If you have only one or two days before or after a Hong Kong cruise, book a food tour in the Central City.
Ovation of the Seas moves its homeport with the seasons to Tianjin (Beijing’s seaport), Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. Gone is Johnny Rockets. Look for noodles.
National Geographic Traveler won eight awards, New York Times seven in the 2016 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Freelance writer Aaron Teasdale of Missoula, MT, is Travel Journalist of the Year.
If you are looking for excitement, thrills, commotion, and top entertainment on a big, big ship, consider Harmony of the Seas, and prepare for the Ultimate Abyss, a 10-deck plunge.
“Our passions here are food and shopping,” said my Singapore guide, Naseem. “I could eat all the time. We eat, eat, eat,” usually about five small meals a day, she said. I agreed to try. We began a morning with Ya Kun Kaya Toast, a traditional breakfast of grilled brown bread with a slab of…
Singapore Good news for travelers: Singapore, a gateway to vacations in Southeast Asia, and one of my favorite home ports for boarding cruise ships, is anticipating an expanded fleet of big, modern vessels. They will be based at new and enhanced marinas, built here at a cost of half a billion dollars. Cargo ships anchored…
Cruise lines from mass-market to luxury increasingly are designing shorter voyages, both to introduce their ships to vacationers who have not been to sea and to provide getaways for busy world travelers who may have only a few leisure days to spare. Tea time in Palm Court on Crystal Serenity (Picture from Crystal Cruises)…
With a name like Opposite House, you wouldn't expect the ordinary. The 98-room hotel, which opened in Beijing last year in the Sanlitun neighborhood, fits the image of a hip urban inn fancied by young adults and by monied travelers who are looking for contemporary design and style. Service is casual, yet quick and thorough.…
A year after the summer Olympic Games, folks living in Beijing still seem to be on their best behavior. "We are better because of the Olympics," said an employee at Opposite House, a new hotel in the sprawling city. "We are cleaner, more sophisticated," she said. I didn't see any spitting on the sidewalks, a…