she can’t help herself… thought I’d thrown in a bit of casual racism in my blog, and everyone likes paying out the Kiwis. Andrew was chosen to hold briefcase number 15 but failed to win anything [boo].

It was back to the cabin for a pre-dinner sleep and then made our way down to the Palm Court dining room to be told to return 30mins later. We stopped in the Promenade Bar for some drinks and once those were polished off, we returned for our dinner. Once concluded (and the suffering of inane dinner banter was over), we caught a couple of mins of a comedian described in the Pacific Daily, the daily onboard newspaper, as “a funny guy” whom we believed deserved some inappropriate heckling. The night ended with some peaceful time out on deck watching the waves crash against the front of the ship and some fresh ocean air.