August 9, 2025
80th Anniversary of Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
On August 6th, 1945 the nuclear bomb was dropped at approximately 8:15 am on Hiroshima, Japan. Eighty years later, at the same time, I gathered with several other ship residents and officers, on our bow, for a moment of silence to commemorate, as we so poignantly sail into Japan.
They rang the bell 3 times and we all reflected/ prayed / took it in....I thought of my parents who would have been young children at the time. I am so excited to be going to Japan, have wanted to see it all for sooo long.
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.