Category Asia 2026

Today we are heading off on our trip. We will start things off with a bang, taking the longest flight in the world (as of this date, there will be a new longest flight coming soon) we are traveling from…

Upon arriving to the Singapore airport we spent some time in the lounge but left a while before our flight to walk through the terminal. We were in Terminal 2 and it was beautiful and unique. View of an indoor…

Today we had a 7:00 AM departure and breakfast opened at 6:30 so a bit of an early wake up but we aren’t completely used to new time zone yet so we didn’t mind. Breakfast was an elaborate buffet spread…

We visited the Grand palace this morning. It was very crowded and hot and humid but we made the best of it. The palace is no longer occupied by the current King, Queen or main royal family but other royals…

Today we arrived in beautiful Ko Samui Thailand. We anchored offshore and took a tender to the dock where we boarded another ship to take us snorkeling. View of our ship from the tender We traveled about 45 minutes in…

Today we have a sea day as we sail towards Singapore. Clocks changed overnight and we got up a little bit early so that Shawn could attend a Pilates class. We got a malfunctioning safe in our room replaced and…

We arrived in Singapore at around 10 this morning. We pulled in to the Harbor Center which is the cruise terminal for smaller ships. There is a beautiful bridge in front of the skyline. Todaywe had 2 different excursions from…

We had the day to ourselves in Singapore today and it was a scorching hot day. We decided to take the cable cars over to Sentosa Island where there are beach areas, Universal Studios, a water park and other attractions.…

Today we docked in Kuala Lampur Malaysia, and we had a tour scheduled that left fairly early in the morning.Our first stop was The Batu Caves which is the iconic temple in Kuala Lumpur featuring 272 vibrant, rainbow-colored concrete steps leading…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We woke today to bright sunshine and calm seas and the news that all excursions were a go. We had booked a day at a resort called Adaaran Vadoo on one of the tourist islands. We met in the theater…

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…

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…