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Good morning/Evening. Just a short post for now as we will be attending a meeting soon to be briefed on our flights and day trip to Taj Mahal tomorrow. We have a 5 AM show and an estimated return to ship in Mumbai around midnight. We will need a sea day especially seeing we have a early excursion booked in Mumbai the following morning. There are 120 of us going. Back on the Indian Ocean and it continues to be as smooth as glass. Thanks for the featured reports and all your post. Bruce

Our Azamazing Evening was amazing. Beautiful venue, Henna painting on hands, palm reading and spectacular colorful costumed performance performing local culture and custom dancing. Today on our second day in Cochin we went to a village to watch the locals make much used of the local coconut palms. Basket, brooms, thatched roofing, coconut liquor, milk and ropes. Saw the famous fishing nets and took a poled canoe ride. Did I mention it was hot! We set sail on the Arabian Sea headed for Mumbai on Wednesday. So fortunate and Blessed to experience such a adventure. Cocktail and dinner time. Thanks for the reports and post. Bruce

While we have Wi Fi here is some more pics from Onwards Azamazing Evening in India.

Last night’s Azamazing Evening on Cochin, India truly was amazing. Palm reading, Henna Art, a beautiful decorated venue, local cuisine treats and elaborate culture dancing. More photos later the ships internet here in port has been pretty much useless.

So far an AzAmazing Evening and this is just entering venue.

Bon Voyage!🛳️🍾

Just a quick post as we have an early meal before being bussed to the sight of our Azamazing evening in Cochin, India. We had a full day of touring in sweltering heat and I’ll try and post pictures tomorrow as the internet is so slow today. Sailed in this morning on Arabian Sea and will sail away at 5:00 PM tomorrow. Thanks for the post. Bruce

Bon Voyage! 🛳️🍾

Don’t remember any correspondence regarding this. All the immigration preps and requirements it sometimes feel the different country Immigration teams are more interested in free breakfast and lunch onboard!

Interesting. Thanks Graham.

Thanks for the Fleet Report. Enjoyed our restful sea day. Tomorrow we arrive in Cochin, India for an overnight and full day. We will have our Azamazing Evening. We skipped the Brunch Buffet in MDR Discoveries and ate lunch in Windows which always has some interesting dishes of local cuisine depending on where we are. Looking forward to our upcoming visit to Mumbai as they are flying all of us World Voyagers to Agra for what will be a long day visit to the Taj Mahal. This day trip is offered as part of the World Cruise. Technically free but I’m sure we paid for it with the initial cost of cruise. Another smooth day at sea but we have not seen much sunshine on this leg. Have a great day and weekend everyone. Bruce

Our sincere sympathy to you and family.

Just a heads up. On the World Voyage we have had several folks having to go home early. Why? Their passports stamp pages were full and no more space for additional stamps. Ridiculous yes but never the least it has happened. Make sure you have ample space for immigration stamps. When renewing passports one can pay extra for extra stamp clearance pages. Another sea day on a glass like Indian Ocean. Next up a two day stay in Cochin, India and our Azamazing Evening for this segment. Life is very good on Onward.

Waking up to another glass like Indian Ocean. Just a heads up. We have had several folks have to stop the cruise as their passport stamp pages were full. Sounds ridiculous but it has happened. Make sure you have enough free pages for the beauracratic immigration folks. When renewing passports you can request extra pages.

We loved our Hal cruises but after 500 days it was becoming repetitive. We started to try some other lines and it’s been invigorating.