Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Good to see the Selangor Club and St. Mary's Church where I was christened some years ago ... 

Cenotaph

Selangor Club and St. Mary's Church

Royal Palace

Petronas Towers

Day Two Singapore

 Today was a shopping mission!!

Robot Policeman

Day One Singapore

We went on a City Tour to the Orchid Gardens (I remember Humphrey Burkill who ran it, he worked with my father). Then we went to Chinatown. In the evening we went to the Gala Dinner for the round-the-worlders.

Orchid Garden

Merlion

Chinatown

Gala Dinner

Chan Mai for Hoi Nan in Vietnam

Went to Hoi Nan to see the Japanese Bridge and Temples, togther with a river cruise. Much busier than it was 10 years ago!!

 

Leaving Hong Kong

 Left early evening, here are some Harbour Pictures.

Yacht racing

Leaving the Harbour

Hong Kong

 These last two days we have been in Hong Kong.

Dragons!!

Harbour

Afternoon Tea

Dolphins spotted!

From the balcony ...

 

Golden Lion Ukulele Flash Mob

 Today we had an 'flash mob' ukulele in the Golden Lion ... for St Patricks Day.

Bitung Indonesia

Today we did a 7-hour trip around Bitung: We went to the Capital of North Sulawesi, Manado, saw the big statue of Christ, went to the Chinese Temple and the Cathedral. Lunch at the Novotel. It rained at the start, and our bus almost stopped, but an enjoyable day ....

Chinese temple

Our bus

Huge statue of Christ

Cathedral

Back seat ...

Crossing the Equator (again) ..

Between Darwin and Indonesia, we had a crossing of the Equator Ceremony, this time at the outdoor pool.

Darwin

Last Port in Australia - we went on a long coach tour starting off in the rain, and taking in the large termite mounds and waterfalls, with lunch on the way. Very enjoyable.

Green Ant!!

Magnetic Termite mound ...

Passing Queen Anne

 We'd both left on the same day at Southampton, and we passed just inside the Great Barrier Reef just north of Cairns, going different ways around the world!! Lots of Horn Blowing ...

Yorkeys Knob (Cairns)

 We're too big to fit into Cairns, so we are anchored here with tenders (large local boats as well) taking us to shore. We went on the Kuranda railway through the rain forest, and went Gold Class so we got free drinks and snacks, very good 🍹🧉 ... saw a number of waterfalls as it is raining a bit here.

Our train

Carriage

Brisbane

 We're at the Cruise Terminal and had to reverse in as we were too big! We then went out with Peter and Vera and talked family history.

QM2 on berth

On the way to Ipswich

Family Photo

QM2 docked, came in backwards