Chasing the perfect Fuji shot

[drron]

Not sure how many would use a car wash.








But you are told who will be driving your garbage truck.







And just build your house around the tree.

 

[drron]

Food is cheap. 100P is just $A3.




An upmarket restaurant.


The laundry offers just to spin dry your clothes.






Some newer buildings.

 

[drron]

I now turned around to walk back to the ship.
















And back into the port.


Someone probably waiting for this.

 

[drron]

Lots of small imports at this port.








And back to the ship.

 

[drron]

Then it was lunch in Atlantide.




I began with the soup. Very disappointing and hard to find the vegetables. I then had the tagliatelle and that was good.




Mrsdrron had the chicken Marsala which was OK and the cheesecake. Not really a classic cheesecake.

 

[drron]

That night we gave La Terraza a try. It has never been our favourite restaurant. back home most of our Italian restaurants are Sicilian family run. We love them and they are certainly different to La Terraza. Our favourite dishes there in the past were the carpaccio and Osso Bucco. As well they had a lovely gorgonzola for the cheese plate. at times I would just have a plate of the gorgonzola. None of those dishes are on the menu.
So here is the menu.








And the antipasti platter. Despite the menu changes I can't remember any changes to this.

 

[drron]

I had the pappardelle and the strip loin. OK but the pasta no better than the Tagliatelle I had for lunc in Atlantide and beef in Atlantide is better.




Mrsdrron had the prawns which were disappointing and the lemon sponge cake.



I had the cheeses platter which was disappointing. Told there was no gorgonzola on the ship. I wonder what they use for those dishes that have gorgonzola mentioned as one of the ingredients. There are quite a few.

 

[Seat0B]

an extremely small amount of seafood.

That's a miniscule amount of seafood @drron! I would be very disappointed to get that!

 

[Seat0B]

I continue to decline desert but this time a picture of Mrsdrron's pavlova.

That's some willpower right there @drron!

 

[Pushka]

Do any of the restaurants have extra payments required?

 

[Pushka]

That's a miniscule amount of seafood @drron! I would be very disappointed to get that!

It's an entree sized surely? At least a nice serve of rice might be nice.

 

[Seat0B]

It's an entree sized surely? At least a nice serve of rice might be nice.

I think they poured the soup over the seafood to make the "chowder"???

 

[drron]

They do have 2 restaurants that require an upcharge. La Dame which is $US80 per head and is a French restaurant. It used to be worth it but no longer much different so we don't bother. On the Nova and the Ray soon to be launched it is $US160 and comes paired with premium wines. Definitely not worth it for us as Mrsdrron doesn't drink reds.
The Japanese restaurant is $US40 per head. On the Moon and the dawn it isn't worth it but on the Muse it is Teppanyaki and we believe it is worth it.

 

[drron]

The next morning we were arriving in Manilla.

 

[drron]

And a welcome as we disembarked for our tours.

 

[drron]

Then of f in busses to "Old Manilla".


Not all the trucks were in good repair.

 

[drron]

And we now set off in the horse and cart -"kalesa". Cars moved out of the way.

 

[drron]

 

[drron]

So now time to see the Church and it's museum.

 

[drron]

It was a little ironical that priests from Spain in the time of the Spanish Inquisition were always described as spreading Love.