Our Captain

Our captain leaves the ship tomorrow in Singapore. His contract runs through late 2010, but he and all crew are required to take a couple of months leave every year.

This captain has gone out of his way to give the passengers special experiences. For example, in Papua New Guinea he passed as closely as he could to the volcano so that we’d get the best view, even though he knew this would cause extra work by the crew to clean up the fallen ashes from the open decks. Similarly he has gone closer to many of the islands than a retired navy captain said he would have chosen to go.
One of the passengers bought a crystal plague as a thank you gift for the captain. The captain was touched by this and teared up a bit.