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Fotos from the Royal Caribbean liner i was a passenger on for 15 days and nights.
There were 2000 people on board, and 1900 of them were Chinese - they were so quiet, reserved (not to mention buttoned up to the chin the entire time) and, well... absent, that it felt like a dozen or so of us had most of the ship to ourselves all night and a lot of the daytime. Meanwhile the conference centre was in constant use as most of the oriental passengers were on work-related team building trips lasting 5 days. They'd emerge chanting slogans and doing a lot of group bowing.
However they did throng into the games room (Majong) next to the library and of course, the casino. They did not use the gym or spa etc areas surprisingly, but did do a lot of early morning t'ai chi on the upper decks. (Looked like a great way to start the day). Sadly, altho one could sense a wish to communicate and extend friendship, a degree of restraint lay over East - West relations that was far less noticeable on dry land.
favourite place on the ship - Deck 4 which had the Muster stations and lifeboats and was in no way tarted up. It was very close to the ocean so you could be intensely mesmerised by the inky depths, the speed of the ship and the foaming water, or look for dark shapes moving below the glassy surface.
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There were 2000 people on board, and 1900 of them were Chinese - they were so quiet, reserved (not to mention buttoned up to the chin the entire time) and, well... absent, that it felt like a dozen or so of us had most of the ship to ourselves all night and a lot of the daytime. Meanwhile the conference centre was in constant use as most of the oriental passengers were on work-related team building trips lasting 5 days. They'd emerge chanting slogans and doing a lot of group bowing.
However they did throng into the games room (Majong) next to the library and of course, the casino. They did not use the gym or spa etc areas surprisingly, but did do a lot of early morning t'ai chi on the upper decks. (Looked like a great way to start the day). Sadly, altho one could sense a wish to communicate and extend friendship, a degree of restraint lay over East - West relations that was far less noticeable on dry land.
favourite place on the ship - Deck 4 which had the Muster stations and lifeboats and was in no way tarted up. It was very close to the ocean so you could be intensely mesmerised by the inky depths, the speed of the ship and the foaming water, or look for dark shapes moving below the glassy surface.
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