23rd March COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Another very busy working dock greeted me when I opened the curtains this morning. Plus, dark rain clouds and no sun at all. As we had been to Colombo before and seen the city we decided to go and spend the day relaxing on the beach. Our tour left at 9am and we travelled up the coast to the hotel area called Negumbo. After a brief shower before we disembarked the sun had come through by the time we left the city and the temperatur...

20th March LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA Over night we sailed to the Malaysian island of Langkawi where we arrived at 8am and yet again a beautiful day. Our tour today was to a very small island just off of Langkawi which was turned into a private day retreat. Three mini buses were waiting for our small group to take us 1/2 hour to a speed boat where it whizzed us over to a landing dock where we were handed ice cold towels to refresh us and whole coconuts for a drink. We ...

19th March KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Opened the curtains to blinding sunshine pouring in and a backdrop of dockside cranes! Last night the temperature didn’t drop below 30 degrees. We docked in a working port called Port Kelang about 1 1/2 hours drive outside Kuala Lumpur on the Malacca Straights. We had booked a transfer with P&O to KL and once there we do our own thing then meet up for our journey back. Our drop off point was the Petronis Twin Towers an...

17th and 18th March SINGAPORE Docked early to a beautiful sun rising and the view of all the high rise and Gardens By The Bay Hotel standing out. Our trip today was the Heritage of Singapore so set off to first visit the Orchid Garden in the Botanical Gardens. The flowers were stunning in so many colours and varieties and also the trees and plants. We then went on to see the Merlion by the river then lunch in a Chinese restaurant. Our afternoon consisted of 3 ...

14th March CHAN MAY, VIETNAM When I opened the curtains this morning I was really surprised to be faced with thick sea fog!!! Couldn’t see a thing but as we were going slow I thought we must be nearly there. Suddenly the dock appeared and we were about to tie up so that’s how thick it was! It all looked really eerie with harbour cranes looking like tall monsters looking down on you. Chan May is a cargo port with absolutely nothing there but still a few sta...