The Local Lion Beer in Colombo Sri Lanka We pulled into the port of Colombo Sri Lanka about noon yesterday after two days at sea en route from Phuket Thailand. Seas were wonderful calm and blue. Temps in this part of the world at this time are rather warm. Bill and I walked for two hours following the wrong route out of port in Colombo while Dawn went on a shopping and art tour we were not needed on. One Thousand local Tuk Tuks asked us if we wanted a ride and we actually

Bill with Dragon's at Chinese Temple in Penang Malaysia Mum, Emma Lee's Mum from the Isle of White James Bond Area of Phuket Island Boat Ride Dawn & Mum in Phuket Thailande A Full door or magnets, not our door but we are close now Bhuddhist Temple, Penang Malaysia Buddha in Penang Maylasia Bangkok-Phuket Hospital Dental Center, My Shore Excursion North 07 degrees 31.431' East 093 degrees 44.053' Heading at 268 degrees at 18 knots Phuket was hot as usual reaching 90 degrees b

The Petronas Towers otherwise known as the KL Towers for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The towers were the highest buildings in the world until 2004 when they were surpassed by Taipie 101 tower which we also visited in Taiwan. The towers at 451.9 Meters (1483'). They are currently the tallest twin towers in the world. KL traffic was heavy and chaotic but still a multiple lane toll road. We were dropped off at the huge Pavilion Mall near the base of the KL towers and had lunc

Part of Sentosa beach from a different cable car Singapore Port is unique in terms of security. This is the only port that requires a full customs exit screening each time you leave. We have to present our passport in addition to ships card plus give our thumb prints. Every time you leave the ship. Had another temperature device set up to check to make sure we do not have fevers when getting off today. I guess if you do you get pulled aside for screening. Had a nice day

Wine bar in Bangkok mall Chang Bangkok Beer Ronald Bows to Customer's in Thailand Hooter girl in Bangkok Bangkok river bridge We honked at this tow job quite a bit Singapore restaurant row, We are right now in Black Penny Pub Marina Bay Sands Hotel & Casino Singapore's Mer-Lion Marina Bay sands from soccer field Dawn's Singapore street food Marina Bay Sands Paul's Singapore Street food "Laska" Noodle with Chicken Street Food Singapore Bill's Street food Duck Where Duck came f

After some overland travel adventures we arrived in Bangkok by Bangkok Airways and returned to our ship the Whisper at dock along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok a city of 12 million people that has 3.5 million cars drive into the city each day. Roads were a bit crowded. Thirteen passengers and Maria our ship guide made the overland trip to Cambodia. Our overland trip to see the Angkor Wat area started first with a confusion of buses then with a second confusion of check i

Saigon or Ho Chi Mihn as it's called now I will use either here as the same. What a crazy place this is. A lot has changed since we were here about seven years ago and a lot has remained the same. Side note: The pool crew is a little late getting up today as we met them late last night just outside the ship at a little bar. Bought them some beer and when we left we left some money to buy them many more, good to be in good with the crew! Had a little argument with the ba

Menu said "Chicken Wings" and that's all that came Pork with rice, very good rice. $500,000 Dong ($22 US) Fresh chicken anyone? At the local market Tuk Tuk View at dock-World's longest cable car 2.5 klicks It's just a short and sweet stay at our first port of Vietnam as we arrive at 8:00 am and depart at 2:00 pm but also need to bus 30 minutes each way and the first bus departs and eight and the last return bus departs at one pm. As you may have noticed in the news over th

North 17 degrees 45.407', East 111 degrees 36.892' Heading 211 degrees south at 17 knots with nice seas and finally getting warmer after a cold and dreary Hong Kong. We pulled out of port in Hong Kong at 2:00 pm with continued overcast. On the way out John Fleming destination director talked about the high rises in Hong Kong. There are over 8,000 high rise buildings in Hong Kong, more than New York and more than anywhere. The haze dogged us until we were far enough out t

I can't help but wonder what the China my grandparents saw looked like in the sixties when they traveled on their world cruise. That's of course assuming they got to go there at all. The image I had of this part of the world was heavily influenced by Hollywood, especially movies focusing on the early days of communist China. vibrant, metropolitan, colorful China today blew away those dated images in my head of everyone wearing grey and riding bicycles. The cityscape is mo