Today we were having breakfast at dawn to enable us to get to the historical town of Chachoengsao, the location of a traditional market of shops and houses of wooden construction built upon land and above the irrigation canals. Unfortunately being a Monday morning we were the first there and did not see or meet …
We had an early start this morning to drive from the deep seaport for about 2 hours to Bangkok city centre. It is a city of about 13 million people so Sunday morning traffic helped ease the journey. We drove to Wat Pho which is one of the quieter Buddhist sites in the city. It …
This morning we awoke to find ourselves at anchor in deep water off the village of Nathon on the island of Ko Samui. This inactive volcano is part of an island group on the Pacific Rim at the entrance to the Gulf of Thailand. In the past the island was important for its coconut industry …
Today is our ‘day at sea’ as we sail past Malaysia on the South China Sea to our destination at daybreak tomorrow of the island Ko Samui, Thailand. This morning we had a tour of the galley where the food for 2000 guests and about 800 crew members is prepared. It was interesting that our …
At lunchtime we embarked upon the Holland America Line ship Westerdam at Singapore’s Marina Bay Cruise Terminal which is very close to the city centre and affords great views of the city and port. Commercial ships were in line at anchor awaiting a space to load or unload in the dock complex. Twice during the …
Today is Hop-On – Hop-Off Day. We rendezvoused with the bus outside Raffles Hotel and headed towards Marina Bay. This area is surrounded by so-called iconic Singapore sights such as The Marina Bay Sands Resort and the Singapore Flyer. We came across both of these yesterday but it was good to get up close. We …
We have arrived in Singapore having travelled overnight on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 aeroplane. Our flight took us from Manchester to the Netherlands, Dussledorf (Germany), the Czech Republic, the full length of the Black Sea to overfly the Caspian Sea and Iran and later to the south of Kabul (Afghanistan). From here we crossed …
Happy New Year! Look out shortly for news of our next adventure.