Location: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Trincomalle is a natural deep port on the north-east of Sri Lanka. The town is pretty much just business, without even a shopping district (gasp!), so it serves as access to more touristy things in the center of the island. Because of this there was no "bus around town" tour, so … Continue reading Trincomalee

En route to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Arrive on 23-Mar. Question: Has Anything Scary Happened on the Cruise? Nothing "scary" has happened, but some unusual things like: Turning around the very first day out of San Francisco to returned a poor guest who had injured themselvesThe engines shutting down during the first week (but only for … Continue reading Questions and Voices

En Route to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Arrive on 23-Mar. So, it's finally time to describe the picture-taking equipment I brought with me. Mobile Phone I've already talked about my cell phone, a 2015 Motorola Nexus 6 with a 13-megapixel rear facing camera. I've used this camera far more than I thought I would, but it … Continue reading Technical Post – Camera

Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia Because of the airplane troubles on the first day, we missed a scheduled dinner show at our hotel. But they performers were available for our added day, so we got to have the dinner and show anyway. Dinner was a wonderful buffet (with far too much food) at one end of … Continue reading Dancing Queens

Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia After lunch we went to Angkor Thom, which is a general name for the whole complex. There are five bridges the cross a moat to enter, but only one has the any remaining statues of deva (angels) and asura (demons) that line the bridge. The greyer colors are where they are … Continue reading Angkor Thom