Cruising gets MODERN

Forget mega-ships with glitzy casinos and Broadway shows, Emma Justice travels from Bangkok to Hong Kong on a new small ocean cruiser full of Scandinavian charm – and plenty of opportunity for on-shore adventures…

It’s not every day you meet a rocket scientist on a cruise ship sailing up the Mekong towards Ho Chi Minh City. But then this wasn’t an ordinary day and the Viking Orion is no ordinary cruise ship. the rocket scientist in question, Dr James teslow, worked on Nasa’s space programme and is one of the orion’s resident astronomers. He was on board to give a thought-provoking talk about the small matter of the universe. It sounds mind-boggling – and it was, but brilliantly so. I had just listened to his lecture in the on-board planetarium, before disembarking to explore Vietnam, our more earthbound destination. but this wasn’t the only surprise on the Viking orion’s inaugural 15-day southeast asia cruise. the previous evening I was gently whipped by birch sticks…

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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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