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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January 26,2025 We arrived in the port of Saigon last night and woke to steamy temperatures and this view from our stateroom. Dry cleaning and pressing are included in our cruise fare…I usually do a quick load of laundry every other day in the very nicely appointed laundry room -(no snark intended- laundry soap, dryer...
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January 24,2025 We woke to blue skies, turquoise water and blazing heat…like really hot humid heat. Although we have a port side cabin, our view in Sihanoukville was not of the dock. Breakfast in Trident Grill. I walked out on to the pool deck to get the 360(ish) view…and felt like I was melting. Today...
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January 23,2025 After our flower market visit, Sayan drove us to Wat Pho, sometimes know as Wat Po…one of the oldest, largest and most visited temple complexes in Bangkok. I parked Timmy on a bench to rest his ankle and took off to snap a few pics. This is Genghis Khan. Yes, you read that...
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January 23,2025 We woke just as the sun was rising. On our way to breakfast we took some more photos Back on the Veranda… There’s a mist in the morning that I suspect is smog Breakfast offerings were vast…I enjoyed a mushroom and chive omelet… …and look what we found… Chia pudding! I’m glad we...
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We survived another round of Bangkok traffic and landed at the Mandarin Oriental. What a beautiful hotel. We were greeted so warmly, I thought the bellmen were mistaking us for visiting royalty. I’m not exaggerating. Pok stayed with us through check in. After check in the receptionist walked us to our room… …and oh what...
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