We have swapped ever-moving ocean views for land based seascapes. Where thankfully the cruise set formal nights (tie) give way to the elegant simplicity of all things Thai. (no neckwear involved)
Our Sapphire Princess docked in Marina Bay in Singapore early on Saturday morning, giving us plenty of time to have our last luxurious breakfast on board before joining the massed throngs looking for a taxi to the airport. Like one of those controlled Disneyland queuing systems where you constantly meet the same people opposite as you come and go.
Credit must however go to our favourite cruise line where continual perfection–down to the finest nth degree–is the accepted norm. What a great mob!
Welcome to the resort of Cape Panwa on the south eastern tip of Phuket and far away from the madding crowd. This is the supposed off-season where all is genteel and the view across the bay from the tiny settlement is reminiscent of Italy’s Lake Como, but with higher humidity levels. But sit quietly in a shaded breezeway and it is not long before you are nodding off
Not too much to do here, especially given my misspent youth at North Cott beach resulting in me permanently getting sunburnt, even on a Scottish ferry boat in winter. Lounging on the beach under swaying palm trees seems to have lost its gloss these days.
Weather note: we have experienced perfect weather with very very few exceptions. Hong Kong and Southern China got hit by a typhoon a week after we sailed by and another is brewing off the coast of the Philippines in readiness for the Sapphire Princess on its return journey Singapore back to Shanghai.
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