With all the accumulated naval experience and time at sea, it is only natural the Black Watch passengers build their own ships. Which of course leads to… Read more “Boat Building”
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Malta: Valletta
Valletta was a delightful place to visit. The historic city has a population of only a few thousand but the metropolitan area has about 400,000. Actually, it… Read more “Malta: Valletta”
Alexandria
Good news and bad news. The good news is we are not going to Alexandria after all. The bad news is we are not going to Alexandria.… Read more “Alexandria”
Sharm el Sheikh
Sharm el Sheikh, which translates as Beard of the Sheik but no one seems sure who the Sheik that it refers to is, is near the southern… Read more “Sharm el Sheikh”
Thailand
We have been to Thailand because we have been to Phuket (pronounced Poo Ket) but that’s like saying you’ve been to the US because you’ve been to… Read more “Thailand”
Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang, Malaysia
Port Klang, or sometimes Kelang, is another major port, not as major as Singapore but major and not much else. It is the gateway to Kuala Lumpur,… Read more “Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang, Malaysia”
Singapore, Day Three
Raffles is a classic hotel with rooms that allegedly start at $520 SG (about $370 US); we didn’t confirm that. The reason tourists go there is that… Read more “Singapore, Day Three”
Singapore and Return to ‘Winter’
We re-crossed the equator on Friday with appropriate festivities and so are back in the northern hemisphere (technically back in winter; the temperature is about 90ºF.) We arrived… Read more “Singapore and Return to ‘Winter’”
Cairns, Sir William Wellington
W. W. Cairns was the State Governor of Queensland and may never have visited the place given his name. It wasn’t much of a place, a few tents in the… Read more “Cairns, Sir William Wellington”
Brisbane and Errata
The two reasons I don’t talk much about geography or demographics are first you can look it up somewhere else and second I often get it wrong.… Read more “Brisbane and Errata”
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