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    Cable car to the aquarium

    March 15, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F

    Took the cable car right over the ship to Sentosa Island, hopped on a free monorail and took a short walk past Universal Studios Singapore to " the world's largest aquarium."

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    We are yellow carded!

    March 16, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

    With our diversion around Africa comes the threat of yellow fever and malaria. Viking has really stepped up and provided the yellow fever vaccine to anyone who wanted it, free of charge! We got ours this morning on board while docked in Singapore. Malaria pills are on their way, again, free of charge.Read more

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    Singapore, wow...

    Mar 16–21, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F

    This place feels like a futuristic sci-fi landscape with subtle dystopian undertones; like the police might come grab you off the street for having a negative thought. It's scarily clean compared to the rest of SE Asia, don't even contemplate leaving the restroom without washing your hands (punishable by caning I'm sure)!Read more

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    National Orchid Garden

    March 17, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    Visited the Singapore National Orchid Garden as part of a larger city tour. The variety of orchids was astounding. Our older guide gave us an earful about the Singaporean government (but only in the confines of the bus), confirming my feelings of the dystopian undertones. (More photos to follow.)Read more

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    Langkawi translated roughly to brown eagle
    The rice museum1Albino water buffaloPlantingThreshingAnn learning how to cane her husbandMalaysian navy escort. Actually, they have a base here; not bad duty really.

    Langkawi, Malaysia

    March 19, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

    This is a resort island in the very NW corner of Malaysia, just south of Thailand. Wonderful beaches and friendly people. Our brief tour took us to the namesake brown eagle statue and a traditional rice farm. Not a bad place to spend a week on a beach...Read more

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    Phuket, Thailand

    March 21, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    Went on a private snorkeling excursion to several small islands. Lots of coral and fish. Viking even provided sack lunches and beer/cider for our trip.

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    They even provided mosquito repellent, I think that's what it is. It just showed up in the room.

    Malaria, hurray!

    March 23, 2024, Bay of Bengal ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F

    No, we don't have it, just trying to prevent it. Again, with the change in itinerary taking us around Africa, Viking has provided a full course of malaria prophylaxis free of charge. We'll begin after leaving Sri Lanka just before our India overland to Delhi, the Taj Mahal and Jaipur. We will continue the pills as we travel overland in South Africa for four days and finally stop a week after leaving Senegal. 35 days total.Read more

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    1The outside of Temple Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara.
    Jars of water, flowers, rice, money, and personal notes for prayers. The crows enjoy the rice.Outside temple offerings both on the temple walls and hanging in the Bodhi tree.This mural is the Himalayas according to our guide.1The beauty of this ancient temple is overwhelming. The finest example we've seen yet.Princess Hemamali and husband, Prince Dantha. She carried Buddha's tooth in her hair to Sri Lanka.I didn't expect a cobra which our guide said had its fangs removed. Still don't go near.Colombo Lotus Tower at night from our ship.

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Mar 25–26, 2024 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

    Colombo, Sri Lanka was a feast for the senses in all the best ways. Very hospitable people, AMAZING Buddhist Temples, stunning beachfront on the Laccadive Sea, separating it from India. Sacred Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple 5th century BCE is believed to have been visited by the Buddha and 500 monks on his third visit to Sri Lanka.Read more

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    1Bicycle rickshaw ride through the Chandni Chowk market...the largest in all of Asia!
    2Every stereotype or preconception, good or bad, of Delhi can be confirmed by a trip to the market.Seriously best chai ever in disposable terracotta teacups.Our guide, Naveen (rt), helps us get a delicious taste of chai.112th century Ugrasen ki Baoli...a step well for water storage 108 steps a sacred number.Mongoose sighting - Rikki Rikki Tavi lives! Rudyard Kipling children's classic.UNESCO World Heritage site Qutub Minar, Delhi, a symbol of Muslim victory over Hindu King in 1193AD.The domed building next to the Minar is the first mosque in India Quwwat-ul-Islam .Many Hindu inscriptions remain and we're not destroyed but most were.Petrified wooden beams used in the building of the complex.

