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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From Phu My it was a short drive to Vung Tau, a town I had visited many years ago during my oil & gas career, so it was good to see how the place had developed. The streets were organised with well manicured trees along the roads so it had come a long way to the town I remembered.
After a welcome coffee stop at a very nice cafe overlooking the sea we explored the small Vung Tau lighthouse and then a beautiful Buddhist temple (Tịnh xá Ngọc Hương)on the road leading down from the lighthouse.
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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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