Cable car to the aquarium
15. marts 2024, 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."
We are yellow carded!
16. marts 2024, 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 oursLæs mere
Singapore, wow...
16.–21. mar. 2024, 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 toLæs mere
National Orchid Garden
17. marts 2024, 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 theLæs mere
Kuala Lampur
18. marts 2024 ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Big buildings and durian ice cream. City tour featuring a museum, British era landmarks, a war memorial and two of the five tallest buildings in the world.
Langkawi, Malaysia
19. marts 2024, 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 traditionalLæs mere
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
20. marts 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Took a fenicular to the top of Penang Hill then visited a huge Buddhist temple.
Our last stop was a memorial to Captain Francis Light, the first British governor of Penang and possible distantLæs mere
Phuket, Thailand
21. marts 2024, 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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In areas like where this picture was taken, if possible and you can find a place to eat lunch, usually it's at an outdoor stall, there is an Malaysian stew / soup specialty called Soto Ayam. It is their version of chicken soup with ginger, and warm spices it is filled with delicious geometric shaped fillings. Crispy Rice cubes, meat and potato meatballs, and crispy golden fried onions. Sometimes noodles or shrimp is in it slso. There are bowls of sliced radishes, cilantro and other greens, sprouts and whatever is fresh and local. Also on the side is a sauce that is salty, sour and with different levels of heat. For those who like it hotter fresh chilies are also in bowls. This Malaysian dish, "Soto" looks unusual and tastes so good it's like a big hug in a bowl and If you get the opportunity it is worth trying.
Malaria, hurray!
23. marts 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 afterLæs mere
Colombo, Sri Lanka
25.–26. mar. 2024, 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. SacredLæs mere
Welcome to India!
27. marts 2024, Indien ⋅ 🌙 88 °F
Headed to the Cochin airport soon for our flight to Delhi. Air India, adventures in travel!
Tour of Old and New Delhi
28. marts 2024, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 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"Læs mere
RejsendeI blended in seamlessly with the Indian people and was one with them. 😆 We never felt too uncomfortable. People were generally respectful of tourists.
Jaipur, the Pink City
29. marts 2024, Indien ⋅ ☁️ 91 °F
Agra
30. marts 2024, Indien ⋅ 🌙 77 °F
More photos to follow...
Mauritius, ahhhh...
1. april 2024, 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 orLæs mere
Antipodal Point for Oregon..very close?
2. april 2024, Indian Ocean ⋅ 🌬 64 °F
Definition: Antipodal - the parts of the earth opposite each other at a distance of the earth's diameter.
Back to the ship!
2. april 2024, Mauritius ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
We're home! And Viking left us a little Easter present.
Richards Bay, South Africa
6. april 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ☁️ 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
Addo Elephant National Park
8. april 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ⛅ 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, moreLæs mere
Cape Town, we made it!
10. april 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Cape Town, S. Africa
10. april 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 seaLæs mere
RejsendeWell, we rerouted. Viking basically said you can fly home however you want, so we said, great, we missed the south island of New Zealand, we'll stop there for twelve days. So we're backtracking east instead of going west. Sitting in the Emirates lounge in Dubai right now living large. 😜 Next leg is to Sydney.
Cape Point Tour
11. april 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ☀️ 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 toLæs mere
Thanda Game Reserve, South Africa
13.–16. apr. 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Thanda Game Reserve is amazing with 37,000 acres, the big five and only 18 guests right now. From our rooms and food to our guide and our tracker - exceptional! We are in Zulu country near theLæs mere
Thanda Evening Drive Day 1
14. april 2024, Sydafrika ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Evening game drives were very full of interesting animal sightings including this South African Eagle-Owl. In two days (four drives total) we saw so many animals in their habitat it kind of ruined zooLæs mere
Weather delay in Dubai!?!
16. april 2024, Forenede Arabiske Emirater ⋅ 🌧 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).Læs mere
RejsendeApparently they got a year's worth of rain that day, over four inches. I think it shut the place down.
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Wow!
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Imagine the number of women (and men) who would pay to have those lips💋.
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Is this a sea horse? Very cool.
RejsendeVery similar, the sign said sea dragon. Maybe six inches long.