Originally Posted by Pausanias

Rumples - I just looked at your blog. It looks very smart and shiny. Just one comment - your 12 hacks about first-time cruising reinforce everyone's idea about cruising. That it's hell on earth, or sea. You are talking about mass market lines. It does not relate at all to luxury cruises. And please say ships, not boats.

I'm off on Friday for 32 nights aboard Silver Dawn, starting in Singapore, then Sabah, Philippines, Honkers, Shanghai, 6 stops in Japan, Okinawa, Xiamen, HK.