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Asia » China March 12th 2015

Geo: 22.33, 114.18We awoke just after 6am, after sue going to bed at 2.45am, trying to get free wifi at the Port, and with the Internet cutting out all the time, this became really frustrating. The Travelpod App on my phone crashed on Monday after writing 2days of entries and adding about 60 photos, the app just wouldn't open, I tried emailing to get Travelpod help, but was sure what I had done for those 2 entries was going to be lost, but won't know until we get a reply. We had breakfast then joined the line up for the bus into Diamond Hill, and then to catch the train, this time to Hong Kong Harbour to see the Avenue of Stars. The view here is stunning, Hong Kong Island and Victoria Peak in full view, ... read more
My Star, Clint xx
Hong Kong Island with Victoria's Peak
Avenue of stars with our ship in background

Asia » China March 11th 2015

Geo: 22.33, 114.18We awoke today, Wednesday still feeling totally full from last nights dinner, we had a lazy start where we took our time in getting showered and dressed, casually headed to Windjammer for breakfast, again a huge variety of food, you would never be able to eat one of everything, coffee, tea, juices also are in abundance. Once we finished our breakfast, we walked out to the pool deck, where the weather really had a change, today was grey skies and the sea had turned rough, we then went to deck 12 only to be blown away from the really strong wind, we then went to deck 14 and sat and watched people on the pool deck with the waves of the pool splashing about. It's only going to get cooler from here so we ... read more
Deck 14, Ellington's Bar
Rock Climbing wall
Mini Golf on Sports Deck

Asia » Vietnam March 10th 2015

Geo: 14.0583, 108.277Well after going to bed at 8.30pm last night, I thought we would be awake early but we awoke around 6.15am, this is sad, but we also found out that we were still on Vietnam time, an hour earlier so it was actually 7.15am ship time. We showered and headed for another meal, don't know why, but we suffered again. After breakfast, we went back to our room for a bit, then put on our gym stuff and went to do laps, 5 laps equals one mile so we did 10, 2 miles, Clint actually joined me today too, we overtook several people on the track, and had to shift certain people off the track, eg, the Japanese who just wandered out on to the track without a care in the world, you have ... read more
Where's my drink!!
Another view from the empty spa!!
Sea view, still no drink!!

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City March 9th 2015

Geo: 10.7592, 106.662Today we need to be up really early as we were doing a tour, Lacquering tour, which started at 7am, so this meant we needed to be showered and fed by this time. A bit of confusion today with the time, as my clock was different to Clint's by 1 hour, so we weren't quite sure what time it was. My time was Vietnam time(an hour earlier ) and Clint's was showing the ships time which is what we needed to take note of. We still made it on time though, we had to meet to find our bus number then we were all taken to our bus after going through the check out station. We took off after making sure everyone was on board, then made our way into Ho Chi Minh City, ... read more
Wow !!
Traffic here is crazy!
Lacquerware factory

Asia » Singapore March 8th 2015

Geo: 1.28941, 103.85Woke up this morning at 7.10am and as soon as I realised the time, it meant I had slept in and missed the first stretching class at the gym!!, oh well, there is always tomorrow!! We got dressed and went down for breakfast, the variety of food was amazing, and although we didn't want to each much, the plate got filled with lots of food that we didn't really need. We went to the Royal Promenade where they had a raffle going, so we had to watch the fashion parade that was about to start, it was showing jewellery and bags and watches that were available to buy, we didn't win anything at the raffle or buy anything !!! Next was lunch and already we didn't think we should be eating all the time, ... read more
Music on Royal Promenade
Oh La La!! Fancy Dress!!
First formal night

Asia » Singapore March 7th 2015

Geo: 1.28941, 103.85This morning again we woke up to a fantastic view, we had the left over sandwiches and juice and we put on our bathers and our last thing we had to do here this morning before checking out is to have our final swim in the Infinity Pool. We left our room, went over to the end of the corridor and we could see our ship at the Cruise Port. There was another ship at the port too which looked older and a lot smaller, that was the Millennium, not sure what cruise line though. We continued up to the pool on level 57, grabbed our towels and found 2 chairs right by the water side. We headed into the pool, carefully taking cameras and phones above water level, the water was cool but ... read more
Relaxing poolside at Infinity Pool
Infinity Pool, spectacular view
Infinity pool

Asia » Singapore March 6th 2015

Geo: 1.28941, 103.85We awoke to a beautiful view, our breakfast was a ham and cheese sandwich which we made ourselves and watched the world go by from our view. We headed down to the lobby and then took a short walk across the bridge to the Singapore Flyer where we boarded our bus. Our bus has 21 stops around Singapore and seeing we haven't seen much around here, we decided we could make a full day out of sightseeing.Our first stop was at Chinatown where we wandered through the shops and surrounds for a little while. Back on the bus, then our next stop was Clarke Quay which is where we stayed our last time in Singapore, at the Novotel Hotel. We bought some wine here so we can take on the ship( we are hoping ... read more
All at my fingertip!!
A temple in Chinatown
Chinatown selfie

Asia » Singapore March 5th 2015

Geo: 1.28941, 103.85Our story begins, 5th March 2015, Adelaide to Singapore leaving at 11.55am.We have worked very hard since the beginning of the year, making sure all our work is up to date before we leave, as usual, too much to do!! We left our home this morning after saying bye to Nikki, who was off to school, and Melanie, who was off to Uni, and to Shani, our loyal dog.Driven to the airport by Julie and Roy, for a kiss and drop, we then checked in our bags, filled in our forms and then headed to immigration, then through to duty free!! We boarded,then we were off !! Not long into our flight, drinks were served, and since we're on holidays, a brandy was ordered!! Soon enough, our lunch was on our trays,Oriental style deep ... read more
Our adventure begins
Cheers, holiday have started!!
A day at the office!!

Asia » Singapore March 31st 2014

Geo: 1.39278, 103.99Singapore to Adelaide flight was about 6.5 hours, we took off at midnight, very smooth take off and quiet apart from the a little kid who decided to scream before take off until 25 minutes into the flight, thankfully she fell asleep very soon after. We had some food then lights were dimmed for the remainder of the flight until we were then served breakfast before landing. An announcement was made that our light was celebrating 30 years of service for Singapore Airlines flights to Adelaide so we would all be receiving a gift when we arrive. As we were heading to the gate, a truck squirted a water cannon over the plane! Our gift was a South Australia bag of Adelaide icon Companies with some freebies. No hold ups in customs. We then ... read more
Some Adelaide mascot !

Asia » China » Zhejiang » Ningbo March 30th 2014

Geo: 29.8693, 121.557Today we were up at 6am after going to bed at 2am !! Oh well....you only live once!!!So an early breakfast the we walked about 6 blocks to a market area but we were too early so we wandered until some shops opened, again we were taken by a man down some alley ways for bargain shopping, not like Shanghai where there were lots of these sellers, but he only took us to 1 shop and it was mainly men's stuff, small shop too. We went back to the markets and with limited time, we split up and wandered separately. I found some clothes for the girls, hopefully they will like what I bought. Back to the hotel to do our final packing, we then waited to be picked up by Cookie and Mr ... read more
Church
Temple
Temple




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