February 4,2025 Yes, yes it can♥️ Doormen at Raffles wear uniforms inspired by traditional Cambodian royal attire. A distinctive feature are the silk pantaloons…which change color according to the day of the week. Savy and Song fetched us at 4:00 pm and we set off for Tonlé Sap lake…the largest lake in Southeast Asia. We...
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February 4,2025 The time stamp on this photo is 7:15am. Yep, some days it’s worth it to rise at the crack of dawn. This was most definitely one of them. Walking through the garden to breakfast … We decided to have breakfast inside…and almost immediately wished we’d opted for outside… That watermelon juice is a...
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February 3,2025 The time stamp on our final mirror selfie says 4:46 am…so why do I look so happy? Because we are off to fulfill a long held dream…visiting Angkor Wat. I honestly can’t remember when I first became aware of Angkor but the pull has been every bit as strong as Machu Picchu and...
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February 1,2025 We woke to a very foggy sea day. Breakfast in our room…then we got to work… …we spent the morning writing our thank you notes to this wonderful crew Lunch in Marketplace Oybek always makes us feel so welcome We stopped by to say hello to Jsa and get some gelato… …to sustain...
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January 31, 2025 First pic of the day from our stateroom. We carbed up before meeting Le and Mr. D at 10 am. 10 am is the earliest that we ever want to begin a tour. #sleepinginisagift First stop …an oyster pearl farm. Upon arrival, Le handed us over to Wendy. Wendy guided us through...
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January 30,2025 We woke as we were sailing into Ha Long Bay, to a beautiful eerie mist and thousands of limestone karsts. Ha Long Bay lies in the South China Sea, in Northeastern Vietnam. The sail in was beautiful, long and very, very quiet. We were scheduled to dock at 1:00 pm, so we slept...
Continue readingJanuary 28,2025 We woke to choppy waters and slightly rough seas. We relaxed with coffee in our stateroom…then headed to Trident for Late Risers breakfast…That’s us…late risers…or at least, that’s always our aspiration. Birol, who’s from Turkiyei, is such a wonderful waiter…I’m sharing his pic instead of food pics. You are welcome...
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January 27, 2025 …Picking off where I left off…Na Hang Ngon…not only is this restaurant visually stunning, but the cuisine is outstanding. Before we sat down to lunch, we were treated to a walk through of the multiple prep stations …I mean multiple! Ground fish wrapped around sugar cane…then grilled…beyond yummy. After the back scenes.....
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January 27,2025 We woke to fog… …Milind brought us breakfast and we were off the ship at just about 10:00am One of the best features of private tours…setting our own time frame and pace… So here we have a child switching scooters at a traffic light According to Hai, there’s hardly any traffic because lots...
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January26,2025 Just to refresh your memory…as we were walking along the food stalls, our gang arrived on Vespas… So here we are in a sort of alleyway sort of street… Hai’s directing traffic…greeting the Vespa drivers… We put on our helmets and there’s a hiccup…Tim’s helmet strap is not long enough… We try a different...
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