Ho Chi Minh / Saigon
Thursday, November 27, 2014 During the morning we sailed up the Saigon River, which was a little surreal. The river is big, but it feels a lot smaller when sailing in a cruise ship. By lunchtime we arrived on Ho…
Vietnam
Windowless Shopping in Nha Trang
Monday, November 24, 2014 We stopped in Nha Trang for a day and did a little window shopping and a lovely walk around town. The plan was to walk along the beach to the Po Nagar Cham Towers, but the heat…
Hoi An and Da Nang from Chan May
Friday, November 21, 2014 The World left Ha Long Bay at 8pm on November 20th and docked in Chan May around 6pm the following day. The ship was docked miles form anything so that evening we did not go ashore.…
Hanoi and Ha Long Bay
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Around noon we reached Ha Long Bay, our entry point into Vietnam. The bay features some 2000 of limestone karst islets and islands in all shapes and sizes, which makes for stunning scenery. In 1994 the…