The war for South Vietnam is officially over, but it’s not quite clear who eventually won. Although Saigon is now named for Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary banners and slogans are everywhere, the locals still […]
They’ve built it and now the ships are coming. With security and baggage facilities to handle well over 10,000 people, Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal has been able to handle arrivals and departures of […]
The Plate Police won—again. The service is so continual on Silversea Cruises that even at the lunch-time buffet on the Deck 7 terrace of Silver Wind, there’s regularly a waiter or two at the end of […]
The top brass from the world’s cruise lines gathered in Miami to brag about their new ships and plot the courses their fleets will take in the future. Ports you may never have heard of […]
Life in Asia has always depended on rivers. Some of the world’s oldest civilizations developed along the Yangtze, the Mekong, the Irrawaddy and the Ganges. These rivers are still main sources of water, irrigation and trade, […]
The contrasts between old and new couldn’t be starker that in Vietnam today. As Oceania Cruises’ luxurious Nautica docked near downtown Saigon, a rust-eaten freighter at the next slip was being unloaded the same way […]
In Bangkok, there always seems to be a buzz. The roads teem with motorcycles and un-mufflered three-wheeled cabs known as tuk-tuks. On the river, “longtail” boats get their push from growling V-8 engines that are […]
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