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March 8, 2025 Today we are visiting SriLanka, formerly known as Ceylon. It is known for it’s Tea production. The country has a population of 23 million. The main City is Colombo with a population of approximately 600,000. For today Carol and I decided to do different tours. She was set on seeing Elephants, butContinue reading “Colombo, Sri Lanka”

March 4, 2025 Another Day, Another Country. For today we are visiting Phuket. Phuket is located on Phuket Island. The City has a population of approximately 75,000.It is well known for its beautiful beaches, Thai cuisine and maybe the old town of Phuket  with its colourful Portuguese looking buildings. The buildings were apparently created in 1903Continue reading “Phuket, Thailand”

March 3, 2025 Today we are visiting Langkawi, also referred to as the Jewel of Kedah. Langkawi is an Duty Free island in an archipelago of 99 islands. The total population is approximately 100,000. The island we’re visiting is Pulau Langkawi with a population of approximately 65000. From the pier we took the shuttle busContinue reading “Langkawi, Malaysia”

March 2 , 2025 After leaving Singapore yesterday we traveled overnight to Malaysia for a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is a country of 35 million. Kuala Lumpur is the capital City with a population of approximately 2 million. The religion is predominant Muslim. The unemployment rate is 3.4% (2024) Main exports are Tin, rubberContinue reading “Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia”

March1, 2025 Today’s stop is Singapore. Singapore is an island country, City State with a  population of 6 million. Singapore got its independence in 1965. Dispite its small size, it’s one of the richest countries in the world.  For today, we booked a City highlight tour to get a little bit of an overview ofContinue reading “Singapore”

February 26, 2025 It was around 10 AM, that we docked in Benoa our port in Bali. Our sail into the harbour was interesting. Jet skis everywhere circling our ship greeting us. Today was a special day for the Indonesian workers on board the cruise ship. Around 800 family members were allowed to come onContinue reading “Bali, Indonesië”

February 25, 2025 On our today’s stop we are visiting Komodo Island, Indonesia. Home of the Komodo Dragon, one of the largest lizards found on Earth. Komodo Island is part of the Coral Triangle, which contains some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. The population of the island is approximately 2000. The estimate is thatContinue reading “Komodo Island”

February 22, 2025 First of all to follow up on my last post. In my last post I reported that my cough had come back, well it got so bad ,that I decided to see the ship doctor. He put me on some antibiotics and gave me a stronger cough syrup. Even with the medication IContinue reading “Darwin, Australia”

February 18, 2025 Early in the morning we arrived in Cairns. Overnight my ugly cough from a few weeks ago intensified to the point, that I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea to be in close proximity to other people riding on a bus and train. For today we had planned a scenic tourContinue reading “Cairns, Australia”

February 16, 2025 Today we arrived in a town called Airlie Beach, located in the Whitsunday area of Queensland. The Population for Airlie is +/- 1500. The main industry is tourism. For today we booked a short tour on the bus to get an idea  what the town and neighbouring area looked like. Our firstContinue reading “Airly Beach, Australia”