Sunday, August 11, 2013

Asia Trip & Cruise - March 29 - April 7, 2013


 
Asia Trip Itinerary: Friday, March 29 – Sunday, April 7, 2013

Outbound Flights:

China Southern Flight 328 Depart LAX to CAN at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2013
China Southern Flight 353 Depart CAN to SIN at 8:30 a.m.  Arrive in SIN 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, 2013

Hotel in Singapore on Arrival:

Hotel in Singapore on Sunday, March 31, 2013
V  Hotel Lavender Singapore

Cruise:

Royal Caribbean Cruise Departing Singapore on April 1, 2013
Ship: Legend of the Seas

01-Apr Singapore    5:00 PM https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif02-Apr Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia  8:00 AM  4:30 PM Docked https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif03-Apr Phuket, Thailand  1:00 PM  10:00 PM Tendered https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif04-Apr Cruising     Cruising https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif05-Apr Singapore  7:00 AM

Hotel in Singapore on return:

Hotel in Singapore on Friday, April 5, 2013 thru Sunday, April 7, 2013
Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen

Return Flights:

China Southern Flight 354 Depart SIN to CAN at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, 2013
China Southern Flight 327 Depart CAN to LAX at 9:30 p.m. Arrive at LAX 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, 2013.

A friend and I had a great time on our first trip to Asia!  Our quick trip (10 days total) is outlined above.  We left LAX for the LONG flight to China.  We flew on one of China Southern's super jumbo A380's.  What a HUGE jet!  We landed in China to catch a connecting flight to Singapore.  By the time our flight landed in Singapore we were TIRED.  We took the metro to our hotel and got some dinner and were off to dream land.
The next day we set off to see the city before our cruise departed in the afternoon.  We took a cab to the port and the floating part of our trip began!  The Legend of the Seas is a beautiful ship!  She was fresh from a makeover and she looked great!  As always the crew and service on Royal Caribbean was outstanding.  Our first port of call was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  We had a tour of the city and visited the Batu Caves.  Be ready to climb some steps at the caves!  The next day we pulled into Beautiful Phuket, Thailand.  We spent the day sunning on the beach, eating our way through the streets and shopping until we dropped.  We also did a little ladyboy watching!  Back on the ship we spent the last sea day by the pool and in the spa.  Awhaa, I had the hot stones...so relaxing.  The next day we were back in Singapore.
We spent the next two days exploring this great multicultural city!  We saw it from the ground, water and air!  We were everywhere, downtown, China town, little India and the Marina; so much to see and eat in this foodie city!  On departure day we took the metro to the airport and boarded our short flight to China followed by the LONG flight back to LAX and home.  It was a quick trip but a great trip!  It was my first time in Asia and I LOVED every minute of it!

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Legend of the Seas

Phuket, Thailand
Singapore