Days 89-90 Friday-Saturday, April 12-13, 2024, Hue (Chan May), Vietnam Arrival: 10:00 Overnight in Port Departure: 13:00 There is nothing around this port other than a coal distribution port. The main city in the area is an hour away in Hue as we found out while travelling to the Around the World Special Event - "A Royal Night in Hue Royal Citadel". Located on the banks of the Huong River, the city of Hue has a population of approximately 653K it ...

Day 87-88 Wednesday - Thursday April 10-11, 2024, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam April 10 Yesterday was a sea day as we cruised the Hainan Strait towards Ha Long Bay. As I get to the upper deck the fog is so thick you can cut it with a knife. The ship's foghorn begins to sound. This is such a beautiful place when the sun is out or even if its partly cloudy. Ha Long Bay is in Northern Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin near the border of China - 170 kms or 106 mi east of...

Day 84 - Day 85 Sunday - Monday April 7 - April 8, 2024 Hong Kong, China Arrival: 17:00 Overnight Departure: 21:00 (April 8) The second day in Hong Kong marks the end of one segment and the beginning of the next segment. We have travelled 2,341 nautical miles from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Hong Kong can be considered a vertical city with many condos or apartments noticeable from the deck of Insignia. Just like 2018 when we were last here the weather was not coopera...

Day 80 - Day 82 Wednesday April 3 to April 5, 2024, Shanghai, China Arrival: 10:00 Departure: 11:30 (April 5) April 3 As we sail towards Shanghai one can notice the large buildup of industry along the Huangpu River. This river is a tributary of the Yangtze River one of the most polluted rivers in China. A port lecturer on this part of the journey explained that seven main oil refineries and five steel mills are located along the Huangpu River. Shanghai is...

Day 78 - Monday April 1, 2024, Fukuoka, Japan Arrival: 08:30 All Aboard: 18:00 Departure 18:30 Today we have a half day tour booked through get your guide, a company owned by Viator. It was quite interesting and definitely our worst tour ever. Our guide was learning on the job so to speak as we were her third clients and it showed. To meet up with her we needed to take the shuttle bus into town to City Hall where the bus dropped us off. That did not appear to...