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Saturday March 5th, 2016 San Francisco

We are off on another exciting adventure; this time it’s an Asian cruise on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth starting in Hong Kong and ending in...

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Sunday March 6th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

After a relatively uneventful though agonizingly long flight we finally arrived in Hong Kong at around 8PM and made our way to the hotel...

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Monday March 7th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

4AM, wide awake – so much for the “sleep of sleeps”! Breakfast in the clubroom – the scarcity of food offerings has continued from the...

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Tuesday March 8th, 2016 Macao, China

This morning could quite possibly be our worst ever hotel club level experience; not only was the food on offer atrocious but the chair I...

Wednesday March 9th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

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Wednesday March 9th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

Today is the last full day in Hong Kong for us as well Scott and Sean; tomorrow we board the Queen Elizabeth and they fly home. So to...

Thursday March 10th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

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Thursday March 10th, 2016 Hong Kong, China

Checking out of the Langham was always a very cordial and pleasant experience - not so today for our departure from the Cordis....

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Sunday March 13th, 2016 Shanghai, China

We’ve only visited China on one previous occasion; a day trip to Shenzhen from Hong Kong – and so we are really looking forward to...

Tuesday March 15th, 2016 Busan, South Korea

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Tuesday March 15th, 2016 Busan, South Korea

Today we are visiting Busan (formerly Pusan) in South Korean – this is our first visit to this country. I don’t have any preconceived...

Wednesday March 16th, 2016 Jeju Island, South Korea

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Wednesday March 16th, 2016 Jeju Island, South Korea

Located a days sailing south of the Korean peninsula Jeju (pronounced Zair Zyou) Island is the largest of the Korean islands. A central...

Thursday March 17th, 2016 Nagasaki, Japan

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Thursday March 17th, 2016 Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki – I’ve been looking forward to this stop ever since we booked the cruise. After the debacle of yesterday we are thankful to be...

Friday March 18th, 2016 Kagoshima, Japan

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Friday March 18th, 2016 Kagoshima, Japan

Today is our second stop in Japan and we are visiting the city of Kagoshima. The weather has changed dramatically from yesterday; it’s...

Sunday March 20th, 2016 Yokohama (Kamakura), Japan

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Sunday March 20th, 2016 Yokohama (Kamakura), Japan

Today is our last port of call before we disembark. Yokohama is a huge port about an hour from Tokyo. The most popular thing to do at...

Tuesday March 22nd, 2016 Osaka (Kyoto), Japan

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Tuesday March 22nd, 2016 Osaka (Kyoto), Japan

This morning the ship docked in Osaka and this is where we will be disembarking. There was quite a crowd waiting on the dock; hundreds of...

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Wednesday March 23rd, 2016 Kyoto, Japan

Today was supposed to be brilliant, simple as that – with a half-day guided tour of some of the most amazing historical places in this...

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Thursday March 24th, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

Today we travelled from Kyoto to Tokyo for the final leg of our vacation. Still feeling very shaky, and unable to eat anything, I was...

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Friday March 25th, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

Today is the first of two full days in Tokyo before we head home on Sunday. We had originally booked an all-day tour to Mount Fuji, but...

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Saturday March 26th, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

Our last day in Tokyo and we’ve got some prep work to do prior to flying home tomorrow. One of our traditions on long haul flights is to...