This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Well, it is time to leave the countryside for the big city and the long drive to pick up our ship. I wish we had more time to spend in Siem Reap. On our last night, we had dinner…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Today, we headed a couple of hours from Siem Reap to see something truly amazing – the floating village of Kompong Phluk (well, it would be floating during…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise We flew from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap to spend a couple of days and then head down for a short stop in Phnom Penh before a tortuous 4-hour drive to Sihanoukville to meet the ship. In this post, I’ll talk a bit…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Well, I must say it feels a bit weird cruising up the Saigon River at daybreak. The last time I was here was in 1975 as part of Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of South Vietnam. The retreat to the South, with the North…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Well, we have reached our first port after leaving Hong Kong – Danang, Vietnam. Unfortunately, we are only spending one day here and we had to choose between staying to look around Danang or heading to the Imperial City of Hue (A UNESCO World Heritage…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Greetings all! We’ve spent 5 days in Hong Kong before leaving on our ship for the cruise. It has been a great way to acclimate to the time change and, in some respects, renew acquaintances with an “old friend” (Glen and friend, Ken, independently first…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Well, we are off on a major adventure! Deb and I are flying to Hong Kong on Monday, where we will stay a few days before picking up our ship, the Seabourn Quest, for a 55-day cruise. This is somewhat noteworthy in that we have…
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Having just arrived from Mexico, the logical question was “what’s going on in Seattle?” Amazingly, the Cinerama theater (two blocks from our condo) was hosting the original Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward) as part of the preps for the Seattle Comicon. Deb jumped online and probably got the last two tickets. What…
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Mardi Gras is always well-celebrated in Puerto Vallarta. Traditionally, there has been a big parade that goes through town, ending on Olas Altas in Viejo Vallarta. The parade has generally included Mexicans and non-Mexicans, families and individuals, gay and straight. Last year, as you can see from the first photo, the parade got a little…
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This is part of a series called Our Alpen Adventure Last Christmas Deb gave me an amazingly thoughtful gift — a weeklong carving school in Austria. In her research she found that in addition to wood and stone carving, they also did clay sculpting (apparently you always start with a clay model before you start…
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