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Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC077 – 3/9/2023 – Ho Chi Minh Day 2

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 […]

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC076 – 3/8/2023 – Ho Chi Minh City

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

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC074 – 3/6/2023 – Off to 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.

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC073 – 3/5/2023 – Java Adventure

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,

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC072 – 3/4/2023 – Road to Java

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

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC071 – 3/3/2023 – Too Soon Good Bye!

Noon Report: Location: S 08° 44.67′, E 115° 12.73′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: SSE 2 knots, 2.3 mph Up this morning and dressed (me, Cheryl slept). Found Ralph in the kitchen fortifying himself with coffee before our morning walk. It seems that someone paved a path

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC070 – 3/2/2023 – Temples and Villas

Noon Report: Location: S 08° 44.67′, E 115° 12.73′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27º C, 80º F Wind: SW 1 knot, 1.1 mph Day 2 in Bali started with a bang. Our excursion left at 8:30. Before then we breakfasted, finished packing, checked and rechecked, and got ourselves to the meeting

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC069 – 3/1/2023 – Hi Bali

For those keeping track…Today is the half-way point of our cruise. Noon Report: Location: S 08° 44.67′, E 115° 12.73′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: W 14 knots, 16 mph We arrived in port shortly before noon. We were just finishing an early lunch in anticipation of

Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC068 – 2/28/2023 – Here Be Dragons

NOTE: It’s Friday, March 3, 17:20 local time. We arrived back from our visit with Ralph and Anjar about an hour ago. Since then we’ve thrown in a load of laundry and showered. Now it’s time to catch this blog up – starting with last Tuesday’s visit to Rinca and Komodo National Park, so sorry

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