Random thoughts from the sea
Day 78, 2024 Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 21, 2024; Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Vietnam. One of my strongest memories of my first trip to Ho Chi Minh City in 2017 is of the War Remnants Museum. It showed a totally different picture of the war than I learned mainly
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Day 76, 2024 Grand World Voyage Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Da Nang, Vietnam During previous cruise port calls in Vietnam, I’ve come away thinking that I should book a week or longer in this country. It is a beautiful country – mostly lush green with stunning beaches and rugged mountains.
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Day 74, 2024 Grand World Voyage Sunday, March 17, 2024; Hong Kong. Despite this being my third visit to Hong Kong, I had never ventured beyond Tsim Sha Tsui in west Kowloon and central Hong Kong Island on foot. So my plan for today was to take an easy ship’s
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Day 73, 2024 Grand World Voyage Saturday, March 16, 2024; Hong Kong. Sometimes your visit to an iconic city is so memorable that you wonder if you should ever go back. I felt that way as we arrived this morning in Hong Kong. When I was last here in 2018,
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Day 71, 2024 Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 14, 2024; At Sea, East China Sea. I’ve been given the gift of a string of mostly unplanned days on the ship. My injured toe is healing nicely and with my sisters traveling overland in China, I’m pretty much alone – well,
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Day 67, 2024 Grand World Voyage Sunday, March 10, 2024; Dalian, China. Trivia can be a dangerous sport. I seldom play on board, but yesterday I joined a team that was short one person. We won, and they wanted a photo. As we gathered, one member adjusted his chair, and
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Day 65, 2024 Grand World Voyage Friday, March 8, 2024; Shanghai, China. When I first visited Shanghai in 2017, I wrote “what Shanghai does have in spades is a spectacular waterfront, and the MS Amsterdam docked front and center.” I couldn’t believe my experience would be topped, but it was
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Day 64, 2024 Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 7, 2024; Shanghai, China As a native-born Texan, I’ve always heard that “everything’s bigger in Texas.” Of course, it’s not true, except perhaps some Texas egos. But traveling the world sure puts any Texan bragging rights to shame. Today I traveled faster
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Day 62, 2024 Grand World Voyage Tuesday, March 5, 2024; Fukuoka, Japan Today’s forecast was for rain most of the day. Fukuoka didn’t offer a shuttle bus to the center city. And I am feeling stressed about catching up on blogging and preparing for six days off the ship in
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Day 60, 2024 Grand World Voyage Sunday, March 3, 2024; Kobe, Japan. When you think of Kobe, your thoughts might immediately go to Kobe beef. According to strict rules set by the Kobe Beef Marketing and Distribution Promotion Association, only beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle raised
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