Category Archives: Food

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Posted on May 25, 2023 by patmathews

May 24, 2023 It has been 6 years since we visited Ha Long Bay (on our 2019 trip we bypassed Vietnam to take our 10 day trip to Nepal and Bhutan) so we were eager to see how much had … Continue reading →

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At Sea – Cruising the South China Sea

Posted on May 23, 2023 by patmathews

May 22, 2023 We have two sea days before reaching our first port in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. We have two guest chefs on board and they did a cooking demonstration for us. David Deshaies grew up in a family … Continue reading →

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Bintan, Indonesia

Posted on May 19, 2023 by patmathews

May 19, 2023 Last night we had another dinner in Toscana celebrating our anniversary since they forgot the cake on our real anniversary. This time we got a delicious chocolate cake with ice cream. We gave all but the two … Continue reading →

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Singapore, Singapore

Posted on May 18, 2023 by patmathews

May 17 and 18, 2023 We LOVE Singapore. We have been here many times and for these two days, we bought a 2 day MRT ticket so we could use the subway system as often as we wanted to. We … Continue reading →

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Posted on May 16, 2023 by patmathews

May 16, 2023 It is our 41st anniversary today and we didn’t plan a trip into Kuala Lumpur from our port in Port Klang. It is expected to be very hot and humid again and the city is 90 minutes … Continue reading →

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Phuket, Thailand – Day 2

Posted on May 14, 2023 by patmathews

May 14, 2023. (Day 120!) And it is Mother’s Day. We had no prearranged tour today so we decided to go to a resort that our friends went to yesterday. Negotiating with the taxi drivers is very interesting here. They … Continue reading →

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Langkawi, Malaysia

Posted on May 12, 2023 by patmathews

May 12, 2023 We have moved from Indonesia to Malaysia in one day! For Sabang Indonesia they required that all passengers and crew have our temperatures taken the day before arrival. Malaysia had no such requirement. Oceania set up the … Continue reading →

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Sabang, Indonesia

Posted on May 11, 2023 by patmathews

May 11, 2023 Dodging the cyclone.. we left Port Blair early to avoid the storm. The captain did a great job of sailing north then turning to the east before heading back south. It was a bit of a bumpy … Continue reading →

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Cochin, India

Posted on May 5, 2023 by patmathews

May 4, 2023 Before I write about Cochin, I remembered a story we heard from our guide in Mumbai. Hindus believe in reincarnation and also in the prophesies that they are given when they have their “fortunes” told. It can … Continue reading →

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Goa, India

Posted on May 3, 2023 by patmathews

May 2, 2023 Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India.It is India’s smallest state and has the highest GDP per capita among all the Indian states, two and a half times has high as the country as … Continue reading →

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