Author - Marty

Cochin, India

We had an early tour this morning. We met in the theater so we could go through face to face immigration. Then we boarded the bus for a city tour. It was actually a tour of the old city. We first went to one of the oldest churches in the city. Cochin was ruled...

Getting Ready

It’s a good thing we were at sea today. We are sailing in the Laccadive Sea. Ever heard of it? Neither have I. It’s a very calm sea so I’m happy. We arrive in Cochin, India in the morning. We have a tour in the morning, then back for lunch and...

Colombo, Sri Lanka

We are in Sri Lanka for 2 days, arriving yesterday. We had no tours planned for the day, but there was a row of shops along the pier, so of course we shopped. I got yet another elephant thing-a shirt this time. It’s a pretty long tunic of very lightweight cotton.. Bunny found...

Two days of rest

We had a couple days to relax after 6 straight days of ports. This seeing the world is hard work!We have a new art teacher. She taught us quilling yesterday. It’s the are of rolling long, narrow strips of paper into coils and making designs with them. We made a card yesterday. Today...

Phuket, Thailand

We were in Phuket, pronounced Foo-ket, today. We had to tender ashore. It wasn’t too long a ride and we used a local tender. We had a Panoramic tour of the city. When we were by the water, there was a nice breeze so it wasn’t too hot. We got off the tender and...

Georgetown, Penang, Maylasia

Sunrise over Georgetown. It was warm already when I took that photo at 7:00 AM. Bunny and I went separate ways this morning. She had a tour by Rickshaw. I went to a batik place and made a batik square. First they showed us the two methods of printing batik. ...

Langkawi, Indonesia

We didn’t go on our tour today. We needed a day of leisure. Around 11:30 we left the ship , took a shuttle to the hotel at the end of the very long pier. It was pretty hot already but not so humid. We just wanted a glimpse of the place to see...

KualaLumpur, Maylasia

The photo above is sunrise over the port this morning. I was up early due to sore legs and hips. I went on the tour today but decided to skip tomorrow’s tour in Lankawi, Maylasia. I will spend the day relaxing and resting my legs. We had a nice tour of Kuala Lumpur...

Singapore Days 2 & 3

We didn’t have a tour scheduled until the Singapore by Night at 6:00 PM. I went to the mall attached to the cruise terminal with Betty. Bunny’s legs were sore from the previous days events so she elected not to go. It is a huge mall and since it was Saturday, it was very crowded....

Singapore Day 1

The photo above is my morning shot from the balcony in Singapore Harbor. We didn’t dock until noon. Our tour was scheduled for 12:45. We got off the ship and had to go thru immigration. That took 45 minutes. The line was really long and we had to go through to an agent,...