2023 – Asia
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Welcome home!
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in 2023 – AsiaSome 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
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in 2023 – AsiaToday 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
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in 2023 – AsiaIn 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.
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in 2023 – AsiaBy 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!
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in 2023 – AsiaHappy 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
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in 2023 – AsiaToday’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
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in 2023 – AsiaI 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
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in 2023 – AsiaOnce 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
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in 2023 – AsiaCompared 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
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in 2023 – AsiaToday 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