A taxi was caught from the Singapore harbour to our accomodation at The Holiday Inn Atrium. Once settled into our rooms, we caught a bus to Bugis Street and took the wrong bus. We eventually found it and had lunch with the locals before checking out the many stalls. Dinner was had in Chinatown were we caught up with another couple from the cruise, who joined us for dinner. Afterwards we wandered around Chinatown before catching a bus back to the hotel. The follo...

Your wondering what a pollywog and shellback is? Well keep reading through the blog to find out. At 4.30pm on the 5th August, we boarded the Pacific Dawn in Darwin for our first ever cruise. It was exciting, as we had no anticipations of what to expect. This cruise began from Brisbane but took on board new passengers at Darwin. Once we found our room, our steward, Joannes, welcomed us on board. He gave us a run down on the room, the safe and general information...