Pchum Bun Holiday

We have mentioned Pchum Bun previously as a major Buddhist holiday that gives the crew some time off the ship. Rick and I usually stay behind to watch over things on the ship along with the night guard and one of the unfortunate engineers whose turn it was to work this holiday. Unfortunate, due to the fact that the cook is off and I usually cook whatever cooking is going to happen. However, we had the great surprise of a visit from Minea, her young cousin, and Natalie Hayes. They shared a couple days and one night with us and Minea did the cooking! She even brought the necessary supplies, which I felt bad about, but loved her cooking. I even tricked Natalie into making pancakes for breakfast! She shouldn’t have mentioned she knew how! Ha! It was great to have some “girl” time as we laughed, talked, and ate popcorn with our movie! Gail