Day: May 11, 2026
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Singapore
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Our last night on the ship, we docked in Singapore. We dined in Polo Grill with a view of the city. Our final day has arrived and we disembark in Singapore. We left the ship and took a cab to our hotel (which Tim found for us), the St. Regis. Although it…
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Australia
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On our sea days we had two interesting lectures on the history of Australia. It has been continuously inhabited for 60,000 to 65,000 years but only “discovered” since the 18th century. It was settled by Southeast Asians during the ice age. Their history is one of the oldest continuous cultures in the world.…
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Indonesia
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Having left Australia, our next destination is Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, it is the world’s largest archipelagic state and 14th-largest country by area. The archipelago has been inhabited since prehistoric times. By the second millennium, it had become a…