Kim: If Betty fails in her mission, I will ask that trusty son of mine to find out. No use asking me - I'll forget what you asked the minute I sign off.

Karen: I'm so jealous I had to polish off some eggs florentine this morning instead of what you had!

Dutch Harbor was all they told us it would be - very quiet but the inhabitants were quite happy to see us. Unfortunately, Regent told us to put our clocks back one hour but they didn't tell the welcoming committee who were still on the correct time - so things were a bit confused as far as shuttles were concerned. Don't know whose fault that was, but I enjoyed the extra hour in bed.

They had a small but very interesting Russian Orthodox Church and a World War II museum which I thought was worth seeing. They had lots of really 'personal' information about their part in the war. Most guests seemed to head for Safeway to buy souvenirs - each to their own I suppose. It is the place where the TV series "The Deadliest Catch" is filmed - their main claim to fame.

It was absolute bedlam on Deck 6 yesterday - the shop had a 75% off sale of all Alaskan souvenirs. I had a quick peak but there really wasn't anything there that I couldn't live without.

It is a sea day today and the most popular place seems to be the laundries! Just wish the computer room wasn't so close to the coffee corner as they make a beautiful hot chocolate!

Lee