This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise We are spending two days in Bangkok to explore both the city and the surrounding area. First of all, Thailand is beautiful and the people are very friendly and seem…
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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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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise Today, we started flying back to Sydney, the last leg on our air cruise. It was going to be a long flying day, but we made a stop in Birdsville, a tiny town on the edge of the Simpson Desert, near the borders…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise After a short flight, we landed in Alice Springs — almost the geographic center of Australia. Of course, I was a bit shocked as we were making our approach to hear the pilot say, “and off on our right is the super secret…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise Broome was as far west as we would go on this trip, so it was time to start winging our way back to the east, flying over the Gibson Desert towards the Red Center of Australia and Uluru, the world’s largest monolith. Looking…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise We arrived in Broome just before sunset, and I have to say that the sunsets over the Indian Ocean are pretty special. We were booked into the Cable Beach Club Resort that, not surprisingly, sits on Cable Beach, a gorgeous stretch of white…
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