Mumbai to Singapore – 5/22/2026

Stairs to the lower deck of the A380

We got all of our bags out last night, and had an early start this morning so we went to The Veranda one last time for breakfast. We saw Joy our usual Veranda greeter as well as Ni Lui who…

Agra to Mumbai – 5/21/2026

We had breakfast and then checked out of the lovely Oberoi Amarvilles hotel. The Oberoi brand was exceptional. They have their own hospitality school and set the standard for service in India. They have a high turnover because other hotels…

Agra Day 2 – 5/20/2026

Taj Mahal views at Sunrise

We left the hotel this morning to go visit the Taj Mahal at Sunrise. Same procedure of transferring to the main gate by golf cart from the Oberoi, which was quite convenient. We were the first people to enter the…

Agra Day 1 – 5/19/2026

View of the Taj Mahal from the hotel lobby

We got up early this morning and left the Oberio in Dehli headed for the Oberoi Amarvilles which overlooks the Taj Mahal in Agra. We took a somewhat round about route out of Dehli since it was our only day…

Kochin to Dehli – 5/18/2026

Our suite

After a sea day yesterday we left the ship this morning with some of our luggage, headed for a 4 day overland tour to the Taj Mahal. The ship was docked in Cochi or Kochin India, and we went through…

Male – The Maldives – 5/15/2026

Views of Male from the ship

We arrived in the Maldives and anchored outside of Male the capital. The seas were quite rough and the rain and wind was strong so all of the excursions were cancelled. Since we anchor just offshore in this port and…

Sea Day 5/14/2026

Today was another sea day as we make our way to the Maldives. This is a stop that was added after they had to cancel Dubai and Doha. The weather was stormy most of the day and so we mostly…

Colombo Sri Lanka – 5/13/2026

Tuk Tuk - there are loads of them on the streets, more than cars.

Today we woke up to monsoon type rains on a day when we were scheduled to go to a resort to have some beach and pool time. The weather called for all day rain but since we had been on…

Sea days 5/10/2026 – 5/12/2026

We spent the last 3 days at sea sailing over to Sri Lanka. There are lots of activities on board but mostly we relaxed and caught up on things. We have additional entry documents for India, we went through India…

Phuket Thailand 5/9/2026

heading out to the caves on the speed boat

Today we are back in Thailand, and taking an early, full day excursion to the Sea where we will take inflatable canoes into the caves. As we read the details of the excursion we realized that we will each have…

Penang Malaysia – 5/8/2026

Pinang Peranakan Mansion

Today we docked in Penang Maylasia and our excursion took us to nearby Georgetown We first visited theThe Pinang Peranakan Mansion (Malay:Rumah Agam Peranakan Pulau Pinang) inGeorge Town,Penang,Malaysia, is a museum dedicated toPenang’sPeranakanheritage. The museum itself is housed within a…