By Eric Goldring
Avalon Waterways’ Avalon Myanmar After breakfast we headed to the domestic airport; a two month old very modern facility adjacent to the international airport (which will be replaced in the coming years); though it is quite functional now. Our destination is Bhamo (also known as Banmaw) which is only about
The first “official” day of my Avalon Waterways’ Myanmar journey started with breakfast at the Sule Shangri-la Hotel in Yangon. It was a typical, high quality, breakfast with Western, Asian and Indian hot and cold offerings. While nicely presented and prepared everything was definitely prepared to offend no one (also
The Seabourn Encore is an impressive ship and clearly a larger (but not too large) and overall improved version of the Seabourn Odyssey-class ships. The attributes that have struck me in my first few hours onboard is that she is lighter, more open and spacious, and both modern but more
Tomorrow, courtesy of Seabourn, I fly to Singapore to attend the Inaugural Celebration and Cruise of the Seabourn Encore; Seabourn’s newest and largest ship with a capacity of 604 guests. Seabourn Encore Goldring Travel, a Seabourn Platinum Elite Agency, is one of but a handful (if that) of travel agencies
I am pleased to announce the 2017 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Encore! Seabourn Encore This year our intimate group of no more than 16 guests will be sailing September 4, 2017 on a 10 day roundtrip Barcelona, Spain cruise visiting Spain, Morocco,
Our journey on the Silversea Expedition’s Silver Discoverer cruise through the Mergui Archipeligo continues with arrival off the coast of Pu Nala Island and Bo Cho Village (also referred to as Bo Cho Island and Ma Kyone Galet) where the Myanmar and Thai governments coordinated the “resettlement” of the Mokan
The next day marked a rather dramatic change in our cruise on the Silversea Expeditions Silver Discoverer. We left Indonesia and set sail for Myanmar; but not the Myanmar visited by ocean and river cruise lines. We are headed to the Mergui Archipelago far to the south. It was a
The Silversea Silver Discoverer departed the port city of Belawan, Indonesia for the northern tip of North Sumatra and the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia which was devastated by the tsunami on December 26, 2004; effectively destroying most of it and claiming an estimate 250,000 lives. Our short time in
Today the Silversea Silver Discoverer was to arrive in Singapore after her dry-docking and sail off, with me aboard, of course, to Indonesia. Well…Ship Happens! Not happening. At least not today. Raffles Hotel After my morning adventure (discussed below) I returned to my Noel Coward Personality Suite at Raffles Hotel
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