February 25 -- Sailing to Singapore, Day 2
This was the second and final day of sailing back to Singapore, the port/city/nation from which our cruise began. Tomorrow morning, we...
February 24 -- Sailing to Singapore
Today was the first of two sailing days, as we head back to Singapore. Fortunately, we did not have a lot planned for the day, because...
February 23 -- Exploring Thailand, Day 2, Bangkok (Part 2)
(This blogpost was going to be so long with all of the photos, I was posting, that I decided to split it into two parts. Continuing with...
February 23 -- Exploring Thailand, Day 2, Bangkok (Part 1)
Today would be a very long day. Everyone taking a tour of Bangkok met at 7:30am, in the Royal Theater, including the members of the Our...
February 22 -- Exploring Thailand: Pattaya
Today was our first day in port in Thailand. The port we are docked in is called Laem Chabang, and it is clearly a major freight port;...
February 21 -- Cruisin' on the Rebound
Today was another day cruising at sea, as we headed from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam towards Laem Chabang, Thailand. Laem Chabang is the...
February 19 & 20: Illness and Rebound
I am combining two days of posts, because yesterday, 2/19, was very slow. We experienced essentially three things on the ship: (1) we had...
February 18 -- A Slow Day
It was a fairly slow day. We started off the day with Patrise having a 2-hour series of calls and emails, for a complicated client...
February 17 -- Happy Anniversary (A Day Early)
If we were still in Atlanta, it would be the evening of February 16, as the sun was rising on the morning of February 17 in Singapore....
February 16 -- Free Day in Singapore
This is a day to do as we please in Singapore. No officially organized activities. Therefore, after breakfast, Patrise and I headed out...
February 15 -- Part Three, A Night on the Town
Patrise was not feeling well most of the the afternoon -- upset stomach problems. She stayed in bed and napped most of the afternoon,...
February 15 -- Part Two, Touring Marina South
Singapore is an island, city-state nation of almost 6 million people. The residents are primarily Chinese, Malay, and Indian in their...
February 15 -- Part One, National Botanical Garden
We began the day early at 7am, going to breakfast inside the hotel. It was a great, international breakfast buffet, with items to enjoy...
February 14: Valentine's Day in Taiwan
While it is only February the 13th in the United States, it is February the 14th here in Taiwan. Happy Valentine’s Day. Espy started us...
February 13: Uptown, Downtown, All Around Taipei Town
This was a day of Rashad and Esperanza showing me various parts of the city. Patrise stayed home, because she was still feeling ill from...
February 12: A Day of Super Nothing!
We had decided before now, to let this be a day of mostly rest and taking it easy, realizing that jet lag would likely set in hard today....
February 11: A Long Day Full of New Experiences
Having crashed after dinner last night, we awoke twice last night: first about 1am, and then again about 4am, before finally getting up...
February 9-10: Where did the time go?
Days 2 and 3, February 9-10 Yep, this post covers 2 days because of the 13-hour time difference and the length of time that we were in...
February 10: "Ni Hao," "Selamat Pagi," "Sawasdee khrap," "Xin chow"
We left Atlanta on February 8, but the long hours of flying (23 hours so far) and the time zone changes result in it is now 9:11am on...
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DOUG&PATRISE TRAVEL
Embrace the Wanderlust
Now that retirement is here, we are hitting the road to see some more places on our bucket list. Immediately below you will see the posts for our current trip to the South Pacific. Further back in time you will see blog posts for las year's RV tri


























