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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After the New Year celebrations onboard the ship as it was docked at Da Nang we had one final day to explore the town. So for the first day of the year of 2025 we took a pleasant circular walk around the river at Da Nang crossing the Han River Bridge and then walked back over the iconic Dragon Bridge which is the largest dragon-shaped steel bridge in the world. After this invigorating walk we had some excellent Vietnamese food for lunch at the beautiful Xóm Mới Garden Restaurant before boarding the ship for our 2 day sail back to Singapore.
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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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