Very rocky sea today…. Ship is facing strong head winds…. P woke up in the middle of the night sea sick…. But he was still able to caught a full rainbow right outside of our balcony in the morning… What a thrill….
Someone gave us two butterfly magnets… And we bought a googly eyes halloween thing yesterday at Keelung and voila….
The sunrise view against Keelung port is beautiful… So happy to be back even for just half a day…
The stop at Keelung was very invigorating…. Bought a lot of daily stuff, ate a hotpot lunch, had coffee, ate some shredded ice desserts, some stinky tofu, bought some bread, some mochi… Etc… We returned totally satisfied ✌️
I haven’t been back in almost 4 decades now…. Hong Kong changes a lot but in some places still stays the same..
City is still humming and buzzling…. Cant imagine living in one of those little apartment units like before…. But we do enjoy it’s cosmopolitan landscape and Harbour view….
The light show at Ave of the stars that involved 40 buildings between Kowloon and hong Kong island is cool!!
The usual activities with the same enjoyment all around…. In Zumba class I was right in front of instructor Rafa and I can totally feel his energy and that makes me dance even more merrily
The flash mob class has 4 songs to rehearse, uptown funk, beat it, all the single ladies and gunman style.. Lots of fun and lots of cool moves
Wait. There’s something new!! Learn Bon Odori Japanese dance class today. There’s the coal mine dance and squid dance… Very interesting
The ship docked at Cam Ranh and it’s 1 hour away from Nha Trang…
It’s really raining hard in the morning
Today instead of ship excursion.. We were on our own and found an on the spot assembled group tour of 12 on a mini bus…. On tours like these, the drivers usually don’t speak English but they took you to the major attractions for a fraction of the cruise ship excursion, which is fine with us
Other random street scene
Lunch at local pho restaurant
…. And then tried on the Vietnamese long dress that I finally found for $10.00
Overall, another successful outing on our second port in Vietnam
It started with a very gloomy morning…. They said it’s going to rain 100% for sure… And we are glad it did… Otherwise it’s too unbearably hot and humid….. The whole city felt like a big Sauna and it’s really baking……
However we were excited to be here in this very characteristic country and historic city… We joined the ship’s excursion and it’s a full day excursion…. Lots of getting in and out to see places and take pictures.
Vietnamese people seem to all have a calm and sweet demeanor but they are also tough and strong and were able to fend off multiple genkhis khan’s mongols invasion and of course won many wars including with the US 😉
Sea days are always enjoyable…… Did the morning zumba, afternoon flash mob, wine tasting and then hang out with friends in crooners bar and listen to Tony Delaney singing… Its like world cruise all over again
We originally planned to go to Pattaya for this port stop but someone hijacked us to join them on a local tour to Bangkok that’s missing two people… Which is perfect!!
First stop is the Talingchang floating market which is everything I have looked for at this stop … Lots of street food, perfect vibe… Had the best tom yang soup noodles 😋
And then it’s multiple stopping at Emperial palace, temples…. We didn’t go inside because we did not dress properly and do not want to rent cloth
Rough 40 min shuttle boat ride back and forth…. But we love our own self guided island tour of Ko Samui
Thailand people are sooo friendly 🤩
R really love sea days especially when Rafa her favorite crew member was leading the zumba class….. Rafa’s zuva was high energy and well coordinated….. Best zumba class!! And then there was a flash mob by a guy name Anthony…. We are going to do uptown funk, beat it, single ladies and gannan style
The destination expert on the ship Jase Walsh is cool!! Love his passion for traveling and life
10/17ths performer Monique montez’s performance is sultry and stylish
10/18ths production performance spectacular is spectacular with Chicago vibe and bugle boy in company b