    Tour of Old and New Delhi

    March 28, 2024 in India ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

    With 34 million people the crush of humanity is everywhere. There are hawkers and beggars but they are mostly polite and the Indian people are gracious to all visitors providing a heart felt "namaste" at every greeting. Hinduism, the primary religion in India and the oldest in the world, really does have a lot to offer (beyond the thousands of gods to choose from🙂). About 94 degrees this morning!Read more

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    Jack and Debbie Cantrell enjoy some downtime after India in roughly 72 hours.Mauritius Flying Fox Bat "Pteropus niger"Grand Basin Lake, sacred to Hindus where they hold the Maha Shivaratree festival.Macaque monkeys enjoy stealing snacks from tourists at Grand Basin Lake. Ganesha - Hindu elephant god symbolizes protection and the removal of obstacles from one's path.1Ann received a Hindu blessing from the Brahmachari (male) and his assistant (female).

    Mauritius, ahhhh...

    April 1, 2024 in Mauritius ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F

    Mauritius is a volcanic island 500 East of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Home to 1.2 million it has 27 micro climates and the Dodo bird is a national symbol. The 🦤 Dodo had no fear of humans or predators before the Dutch arrived in 1598 and in under one hundred years was extinct. Tourism, agriculture (sugar cane, etc), and textiles are their biggest industries.Read more

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    Bringing on the pilot by heloDurban

    Richards Bay, South Africa

    April 6, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F

    We were supposed to disembark here to begin our safari but the weather was too bad. We then tried Durban just down the coast with the same results. Scrambling for options.... More to come

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    Bull Elephant
    Antelope1Wart hogsCape buffalo, possibly the most dangerous animal in AfricaOstrichLeopard tortoiseEndangered flightless dung beetle

    Addo Elephant National Park

    April 8, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

    We were able to dock in Port Elizabeth, and went on a wonderful included excursion to a game park. It's looking like we'll get to do our overland safari also (with some slight trip modifications, more to follow).Read more

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    Lions Head
    I'm going to miss smoked salmon Benedict for breakfast

    Cape Town, we made it!

    April 10, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F

    Two nights here and then off on our three night safari! We have our table mountain excursion this afternoon, followed by a full day private tour of the area tomorrow.

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    Good Bye, Viking NeptuneTable Mountain - cloud cover all day and high winds so we were unable to ride cable car to the top.Signal Hill provided beautiful views of Cape Town. The photo is Lions Head but Signal Hill is closeViewed interesting artifacts at the South Africa Museum, Cape Town.One last walk around our home for the past four monthsFun museum in Cape TownBon voyage, Neptune!We had fun while our former cruise mates sat on the shipLion Head from signal hill

    Cape Town, S. Africa

    April 10, 2024, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 59 °F

    The Viking Neptune could not dock in Richard's Bay, S. Africa. High winds. Sailed south to Durban, also couldn't dock. On to South Africa's beautiful city Cape Town. We decided to skip 12 days at sea going up the West Coast of Africa. So with friends Jack and Deb we enjoyed an amazing day exploring Cape of Good Hope and then flew back to Durban to do the safari we missed due to not being able to dock. We are heading to Thanda Private Game Reserve! Good Bye Neptune, we will miss you on this last leg to London but we've made a great decision for us!Read more

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    Cape Point Tour

    April 11, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    Wonderful but windy day in Cape Town. So windy in fact, the Viking Neptune, scheduled to leave last night, didn't make it out of port until the next morning. Pax had already been through emigration to leave the country so they were stuck on the ship and 😡.Read more

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    Weather delay in Dubai!?!

    April 16, 2024 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌧 82 °F

    Raining nonstop for five hours. And yes Dubai... When we disembarked the Neptune, Viking generously said they would fly us home however we wanted to go (although Antarctica might have been a stretch). Since we missed the Fiordlands on the south island of New Zealand due to weather, we said send us there first then home. So right now we're on a grueling flight to Queenstown, NZ for a 12 day visit before we head home. That's assuming Emirates Air can figure out how to fly a plane in the rain.Read more

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