Having a great time. Seas are calm, had our first games of pooch, AND our team won trivia today. Trivia is done quite diffently to Regent and we are trying to adjust. As they say "when in Rome do as the Romans do"

Our upcoming stop in Jeddah has everyone buzzing. This is the third ship to stop here. The Saudi authorities come on board and there can be no alcohol in the cabin or served on the ship while in Saudi waters. So the ship comes through all the cabins and removes all the alcohol. When the Silver Cloud was here a week ago the local authorities did search for alcohol and they can fine anyone who is caught with alcohol. The ship will bring it back to our cabins once we are out of the Saudi waters. All the girls have their abayas. Going to be really an interesting stop.

In Fujairah, our last port of call we went to a department store called LU LU's and I bought a fancy abaya with gold trim and Ken also purchased a "dress" and headgear - looked quite smashing. Ron will look dashing in an indian outfit. WE had a lot of fun purchasing all these items. It was fascinating to see the applicances which looked like they would break with one use. Combination washing machines and dryers at a cost of about $200. Cokes were 25 cents.

Fun day at sea today and OMAN tomorrow. Be back later.