Here are some videos for you from the dance show in Bangkok. https://youtu.be/v2kta45IdhA https://youtu.be/U0dtvq1Nhig https://youtu.be/m0NahkET6gs https://youtu.be/6VxwfELVXRI

Another 2+ hour bus ride from the industrial port cruise terminal (Laem Chabang) to the main city - Bangkok. I keep going on about the bus trips because it's different from the last time I was on the Silver Whisper. The joy of small-ship cruising (Whisper's max passengers are less than 400) is how you … Continue reading Bangkok – Dancing

Ko Samui ("ko-so-mu-ee") is Thailand's second largest island, behind Phuket. In recent decades it developed the reputation of party-central, kind of like spring break or Ibiza. There are many, many beach resorts on the island. And one of them offered yet another cooking class. Hmmm, there's been a lot of cooking classes this segment. That … Continue reading Ko Samui

Kuala Lumpur is a fair bit inland, so the ship docked at the cruise terminal at Port Klang (which sounds like something out of Star Trek). Port Klang is very much an industrial port, so we jumped on buses and took the 90-minute ride to Kuala Lumpur, known as "KL" to the cool kids. Each … Continue reading Kuala Lumpur

Penang, Malaysia is about mid-way between Phuket and Kuala Lumpur. The cruise terminal is on an island just off the coast. I decided it was time to get spicy. The Tropical Spice Garden was once a rubber plantation but now claims to be an "open-air bio-diversity living museum" with over 500 flora specimen. It was … Continue reading Penang Spice Garden