We had a lovely Chinese breakfast on Tuesday at the Pavillion. The ship had docked at Langkawi about 8 am in the morning and many guests were signing up for the several tour packages available. The children wanted to go on the flying fox and abseiling but we were told that the tour had to be cancelled as they did not have enough participants. Many opted for eagle feeding and fish farm visits. We chose the shopping tour with stops at the Underwater Seaworld and the Eagle Square at Langkawi.
Much had changed since we last came to this beautiful island. For starters there were whole families of dwarf African penguins in a glass aquarium which we had not seen before. The colorful fishes, sharks, stingrays, starfishes, arowana, eels etc were simply stunning. After the aquarium visit, the tour bus took us to the fame Eagle Square for some photo shoots. The last stop was to a duty free shop to buy some of Langkawi's cheap chocolates...forero roches, after 8s, hersheys, mentos, tobblerones truffles were relatively cheaper than those back home. We must have spent over RM300 at the shop...I also bought some chocolates for church members and colleagues.
Back at the ship we got ready for the pre dinner cocktails with the captain and the ship senior management. We also had photo taking sessions with the captain. Pre dinner cocktails of champagne, mix cocktails, Japanese sushis were served also served. Every Tuesday on board the Virgo is gala dinner time, a time for guests to dress in their best finery and dine on an exclusive dinner menu. We saw a group of Chinese nationals dressed to the nines....the men were in tux, the ladies in black dresses and decked with jewelry. Some were dressed casually but most were formerly dressed. I had to buy a lovely (bling bling) necklace from the shop on board the ship to add a little pizzaz to my white Uniqlo top in order not to look too casual.
The Western dinner at the Bella Vista was a memorable experience. Lovely salads, soups and fish were served in just the right portions. Before the dinner ended, the kitchen staff came out with flags from their respective countries and greeted us with cheers and singing....it was an atmosphere of great fun and camarederie!
On this final night (tomorrow we would have to bid farewell to a wonderful cruise) we opted to watch the 10 pm Russian acrobatic show. The Russian acrobats were truly Olympic standard.....a lady who could twirl many hula hoops around her body, a young boy with strong arms who did some stunning acrobatic moves just twirling and twisting on a rope right in front of us, two men in flowing white pants did some stunning visual aerial acrobats that were just exquisite, a couple who did some incredible pole aerobics......!
The acrobatic performances were interspersed with dancers in beautiful shimmering costumes dancing traditional Russian folk dances with stunning chereography....truly an apt finale!
Tomorrow - Hard Rock Hotel, Singapore!
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