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Singapore: Gardens By the Bay

Posted on February 3, 2016December 15, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! We asked around before visiting Singapore what we should see. Several places were mentioned including the Night Zoo and Sentosa Island. But on our cab ride to the cruise ship, we passed the Gardens on the Bay. We saw its artificial trees (called supertrees) standing out and wondered what they were. And…

Singapore’s Chinatown

Posted on February 2, 2016December 12, 2019

I was surprised to discover that Singapore had a Chinatown. Since most of the people are Chinese, I figured the whole city would be one big Chinatown, but that’s not the case. The city is a vibrant modern city with giant skyscrapers and shopping malls – lots and lots of shopping malls. Chinatown is more…

Singapore: Clean, Green and Safe

Posted on February 1, 2016December 12, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! My wife and I just came back after two days in Singapore, a fabulous city with much to offer the visitor. We first got there after midnight on January 22nd, got some sleep at a nice hotel, and then embarked on a seven day cruise before getting back to the city on…

Port of Call: Kuala Lumpur

Posted on January 24, 2016October 23, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! My wife and I are currently on a seven day Southeast Asia Cruise aboard the Mariner of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. On Jan. 23rd we docked at Port Klang, the port city that serves much of the province of Selangor in Malaysia including the capital city of Kuala Lumpur….

One Million Years BC – A Visit to Mt. Teide

Posted on January 21, 2016August 9, 2025

Follow us on Facebook! In 2009 we took a repositioning cruise with our friends Chris and Sheila. The ship, the Navigator of the Seas, left from Fort Lauderdale and was at sea for seven days before finally reaching our first port of call, Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. As with all ports of…

Sandsurfing in Lancelin

Posted on January 20, 2016October 23, 2019

129 kilometers north of Perth lies the seaside town of Lancelin (about an hour and a half drive). It’s a sleepy little town of 600 whose population swells to 2500 in the summer months (December, January and February in Australia). We took a day trip out from our daughter’s place in Ocean Reef in early January….