Geo: 1.28941, 103.85SUNDAY, JANUARY 22This morning, I was up at 5am, so Glenn went to Deck 13 with me and we watched us slowly pull into Singapore Harbor. It was still very dark as we passed tanker after tanker. We started talking with a couple from Singapore that gave us some valuable information about tourism in the city. We also watched the airplanes on "final" as they approached the Singapore Airport. Awesome.We ate breakfast from the Cafeteria line and ate near the outdoor pool. We were docking at 7:45am. Around 9am, we walked off the ship, however we did have to present our passport at immigrations. This is completely different than when we've cruised like in the Caribbean. After clearing customs, we went to the Singapore Tourist office and got a map. We also used the ... read more

Geo: 12.2453, 109.199THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 - OUR ANNIVERSARYWe had a time change where the clocks moved back -got an extra hour of sleep. We woke up around 5am to get out on the top deck and watch the ship slowly move into the Nha Trang bay. Beautiful site. This port city is a tourist town. Off to the right is a theme park, much like Disneyland and a water park too. There is a gondola ride that goes across the bay. The NCL Star tenders in as there is no dock for the ship. We even saw the pilot boat pull up along the NCL Star. We had breakfast there in the cafeteria area out by the pool.Our excursion "Ancient Civilization" had a call time meeting in Stardust Theatre at 8:15am. Beacause there were over 200+ ... read more

Geo: 14.0583, 108.277Tuesday, January 17I woke up early this morning. I had a little diahrea. I also took advantage of getting up early and I wrote in my diary. Glenn reminded me that I hadn't uploaded my photos, but I'll do that tomorrow. I didn't take any photos on this day.We had a very relaxing day. Usually I try to play the trivia games, and the stuff where you learn how to fold a napkin, making flowers, etc, however I decided not to that much on this cruise. So, today was very relaxing.I told Glenn that if I wasn't in our stateroom, then he should find me in the library. I got up took a shower, and then proceeded down to the library. Glenn showed up about an hour later. We went to the main dining ... read more

Geo: 22.33, 114.18On Sunday, we woke up especially early to turn on the TV to watch the Sport station. Disappointingly the NFL games were not broadcasted. So we connected to the ESPN app on our iphone to "follow" the score there. Glenn would refresh it ever so often and would report to me the score. We did not see the Atlanta or Seattle game nor the New England vs Houston game.We ate breakfast down in the restaurant. We sat at the same table, overlooking the harbor. At 8:30am, we started walking towards Island Evangelical Community Church (the next stop off the MTR). It was drizzling a little bit and we stopped to take pictures, especially of the double Decker buses and of the massive sky scrapers.ISLAND EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH We got to the 9:30am service in ... read more

Geo: 22.33, 114.18We arrived into Hong Kong, got our luggage, and made our way into the main Welcome Hall at Hong Kong.  First of all - bathroom break.Then we found the exit from Airport Express Metro to take us to the heart of Downtown Hong Kong.I had done quite a bit of research for the cheapest yet unique hotel that we could stay at.  When we have traveled to Germany, we stayed at a Novetel hotel, so I checked to see if Novotel had properties here.  Their subsidiary, IBIS, is located in Hong Kong.  I read lots of "reviews", that ALL hotel rooms are VERY VERY Small in Hong Kong.  Ibis Hotel is right on the Harbour.  I selected a harbour view, since while we are on the NCL Star, we do not have a window, ... read more