Day 4, December 26: Sharjah and Ajman
Today was a day to visit 2 other emirate states. We started at Sharjah, which is the third largest emirate state by population. Sharjah...
Day 3, December 25: Christmas Day Touring Dubai -- Part 2
Museum of the Future, Christmas night Upon our return from the morning's tour and shopping, we immediately went to the hotel's Cinescope...
Day 3, December 25: Christmas Day Touring Dubai
This is the morning of Christmas Day! Neither of us slept well last night. I felt as though I had not slept at all. Between adjusting to...
Day 2, December 24: Our First Full Day in Dubai
Today, we both got up rested from our journey and time difference from yesterday in pretty good shape. I was hungry so we went to...
Day 1, December 22-23, Traveling to Dubai
The departure day has finally arrived. We woke up early -- early for me at least -- got dressed and fixed breakfast. After which, a last...
Day 0, December 21: Planning to Leave for Dubai
On Sunday morning, December 22, we will leave for Dubai. On the first leg of the journey, we will fly from Atlanta to Houston. We will...
February 26 -- All Ashore, What's Going Ashore!
This was the day to leave the ship. We awoke early, about 6:50am, to get ourselves washed up, dressed, do our final room check, then head...
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...
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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
























