China

March 26th Shanghai We were still in fog this morning as we sat outside the harbor waiting to get to our berth. I checked the weather forecast on my phone. It predicted an overcast day, with unhealthy air quality. We docked at 7:00, and we were...

March 27th At Sea In a Fog When I awoke this morning I could hear our foghorn. Yes we are still in the fog. The foghorn has not stopped all day, although the sun came out later this afternoon. After my huge success with the glass elephant...

March 28th Xiamen When we booked this cruise one of the things I liked about the itinerary is that we were going to stop in Keelung, Taiwan. Then we received an email from Cunard alerting us that the Chinese authorities were not happy about us...

March 29th At Sea On an even slower boat to Hong Kong When I checked our speed and position on the TV this morning we were going at 8 knots. We are certainly taking our time to get to Hong Kong. After the craft session this morning, where I...