Answers to the questions from my grandgirls

Answers to Questions from LJ & SK

My favorite food so far has been “mixed vegetable puloa” that I ate twice prepared by the Queen of Kerala Cuisine. It has rice, spices (cardamom, cloves, garlic, butter, onion, ginger, cinnamon, bay leaves, carrot, cauliflower, beans, green peppers, coconut oil, cashews, and raisins. I took a picture of you beside the dish! I think you'd love it, and I have the recipe!

I think I've like Burma the most so far, since the country was closed off to the rest of the world for so long, and has only recently “opened up.” It's not that I like the fact that they were closed off, but because of this, they were very happy and appreciative to see others that I found most delightful. In the places I've been so far—Singapore, Burma, and India, the shortest people are the Burmese.

The food I like the least is the food on the ship. Breakfast is best, lunch is second best, but dinner is very boring. The food in the dining hall is already paid for in my voyage fee, so I tend to eat there. However, upstairs on deck seven they serve special order hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, etc. Only pizza sounds good to me of those three choices. They do have smoothies and great mango yogurt which I like and get occasionally. Tomorrow the LLLs are having a special meal together where we sit down in a dining room and are served. It will be “interesting” to see if the food tastes special or not!

I think you remember that I have volunteered in countries overseas and have been able to have good conversations with the people with whom I work about their lives. The part I dislike about this trip is that it really is more of a tour, and I don't get to talk to people over any length of time.

The tallest people I've met are the American kids and one teacher- a former basketball player-- on the ship!