Nov 1, Part I: New Arrivals On the banks of the Mekong in Vientiane, there is a Chinese temple that is empty for most of the day. Inside the temple, an electric pump pours water into a stone tank and a polished Buddha presides over the empty room. His pack of cigarettes, with a photograph on it of orchids bobbing on water in a copper bowl, was the only sign of ordinary life.
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To read the profile in its entirety, click here. I looked out the windows and saw nothing but gray. We were caught in the tail end of Hurricane Camille, a very chilling experience.
I went up to the lounge because staying in my cabin made me more seasick. I felt that I might as well try to take my mind off my unsettled stomach.
The lounge seemed enormous, perhaps even larger than usual since there were only a handful of passengers up there, maybe seven or eight of us. One gentleman at the bar was drinking scotch and milk — it did not sound very tasteful to me, but he said it helped with his ulcer.
The rest of us were younger, all somewhere in our late teens and early twenties. Somebody played the piano and the rest of us drank and sang. As night came, or should I say, the next morning, the time to disembark drew near.
We all went out on our way to get ready. Created by veteran cruise writer, ship photographer, and Conservancy Advisory Council member Peter Knego, this fantastic virtual tour takes visitors inside four of the most iconic trans-Atlantic vessels, including of course!
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The round dining tables. Our cabin with cozy beds.A Collection of Acronyms and Terms Commonly Used in the Tourism Industry Based primarily on the Tourism Glossary published by in the text Passport: An Introduction to the Tourism Industry Fourth Canadian Edition.
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