I've just updated the blog through our two-day stay in Manila and yesterday's sea day (March 13). We've just arrived in Keelung (for Taipei). We're about 5 hours late in arriving because of our late departure from Manila due to refueling delays blamed on the Tsunami warnings, etc. This means that the activities planned for this afternoon were canceled. I think that there is still one night excursion tonight. Immigration here requires that each of us to get off the ship with our papers so that needs to take place before dinner. There is a Taiwanese acrobatic dance show onboard tonight.

Tomorrow Gail and I are taking an all-day tour. The weather at the moment is cooler than we've thus far experienced, but pleasant--probably close to 70 as the sun goes down. However, we're expecting a 10-degree drop with rain tomorrow, so that doesn't sound too great.

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Eugene

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Eugene