Month: March 2017

After seven days at sea we have arrived in Jordan’s only port, Aqaba. We will disembark here and travel two hours overland to the “Lost…

The Captain of the Pacific Princess decided to stay over in Dubai for an extra night and half a day for logistical reasons having to…

We set off on a two hour bus ride to Abu Dhabi with the sandstorm still blowing over our head. Abu Dhabi is the capital…

“Dubai has always served as a bridge between East and West. In the past, Dubai’s trade links stretched from Western Europe to Southeast Asia and…

We were up at 5:00 am for an early breakfast and on to our buses for an early morning visit to Old Delhi (New Delhi…

We got up at 5:30 am, took a shower, grabbed a cup of coffee and a cookie and boarded our buses for the train station.…

We landed in Cochin, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala (pronounced Carrolla). We had gotten up at 5:00 am to face Indian Immigration…

“Hailed as the “Pearl of the Andaman Sea,” this island off Thailand’s long southern coast boasts a colorful history. A crossroads for trade, Phuket has…

After our long day on the previous day, we decided to take it a bit easier on day 2. We planned to ride the two…

“Singapore – the very name summons visions of the mysterious East. The commercial center of Southeast Asia, this island city-state of four million people is…