Captain Phillipe is supposed to come back onboard our second day in Osaka, we were told tonight. From what we've been told, it wasn't a viral infection, but pure exhaustion. He'd been up all night three days in a row -- first the big storm, then two days of dense fog.

The captain was supposedn to change in Hong Kong anyway, and we'd been wondering if that would be a sooner change, but apparently not. The staff captain (whose name I can't spell or pronounce) has been in charge in the interim. That's a lot, since his job as staff captain is big enough as it is.

Tomorrow we're in Yokohama, and many of us have a (long) day trip into Tokyo.

The weather is warming up! Yea!!!

Betty