Tag: cruise

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    Laem Chabang Port/ Bangkok: Chinese New Year, temples and the Sky Bar

    Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 5 – 11.9 km on foot – 04.02. 01:30 all hands on board – 04.02. 02:00 cast off – italic lines as always from Daniel – We experience everything probably a little more quietly than usual, whereby and the direct comparison is missing of course. Our driver, who brings…

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    Discover Koh Samui by bike

    Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 4 – 52 km by bike across Koh Samui – 17:00 officially last tender boat – 18:00 raise anchor – italic lines as always from Daniel – First of all: We couldn’t quite keep the departure time, there were still a few late guests who wanted to come along.…

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    Singapore – city of modernity and contrasts

    Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 2 – 20 km walk – 17:45 all aboard – 19:00 cast off – italic lines as always from Daniel – Today we took the subway, called MRT, into the city. Singapore shines, as expected, with a very well developed and organized local transport – unfortunately, electronic means of…

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    Singapore – Light show at the Gardens by the Bay

    Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 1 – lay day until tomorrow – italic lines as always from Daniel – We finally arrived. After two trouble-free flights from Berlin – with unfortunately extremely long waiting times, so never again Tegel – via Doha (Qatar) to Singapore although still somewhat flattened, since it is still plus…

  • What to do on a cruise stopover in beautiful Venice

    What to do on a cruise stopover in beautiful Venice

    [comments in Italic by Daniel, as always] – We came in by plane yesterday and we saw at least seven (!) cruise ships harbored. So we thought, „what to do in Venice when you have limited time?“ So here are our tipps on what to do on a cruise stopover in Venice: Do get lost…

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    Face Check in Abu Dhabi, VAE

    20:35 Almost on time, we disembark for the last face check of this trip. The authorities in Abu Dhabi want to see our passports in person, just like their Indian colleagues. The procedure is much simpler than before entering India: We leave the ship, walk a few steps to the terminal, past AIDAstella, which is…

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    Snorkeling in Oman

    12:00 Our snorkeling excursion, today we are again officially on the road with AIDA, set off punctually at 09:00 to the first beach. With 38 people, all of whom picked up their equipment (snorkels, goggles and fins) the night before at the Diving Station on deck 3, we start in good spirits in the coach…

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    shore leave in Muscat, Oman

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    Bye Bye, India

    5:30 pm We say goodbye with another beautiful sunset from India. A country in which I was definitely not for the last time, but of which I have enough for this kind of trip for now. Everywhere we met open, friendly and helpful people who told us unreservedly about their culture, habits and life and…

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    Ullal Beach – cruise stopover in India

    So we make our way to the beach, where we arrive at about 11 o’clock. Since the house of our cab driver is probably not far away, we agree with him that instead of waiting, he will pick us up again in two hours. At the point where he dropped us off, there are three…