Cruise Notes

The food on the cruise was delicious. It was mostly Chinese Food but the desserts were western. The first morning we had a delicious breakfast - lots of bacon. The last evening we had heavenly apple pie. The good thing was that we were at a table next to our Chinese Guide, his wife and friends. They sampled one piece of the pie and decided they didn't like apple pie and gave the rest of the pie to our table. Two pieces of pie mmmmmm.

There was a group of people from India on the cruise. They weren't eating the same food as we were and we found out that they brought their own food and cook along.

We met a couple from Idaho on the cruise. He had had a stroke. The US doctors said there was nothing else they could do for him. They heard about a program for stroke victims in Xi an and so they sold their house and came to live in a rented apartment in Xi an. The cost of the program for inpatients was prohibitive, but he is able to go as an outpatient. He no longer needs his wheel chair and is expected to get rid of his cane shortly. They are very pleased with the program. It is a program of acupuncture, physiotherapy and massage.