Dec 28

We continued our sail from Manaus to Parintins which is across from Alter do Chao (Dec 24 posting) and didn't arrive until 1:00pm.  At 10:00am we listened to a talk by Terry Breen explaining the Boi Bumba show (subject of the next post) that we would see in the afternoon and, for those who hadn't seen it before, she explained the tradition & background of the performance.  At 11:00 8 of us (the same group who sponsored the crew party) had brunch with Kunal Kamlani, the President of Prestige holdings which owns both Regent & Oceania cruise lines and who will also replace Mark Conroy as President of Regent as mark moves to an advisory role in Prestige.  Kunal wanted to meet with us because we all have far more nights on Regent ships than any of the other guests on board and he solicited our opinions on several subjects.  Kunal has his wife and 2 children on board with him.  He's very easy going and I think he will be good for Regent.

After the Boi Bumba performance Pat & I spent a good while walking around the town.  There is a really good fish restaurant along the water several blocks from the port where we ate in 2007, but the unfortunate timing of our arrival & departure precluded going to it.  There were lots of local handicraft stalls near the port but nothing to open our wallets for.  Before dinner there was a Seven Seas Society cocktail party with caviar & shrimp cocktail being served.  We joined the First & Second Engineers for dinner and afterwards attended a performance by 2 Polish classical musicians.