2023 – Asia
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Welcome home!
Some commotion in the airplane cabin wakes us from our less-than-ideal sleep. The flight attendants are moving about. It’s apparently time to
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Singapore Air flight 36 now boarding
Today we fly back home, eventually. Our flight is scheduled to take off at 6:40 pm, so we have most of the day to see more of Singapore. The
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Colorful Singapore neighborhoods
In a long, sad, series of “lasts”, today is our last full day in Asia. Our goal today? Explore some of the many interesting neighborhoods in
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Off the boat. Up in the air.
By the time we’re awake, groggy from last night’s excess, we are already docked in Singapore. We get ready and have our last meal (our last
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Happy Star Wars Day!
Happy Star Wars Day! (May the fourth be with you and all that.) Our cruise director is a big Star Wars fan so we’re getting this joke from
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Saigon River Slalom redux
Today’s our last day in Ho Chi Minh City, and in Vietnam. Our flight home, in four days, looms large. We should be living in the moment but
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30 minute ear cleanse
I snap awake at 7 am and the boat is listing to one side and groaning slightly. Out the window I can see we’re in a narrow river negotiating
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Drink stick splint
Once again, for the third time this trip, it’s the first of the month. Amazing. And as habit dictates, we must say “Rabbit, Rabbit” as the first
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Evacuation Anniversary
Compared with yesterday’s sleepy day at sea, today will be busy-busy, with an eight hour excursion. Looking out from our cabin balcony the sea
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Just another ‘At Sea’ day
Today is another ‘At Sea’ day, as we transition from Hong Kong to Vietnam. Being at sea, there are no excursions (wouldn’t THAT be fun!?) but