June 30, 2026

Bintan Island is our last stop in Indonesia. We have seen alot of this vast country, spread across soo many islands. Again our greetings in the port are so nice and friendly! The stand out of Indonesia is truly the people.

We are here for 4 days and each day the locals have been here at our tender port handing out flowers, dancing and playing music and offering all kinds of tourism help. They don't get cruises here often but they do get a lot of visitors from Singapore to their beach resorts as it is just over an hour via ferry. Singapore just finished their school holidays for 1 month before we got here and this month the Indonesia Children are home on holidays for 1 month. Their next break for 2 weeks is at Christmas. Then they get 1 week around our Easter time. That's it for school holidays. Here the top 3 religions are Muslim, Catholic/ Christian and Buddhist.

Our first day being Sunday a lot of things were closed, so we just went into the Resort area, about a 10 minute taxi drive from Port, called Lagoi Bay, walked around, shopped a little and got some lunch and relaxed along public beach area with lots of locals.

We found an interesting grocery that had an amazing selection of snack foods and sample to try, before buying - so I decided to up my repitore. Generally all natural ingredients, high protein and low, natural sugars, but taste good is my profile.

Singapore - Little India

By Pat Patick • August 11, 2026
Little India is a neighborhood in Singapore that I wanted to explore becase I love Indian food and their Temple's have such unique gods and Architecture, super colorful and detailed. Below is the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, Singapore's first temple dedicated to Veeramakaliammam or the Kali , a fierce incarnation of Shiva's wife and the "Destroyer of Evil" .

SINGAPORE - Cooking Class

By Pat Patrick • August 10, 2026
Other residents had a great experience at Singapore's Food Playground on prior visits, so we wanted to try it out! Our first day in Port, twelve of us signed up for a fun afternoon, where we got to enjoy our creations as a yummy lunch. Front row (L to R) is Ellie, Rick, their visiting friend, Sue, Christy and Angela. Back Row - Me, Bosco, Delia, John, Terri & Lori.

KOH CHANG, THAILAND

By Pat Patrick • July 26, 2026
We just relaxed on the Island of Koh Chang, Thailand. It's one of the largest Thai Islands in the Gulf of Thailand and it has a dense, steep jungle & National Park covering the interior of the Island, which extends off shore, to coral reefs. The coast line is dotted with beaches and villages. This was a tender port, so we decided to stay on the Island for 3 nights, to be able to experience the nightlife. Turns out, it is low season, so nightlife was pretty sleepy. However, we did find a new favorite night time activity! Any Guesses?!?