Day 4 -- Cruising

We left Kobe harbor in the morning. Al played ping pong again and Bo went to a photography class (again, but the topic was different) and then to a culinary demonstration, which included a tour of the ship’s kitchen. It is huge and as clean as a lab. 200 people work there to prepare 70,000 meals each day! Around 10 we were between mountainous land masses on both sides of the ship. I think they were islands. Then we came upon a large suspension bridge connecting the two sides. Three hours later the scenery was repeated with land masses on both sides of the ship. We passed under 4 very long suspension bridges. We were cruising in a very scenic inland waterway and not the open sea. The journey lasted all night.