Category Archives: World Cruise #4

Ilocos (Salomague) Philippines

Posted on June 9, 2023 by patmathews

June 9, 2023 I am not sure how many cruise ships come to this port, but they certainly put on a nice show when we arrived. This fireboat sprayed water – and it was on our side of the ship … Continue reading →

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Manila, Philippines

Posted on June 8, 2023 by patmathews

June 8, 2023 Yesterday we had a cooking demonstration with our newest guest chef who I had seen on a previous world cruise, Christian Delouvrier. And our own executive chef, Farid, returned to the ship in Bangkok, so both of … Continue reading →

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Nha Trang, Vietnam

Posted on June 6, 2023 by patmathews

June 5, 2023 Last evening we had another Captain’s Cocktail celebration. We had dinner with Marilyn and Charlie and although we rarely have dessert at dinner, we had these good ones last night. Norm had the Cappucino parfait and I … Continue reading →

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Sihanouksville, Cambodia

Posted on June 4, 2023 by patmathews

June 3, 2023 We were here in 2015 and I have a detailed post from that visit on the blog. We were eager to see how much had changed. I remember this city as a very dirty one but with … Continue reading →

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Bangkok, Thailand

Posted on June 2, 2023 by patmathews

June 1 and 2, 2023 This is our 5th visit to Bangkok- a huge and bustling city of 12 million people.  We have seen so many sights here so today we decided to go local and we took a tour … Continue reading →

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Ko Samui, Thailand

Posted on June 2, 2023 by patmathews

May 31, 2023 I had this whole post on my iPad when it went fluky, froze  and the whole post disappeared, so I am doing this one again on my laptop… On May 30, we were invited to dinner with … Continue reading →

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Ho Chi Minh City – addition

Posted on May 29, 2023 by patmathews

May 28, 2023 Norm read my post and he reminded me that I forgot to wrote about the main thing I wanted to do on Sunday in town. And it was important- for me….To have a dip powder manicure which … Continue reading →

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Posted on May 29, 2023 by patmathews

May 28 and 29, 2013 Yesterday (May 27) was the Jewish holiday Shavuot which is the celebration of the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai seven weeks after the exodus from Egypt. It also commemorates the grain harvest of … Continue reading →

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Chan May, Vietnam

Posted on May 27, 2023 by patmathews

May 25 and 26, 2023 We arrived in Chan May on Thursday at about 4 PM. There is really nothing much near the cruise port so we just went to the small tourist shopping area on the port itself. We … Continue reading →

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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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