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Cruise from Bejing to Bangkok


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We embarked on a cruise from Beijing to Bangkok..arrived in Beijing on 28 Feb did the tourist stuff and then boarded the Diamond Princess March 3 ..itinerary

Beijing Tianjin China

 

Disembark

Bangkok Laem Chabang.

 

Beijing to Nagasaki

Nagasaki to Shanghai

Shanghai to Hong Kong

Hong Kong to Nha Trang VN

Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City

Then to Laem Chabang ..

The ship went on to Samui and Singapore and a new cruise to Alaska from there..

 

My wife and i enjoyed the ship and the destinations ..although the time in each port is not enough..7am to 6pm for most ports.

Anyone looking for a Pattaya type destination of say twenty years ago ..have a look at Nha Trang..very pretty location..

 

Beijing was a.lot of fun ..we were surprised ant the lack of English being spoken ..our hotel the Crown Plaza was a classic.

We asked them to tell the taxi guy to take us to a super market ..(we needed a few things for the cruise)..twenty minutes later we arrive at the Silk Market :grinyes: ..oh well back to the hotel ..we found what we wanted a five minute walk from the hotel..have some pics of a famous night food market i will put up ..the first is a snake on a stick..alive!!

 

Nagasaki was also a fun visit..lots of good shopping

Shanghai..same

Hong Kong busy and fun ..should be an overnight stop ..(the Queen Elizabeth was in port and it was an over night)

 

Ho chi always a busy fun place (my wife enjoyed the food more here than the ship)

 

Anyway way..a great way to see some of Asia..

Oh..arriving at Laem Chabang..we were given our Passports back the night of the 14th with a departure card stapled into the book ,also an arrival stamp on the card ;)

So...we have been cleared by customs and immigration ..so Duty free booze here we come ..we filled up as no checks..we were only checked (our day bags) after re boarding from a port call..as we walked into the clearance /arrival terminal i saw two X ray machines and a heap of officials...oops..

 

But no a red arrow on the floor walked us past all this and to our Hilton car pick up ..and off to Pattaya ...( a big loophole here for customs)

 

Assorted pics..

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Oh..costs..we paid 3200 US per person ..we booked over six months in advance and got about 1200 saving.

We flew into Beijing..you can do and sectors of the cruise ..it is twice a year and can be done Bangkok to Beijing...

On board currency is US dollars..scotch and a can of diet coke 5.95..( you can drink your duty free in your cabin) average bottle of red wine 30US..

Casino 24hours ..once at sea...heaps of things to do on board...

Or Relax..

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