Day 78: Azerai (Part 1)
9 марта 2024 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Donna and I - along with about 70 other Viking Neptune passengers - took the Mekong Delta Overnight excursion. I have a bunch of photos from the last day and we aren’t even finished yet.
This setЧитать далее
Day 77: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8 марта 2024 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F
We had four days and three nights in Viet Nam.
Day One, Friday, March 8th we arrived after lunch time, and the shuttle service was very poorly planned. They only had 4 buses scheduled to go atЧитать далее
Day 76: Meet Oscar “Ozzy” Thomas Wilson
7 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
On March 7, 2024 our first Grandchild came into the world. Meet Oscar “Ozzy” Thomas Wilson. 7 lbs. 20”. Red hair like his daddy.
Once we get home the next excursion is to Indiana to meet Ozzy.
Day 76: Academy of Mixology: Rum 3:3
7 марта 2024 г., South China Sea ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
Here is the final set of photos from the Rum Mixology class.
Honestly, I think some of the people are using some sort of “New Math” when it comes to their rum pours … I’m just saying…..
Day 76: Academy of Mixology: Rum 2:3
7 марта 2024 г., South China Sea ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
Here is a continuation of photos (2:3) from our Rum Mixology class.
You can see we are developing a great group of backup bartenders if it gets too busy for Beka, John, the Igor’s, and the rest ofЧитать далее
Day 76: Academy of Mixology: Rum 1:3
7 марта 2024 г., South China Sea ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
So we are continuing our life long learning as we attend today’s Mixology Session on Rum. We learned how to make; Blue Hawaii, Daiquiri, and Shark’s Tooth.
Everyone attending is having way tooЧитать далее
Day 76: Cruising South China Sea
7 марта 2024 г., South China Sea ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Another jammed packed Sea Day traveling the South China Sea towards Viet Nam, we arrive tomorrow. We will be there for four days.
Breakfast, Laundry, Calligraphy Class, Lunch, Felting Class, DesertЧитать далее
Day 76: Learning about Desert Wines
7 марта 2024 г., South China Sea ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Today we attended a session on “Desert Wine Tasting” under the leadership of Sommelier, Goran Prosic and his team.
We explored five different desert wines.
You know when they hold up a glass ofЧитать далее
Day 75: Java Sea Day, Karimata Island
6 марта 2024 г., Natuna Sea ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Yesterday around 6:00 PM we left port; Semarang (Borobudur), Indonesia heading towards Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam. This gives us a couple of sea days. One would think I should be able to catchЧитать далее
Day 74 (2:2) Semarang, Java
5 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌧 90 °F
Our excursion in Java. I will let the pictures tell the story.
Day 74: (1:2) Semarang, Java
5 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
Our excursion in Java. I will let the pictures tell the story.
Day 73: Sailing the Java Sea
4 марта 2024 г., Java Sea ⋅ 🌙 86 °F
Sea day today. Breakfast, Donna did laundry, calligraphy class, lunch, pick excursions for Africa, try to catch up on blogging, special Indonesian dinner with Brian and Sue, and a show with JenniferЧитать далее
Day 72: Benor (Denpasar), Indonesia
3 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
We explored rice fields, art, food, festivals, and the back roads of Indonesia.
For the art alone I would love to go back and study with some of the artisans in this country.
Also, the saying inЧитать далее
Day 71: Donna made a friend.
2 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
We went to the monkey forest. Totally cool. This monkey befriended Donna. It was funny watching him work the zipper on her crossbody pack.
They aren’t afraid of anything.
Day 71: Paul made a friend
2 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
Just like Donna made a friend at the Monkey Forest so did Paul. We also saw a very nice tribal show. These are iPhone pics I have more on the main camera to post later. It was a ton of fun.
Day 71: Balinese Artist at Work
2 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
We were in Bali for three days. On the second day we hired a taxi cab driver to take us round Bali. Since we were docked we knew we didn’t have to get back to the ship at any certain time. TravelЧитать далее
Day 70: Ogoh Ogoh Bali Festival
1 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌧 86 °F
“Extra-sensory-overload” -> I learned this term the first time I jumped out of an airplane over 30 years ago. Your mind just can’t handle all the input you are taking in at once, That is whatЧитать далее
Day 70: Bali, Indonesia
1 марта 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
We just arrived at the pier in Bali, Indonesia. Our aboriginal dot art was on display in the Wintergarden. We will be heading for or excursion in a couple of hours.
The views of the city areЧитать далее
Day 69: Komodo National Park
29 февраля 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Good morning everyone, the ship just gave a huge shake as the anchors are lowered to the ocean floor below. We had a late Chef’s Table last night and decided to not see the show. Paul woke up andЧитать далее
Day 68: Cruising the Timor Sea
28 февраля 2024 г., Savu Sea ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
Today was a sad day - we had to say goodbye to-bye to Jonathan & Lucy who made other plans for their travels. I was fortunate enough to be given two of Jonathan’s watercolors - which he paintedЧитать далее
Day 67: Meet Shai & Gede - Room Stewards
27 февраля 2024 г., Great Barrier Reef ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Meet Shai & Gede. This crew vignette is long over due. Our room stewards are the first line of contact on a daily basis with us to the rest of the VIking experience. Shai and Gede both great us in theЧитать далее
Day 67: Arafura Sea Day & Bubbles
27 февраля 2024 г., Timor Sea ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Manfredi’s was a full house at 1:30 PM on this sea day cruising the Arafura Sea and not because of the great Italian cuisine being served. This was another wine tasting event.
The tables wereЧитать далее
Day 67: Sunrise over Donut Island
27 февраля 2024 г., Arafura Sea ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
We are sailing in Arafura Sea. At about 6:10 AM this morning from deck seven off of Neptune’s stern the clouds painted the skies with all sorts of shapes, textures, and sizes. The morning sunriseЧитать далее
Day 66: Sailing the Arafura Sea
26 февраля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 36 °F
Today was a sea day. I remember looking at the itinerary before leaving on our cruise bitching about how many seas there were. "I am paying big money, I want to see places no be in a floating hotelЧитать далее
Day 65: Thursday Island, Australia
25 февраля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Our stop at Thursday Island was very quick. We set anchor at 8:00AM and had to be to the last tender no later than 4:30PM. It didn't help that it was a Sunday and raining. The little village wasЧитать далее
Day 64: Academy of Mixology: Vodka (1:2)
24 февраля 2024 г., Great Barrier Reef ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Continuing our journey as life long learners Donna and I attended a Mixology class in the Torshavn lounge. We learned how to prepare three drinks using Vodka:
- Cosmopolitan
- Lemon Drop MartiniЧитать далее































































































































































































































































































































































































ПутешественникLooks like a great day & a place to put on a bucket list.
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Winner winner, chicken dinner!