Day 73 One time, several years ago, while walking to the river in New Braunfels, our family passed an elderly man coming from the river with his tube over his shoulder, his street shoes and clothes soaked. He said “You gotta be tough to have fun!”. Truer words were never spoken. By the way – […]
Read moreDay 72 Singapore is one of the places on this itinerary I have really been looking forward to visiting, and it did not disappoint! We have two full days here and we intended to make the most of them. Our berth was occupied at the cruise center so we had to dock at a container […]
Read moreDay 70 – 71 Two days at sea to rest up for Singapore – smooth sailing southbound. No big shipboard shindigs.
Read moreDay 69 Our port of call today is Phu My, Vietnam. Phu My is the port location to visit Saigon, which is about 60 miles up the Saigon River. On the trip in to Saigon, I took a few shots of the new factories and the new, and as yet unused, container ship facility. These […]
Read moreDay 68 Nha Trang is a coastal resort which has experienced a growth spurt in the past few years due to increased tourism, both from cruise ships and as a “fly in” destination from Europe, primarily from Russia with several direct flights each day from Moscow. Nha Trang looks as if it was a small […]
Read moreDay 67 Today I received an invitation to tour the engine room. We met the engineering officer at the front office and he led us………….down to deck one and then through a door into the crew area, where I have never been before and then through a secured door into the engine area. We were […]
Read moreOur second day in Hong Kong and I wish we could stay for a week – it would take that long, at least, to see everything you might want to in this wonderful city. We were off this morning to a wholesale jewelry company in Hong Kong Central which was arranged by the on board […]
Read moreDay 65 Hong Kong has been one of the major targets of this trip for us. From a distance, in the news, in movies and on television, it has seemed a place of excitement and mystery and we have been very anxious to experience the city. Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, plus […]
Read moreDay 61-62-63-64 As we sail north through Indonesia toward Hong Kong we cross the Equator, which always calls for a ceremony on board ship to “initiate” first time crossers. Seafaring tradition holds that people who have not crossed the Equator are considered pollywogs and must be initiated by King Neptune – god of the sea! […]
Read moreDay 60 I don’t know about all of you, but I need to confess my ignorance of the country of Indonesia up to this point. I have always thought of it, if I thought of it at all, as some vague place in the far eastern Pacific…. Well I was right on its approximate […]
Read more