The Diamond Princess arrived in Phu My on Day 11. We gained an hour overnight, so showed up too early for lunch. We both thus had breakfast, followed by lunch. One of the highlights of this cruise was the Caymus Winemaker Dinner. But it came at an extra cost of $175/person. Was it worth it? Marginally, but why not this kind of treat at least once a journey. Held in the Pacific Moon Dining Room. Caymus wines. Dining table,. About the dinner. The menu. Appetizer. Mushroom salad. Caymus wines. Photo with manager and chef. Champagne and risotto. Good risotto, but way too much quantity. Steak Rossini, which comes with duck foie gras and truffle slices. Champagne. The couple above wears black medallions, meaning they have been on at least 15 Princess cruises. They, however, on about their 25th. Prosciutto, cheeses and fruits. Dessert. So how was this dinner? As said before, okay, but food portions are too much and over-sauced. ...
Well the most important thing to report has to do with that typhoon that formed the day we originally departed Yokohama. According to Wikipedia : Typhoon Koto , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Verbena , was a fairly strong and erratic tropical cyclone that impacted much of the Visayas and portions of Luzon and Mindanao in the Philippines . The twenty-seventh named storm and fourteenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season , Koto developed off the eastern coast of Mindanao on November 23, then tracked westward across the country, making seven landfalls before emerging over the South China Sea, where it strengthened into a typhoon. However, the system gradually weakened and became virtually stationary off the coast of Vietnam before dissipating altogether. Let me begin with Day 9 on the Diamond Princess. Did not do much except eat and sleep. Lunch came in two parts. ...