MAR. 23rd -- PHUKET, THAILAND

OK, the first thing we have to clear up is the correct pronunciation of this island.
It is pronounced POOK-ET ...and it is Thailand's largest island with a population of 320,000 inhabitants.

FYI:  Temperature is:  88°F/31°C  😎 -- very humid
          We docked here at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM

Picture taken from the ship's bridge of our dock in Phuket

Barry & I are up this morning at 9:00 and I am feeling a lot better...my nose has stopped running.  We head down to Coffee Connection and I have my morning shot of caffeine.  We decide to go off the boat and check out the souvenir booths set up on the dock.

View of the island from Deck 11

Souvenir shops/tents set up on the dock

 We check everything out and Barry buys a t-shirt.

A close-up....

The souvenir t-shirt

We head back to the ship and our cabin & lunch.

After lunch, we have a very quiet afternoon.  Barry sits out on our balcony and watches the water and naps.  I head down to the Navigator Lounge for a cappuccino, classical music and my book.  I haven't cracked a book in about 2-weeks.  Lovely afternoon.

At 6:00 PM Barry & I head to the Galileo Lounge as the Seven Seas Orchestra is playing American Classics.  We have a glass of Chardonney and listen for about an hour.

We head to Compass Rose and have a light dinner and then back to our room.
We watch part of the movie "Black Panther"( we'll watch the rest tomorrow) and then we are off the bed.
The clocks are set back 30-minutes tonight.