Hello Crew!
Your friendly captain is sailing from Dubai to India. Please enjoy my latest Ships Log entry!
Just to share with you what a great time we're having, I'll give you a few highlights:
In Dubai I took the world's fastest elevator to the observation deck of the world's tallest building. It was an unbelievably smooth ride. And the view was outstanding. At the Mall of the Emirates I saw the indoor ski slopes. Seriously, people were taking the ski lift up and skiing down on man-made snowl. There was even a sledding slope for kids. The crew and I watched from a window in the restaurant, and it was like staring at a Christmas card!
We wondered why virtually all the houses in Oman were painted a brilliant white. It turns out that it's the law! If you want to paint your house a different color you have to pay a very high tax. Our guide says it would cost him $700. to get permission to paint his house a different color. It does make for a pretty picture and it seems to cool things down a bit.
In Mumbai, India, we stared at the Outdoor Laundry. This is a huge area, as big as 10 football fields, that has dozens of huge laundry vats (enormous sinks) and probably 1,000 clotheslines. Hospitals, hotels, restaurants send their linens and uniforms to be washed there by hundreds of men who do them all by hand! Then they hang the pieces out to dry in the hot sun. It's an amazing sight: thousands of tablecloths, sheets, pillow cases, and shirts all fluttering in the breeze.
The traffic in Goa, India, is unbelievable! It's heart-stopping to watch the way the cars and trucks pass one another, with barely an inch to spare. The roads here are very windy, and when you look ahead and see a truck bearing down on your bus in the same lane, it's pretty scary! Fortunately we've had great drivers!
The ship is holding up well thanks to this remarkable crew! We're having a marvelous adventure. Will report more tomorrow!
Your friendly captain is sailing from Dubai to India. Please enjoy my latest Ships Log entry!
Just to share with you what a great time we're having, I'll give you a few highlights:
In Dubai I took the world's fastest elevator to the observation deck of the world's tallest building. It was an unbelievably smooth ride. And the view was outstanding. At the Mall of the Emirates I saw the indoor ski slopes. Seriously, people were taking the ski lift up and skiing down on man-made snowl. There was even a sledding slope for kids. The crew and I watched from a window in the restaurant, and it was like staring at a Christmas card!
We wondered why virtually all the houses in Oman were painted a brilliant white. It turns out that it's the law! If you want to paint your house a different color you have to pay a very high tax. Our guide says it would cost him $700. to get permission to paint his house a different color. It does make for a pretty picture and it seems to cool things down a bit.
In Mumbai, India, we stared at the Outdoor Laundry. This is a huge area, as big as 10 football fields, that has dozens of huge laundry vats (enormous sinks) and probably 1,000 clotheslines. Hospitals, hotels, restaurants send their linens and uniforms to be washed there by hundreds of men who do them all by hand! Then they hang the pieces out to dry in the hot sun. It's an amazing sight: thousands of tablecloths, sheets, pillow cases, and shirts all fluttering in the breeze.
The traffic in Goa, India, is unbelievable! It's heart-stopping to watch the way the cars and trucks pass one another, with barely an inch to spare. The roads here are very windy, and when you look ahead and see a truck bearing down on your bus in the same lane, it's pretty scary! Fortunately we've had great drivers!
The ship is holding up well thanks to this remarkable crew! We're having a marvelous adventure. Will report more tomorrow!
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