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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Laem Chabang is the busiest ports in Thailand and is on the main highway between Bangkok and Pattaya. Being a working port dealing with container ships it is not the most scenic location but gives access by road to Bangkok in the north and Pattaya just south. It was Xmas Day when we docked so we drove down to Pattaya and had an excellent Xmas Day buffet lunch at the Dusit Thani Hotel which sits at one end of the beautiful beach in Pattaya.
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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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