Noon Report: Location: N 09° 32.30′, E 099° 53.70′ Speed: Anchored Course: Anchored Weather: Overcast Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: ESE 18 knots, 21 mph This morning we were anchored at the Thai island of Koh Samui – a stunningly beautiful jewel in the gulf of Thailand.It was fun and interesting that local regulations […]
Noon Report: Location: N 08° 16.30′, E 103° 49.00′ Speed: 15 knots Course: 281º Weather: Overcast Temperature: 25º C, 77º F Wind: E 17 knots, 19 mph Seas: 1 meter, 3 feet It’s really a matter of finding a free treadmill. Cheryl has discovered that it’s easier to find a treadmill at 7:15 am than
Noon Report: Yep This was our last morning in port so there was no programming.We really had nothing to do aside from blogging so we slept late, exercised, breakfasted (We celebrated with waffles at Mamsen’s.) and at 12:30 I’m still here in the Explorer’s Lounge while Cheryl has retreated to the pool deck to read
Noon Report: SR/DD (Same Report, Different Day) Another early call so it was a quick breakfast and onto the bus.(Note: This excursion was billed as a boat ride on the Saigon River but water levels being what they are…) An hour or so later we arrived at the Ky Long “Artist Village” This amazing, welcoming,
Noon Report:– See yesterday Day 2 of our Vietnam visit dawned, well, gray and gray. We had an early excursion call so we were up and out to breakfast before heading to the StarTheatre to wait for our tour number to be called. This morning’s adventure was the “included” tour we booked yesterday evening.For the
Noon Report: Location: N 10° 38.38′, E 106° 45.74′Speed: DockedCourse: DockedWeather: Light OvercastTemperature: 31º C, 88º FWind: E 1 knot, 1 mph Walking the deck this morning I could see land ahead in the haze. It appears that we have arrived in Vietnam. We spent the rest of the morning winding our way… We docked
Noon Report: Location: N 04° 39.70′, E 107° 22.50′ Speed: 18 knots Course: 358º Weather: Overcast Temperature: 25º C, 77º F Wind: NE 20 knots, 23 mph Seas: 2.5 meters, 8 feet This is a bit of SOS/DD: Same Old Stuff, Different Day. They continue to feed us information about the history of Vietnam –
Before we start… Someone today asked how to get to the next post, or the prior post, or any post in this blog. Near the bottom of the post (right above the “Comments” section) you will see, on the left and right, a reference to the prior post and a reference to the subsequent post.
Noon Report: Location: S 06° 56.69′, E 110° 25.40′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Scattered Showers Temperature: 28º C, 82º F Wind: WNW 12 knots, 14 mph We had an early call for our excursion today so it was up, quick breakfast, slather on the sun screen, throw the required docs in the day bag,
Noon Report: Location: S 06° 29.20′, E 113° 23.20′ Speed: 12 knots Course: 284º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: WNW 5 knots, 5.75 mph Seas: 1.5 meters, 5 feet Woke up this morning to low clouds (or high fog) shrouding dead calm seas. I actually had to open the curtains to