June 20, 2007
Straddling the seat of a motorbike, my driver and I weave in and out
of traffic as we make our way to Ho Chi Minh City’s central market.
Traveling at a slow pace, the ride is nonetheless invigorating, with
few traffic lights and apparently no traffic laws to impose order.
Intersections a...
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February 10, 2007
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Our last day on what turned out to be a wonderful cruise in the Far East. We ended the journey with time ashore in Malacca, Malaysia, influenced by the Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, British, Indian and Malay.
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February 9, 2007
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Known as “The Cat City,” Kuching, Malaysia, is a sprawling, yet charming, British Colonial/Chinese/Malay town. The city has no more cats than other cities of its size, but the name translates to “City of the Cat,” and indeed, there is ...
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February 7, 2007
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We are docked in Brunei. The cruise director just announced that our temperatures would be taken as we disembarked. Anyone showing signs of illness (and also those on a blacklist of countries) would not be allowed to disembark. Recovering from a cold, I w...
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February 4, 2007
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Ask Silver Whisper's crew members what they do when they come to Ho Chi Minh City, and they all respond almost uniformly: "Look for the guys in the blue shirts just outside the gates of the port. For a few dollars, they'll give you a tour arou...
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February 3, 2007
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We live on a big planet. From my home in Western North Carolina, halfway around the world to Bangkok, I spent more than 30 hours from tarmac to tarmac. En route to a Far East Cruise on Silversea Cruises’ Silver Whisper, I flew ...
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