To celebrate Xmas and New Year at the end of 2024 we took a short 13 day cruise on Holland America’s ms Noordam from Singapore stopping at Koh Samui (Thailand), Laem Chabang (Thailand), Sihanoukville (Cambodia), Phu My (Vietnam), Da nang (Vietnam) and returning to Singapore. This was a great relaxing way to spend Xmas and New Year as well as visiting some new locations and some well known ones.
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Our first port of call was Nathon on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand. This was a tender transfer so we had to take the tender to the small pier. Nathon is the capital of Koh Samui and is a small laid back town with a small fishing port, a few streets of shops and numerous small cafes and restaurants. We walked through the small streets where we saw some colourful wall murals and then headed to the beautiful colourful Hai Lam Shrine which dates back to 1862. This Chinese shrine has a very large statue of Guan Yu.
Passionate Photographer …. Lost in Asia
Stuart Taylor of HighlanderImages Photography has been making images for over 40 years focusing on Asia with a documentary/photojournalistic style.
Stuart is available for a variety of assignments in subject areas of photojournalism, commercial, architectural, real estate, industrial, interior design, corporate, urbex, adventure, wilderness, and travel.
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