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Our final morning on the ship had us up with a 7am alarm to allow time for one last breakfast before

Our final day at sea began leisurely, so we headed for the served breakfast in the Dining Room about 9am.  Karen started

We woke this morning in Ha Long Bay, in what was formerly North Vietnam. Today’s plans had been the subject

Another much-needed day at sea began with an 8am alarm — no, I’m not sure why either. The weather forecast

We both groaned as the alarm went off at 5.45am – a silly time to be getting up on a

Today was another sea day — effectively a holiday from the holiday. I was awake just before 7am and couldn’t resist immediately

As we were in no rush today, Karen decided she wanted breakfast served to her in the Dining Room. I

I was greeted by Karen yelling “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!” the moment she woke up. I was genuinely impressed that she’d remembered to

Today’s blog starts with a correction, as yesterday’s completely missed one of the best and funniest moments of the trip

An almost decadent late alarm call got us out of bed at 6.45am and into breakfast, ready for our first – and

We decided we would need a holiday to get over this holiday as our alarm went off at 5am again

Another 6am start — this time the alarms went off exactly as planned. At 6.15am our pre-ordered hot and cold

Well, the ship’s alarm was utterly useless. It went off at the time it had been set, completely ignoring the

My third and final attempt to wake up early to phone BA failed today on three separate counts. Firstly, I didn’t

I had half a plan in my mind to try and call British Airways at exactly 8am this morning to

After a dreadful night’s sleep, courtesy of jet lag and far too much caffeine late in the day, I was

It was meant to be a leisurely start to both the morning and the trip. Our flight wasn’t until 6.40pm