haha, Ted, you are funny. An umbrella with no pole to pitch in the ground, and me with nothing to lean back on. So a ramrod old lady sitting at the beach on a towel, with a golf umbrella in her hand. what a picture. And what about the "refreshments" thing?

Truth is, I know nothing about this area, or what difficulties Regent encountered to cancel the Guhli tour. All I knew is that these are some of the most beautiful areas of the world in terms of scenery, and I still look forward to enjoying the entire cruise, beach chair or not....because I've never been there.

BUT, I think it may be time to look around for some nice private thing.