by The Inside Cabin | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Cambodia, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Asia
Another early start – 5:30 am wakeup call – so we could be ready to leave the hotel at 7 am and be at the airport by 7:30 for our 9:30 flight. We would be leaving from the domestic terminal and wouldn’t have to deal with immigration on the way out. Our flight was...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Cambodia, Siem Reap, Asia
Today we will spend the entire day in Siem Reap seeing the various Temples in the area. Meanwhile the ship will be at sea enroute to Sihanoukville where we will rejoin her after she arrives tomorrow. Before we get started, take a look at the following maps so you...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 9, 2016 | Cambodia, Siem Reap, Asia, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Vietnam, Phu My (Saigon)
Phu My is the port town for Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) , which is 2 hours away by bus/taxi. There isn’t much to do, if anything nearby, requiring everyone to plan on 4 hours in a bus or taxi if you wanted to visit HCMC. Judy and I arranged a private 3 day, 2 night tour...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 7, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Vietnam, Da Nang (Hue)
Our second day in Da Nang started at 7:30 with Breakfast in the Hotel’s common breakfast room. Typical western breakfast foods were set up in a buffet line on one table, while a cook prepared eggs to order alongside a big pot of Pho soup. Their version of breakfast...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 6, 2016 | Asia, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Vietnam, Da Nang (Hue)
At 8 am we should have been alongside the Da Nang pier but due to heavy fog we were still about ¼ mile short, proceeding ahead dead slow, and sounding the ship’s whistle periodically. I went to the observation deck on Deck 6 and could scarcely see the bow of the ship,...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 4, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, China, Hong Kong, Asia
Around 11 am we left the ship with our tablemates, Rick and Margaret, to head out to Stanley Market for some sightseeing and shopping. Stanley market is on Hong Kong island, across Victoria Harbor and then about 12 miles down a winding road past Repulse Bay. We...
