More cruise snippets...

Water, water, everywhere...

Two of the days were "whole day at sea". You can tell I was bored from these pics:

The Monastery of the "Three Eggs, Sunny Side Up" Order?

And when we got on land, the tours took us to so many temples I lost track of which was what or where. This one was in Busan, I think:

 
Donut? Polo Mint?

This scenic spot in Kagoshima must have been the inspiration for the donut, or maybe the Polo Mint.

Sax in the rain

Back in Busan, the day we left the port, it started to rain. But it did not dampen the spirit of this member of the assembled group that "farewelled" our ship. He even sent off the umbrella-man who tried to assist him:

 

A touch of Singapore!

After the horrors of the A-Bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, origami paper cranes came to symbolise peace to the Japanese. At the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, paper cranes from many parts of the world were on display in an outdoor area. We spotted a Singapore school's effort:

Mysterious Road, Jeju

So why is it called Mysterious Road? There is an optical illusion effect: depending on which direction you are facing, what looks uphill is actually downhill, and vice versa.

Mysterious signs (onboard the cruise ship)

I spotted lots of funny signs, such as "BOW THIS WAY", on a previous cruise ship. But, on this ship, just about the only two signs worth putting up are these two:

Finally, the Nothing plate

During one of the dinners, a member of our dining group said she wanted nothing for dessert, despite the tempting choices on the menu. The attending waiter duly complied: