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Big Buddha and Tai O
Today we took the public transport system to the Big Buddha and the fishing village of Tai O. It was a tremendously hot day… the cable cars up into the hills were beautiful but the 250+ steps up to the Buddha did us in! Thankfully there was ice cream waiting for us at the bottom! […]
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3rd and final port: Hong Kong
The plan was to dock in Hong Kong for one day then continue on to Taiwan but the weather had different plans. Super typhoon Maria is scheduled to hit land in Taiwan at the same time our boat was scheduled to arrive so they are delaying the departure from Hong Kong until later tomorrow. That […]
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2nd Port: Nha Trang, central Vietnam
Because we had to take the shuttle boats from the ship to the dock, it took several hours to get into town. We weren’t interested in the traditional tours offered by Princess, so Brad found a taxi driver willing to take us to a few stops that looked most interesting. Our taxi driver didn’t speak […]
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1st Port: Phu My, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
We took a full day tour from our port in Phu My to Ho Chi Minh city, formerly known as Saigon. The best part of the trip was ridding the cyclo… like a rickshaw but with a bike. Traffic was crazy and had NO rules!!! People on motorcycles or mopeds would zip by all around […]
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Off to Cruise In Southeast Asia!
After almost 24 hours of flying, including a 16+ hour flight from San Francisco to Singapore we finally arrived. It was early morning in Singapore so we powered through to try and get ourselves on local time. After checking into the hotel we headed out to see the town. On our first day, we wandered […]
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Marina Bay Sands
Check out this amazing pool at the top of the Marina Bay Sands… more than 57 stories tall!!
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Day 1 in Singapore
After being on the plane for 17 hours, we were ready to move! We checked in to our hotel, the Marina Bay Sands, and then walked around the bay to Chinatown. We had great chicken rice, ramen, prawns, and edamame.
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Kenzie’s first eggs
The girls finally laid their first egg… and, on the day we are leaving for vacation! Oh well, egg sales will have to start when we return!
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