Today will be the first time I will leave this ship. On a bus to Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City. Saigon in the Rain sounds like a film, but that is what happened. Started with a pho for breakfast, with a Bloody Mary and orange juice. Boarded the bus for our one-hour ride to Saigon, Took a photo of a cannonball tree. The balls and flowers have terrible smells. We got to our drop off point, the Bitexco Financial Tower, also known as the Skyrise Tower, where the skydeck is on the 49th floor. Was once the tallest building in Saigon. However, in 2018, the Landmark 81 tower was completed, making it it the second tallest in southeast Asia to Merdeka 118 of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Those numbers reflect the number of stories. We had available an hour to walk around the area, but it began to rain, so we decided to remain on the bus. Thus I called today's posting, Saigon in the Rain. Wonder what motorbike riders do in the rain? Well, h...
Again, my tasting session in The Living Room Bar was the highlight of the day. The Luminara is docked in the port of Phu Mai, Thailand. I guess this is also called Saigon Port. Lunch was a steak salad with pepperoni pizza. Except that this was not pepperoni but some other kind of sausage. On the way back to our stateroom, dropped by The Living Room Bar for a Kentucky whisky tasting, all bourbons, except the ninth one was a rye. Started with Four Roses and Basil Hayden. You can see all the bourbons from left to right. I then mixed all nine bourbons into one blend. Tasted it. Great. For something different, because there is no such thing as a peaty bourbon, I had Alfarino smoke my combo. For further uniqueness, he had a way to add bubbles. He also had a foamy additive, but said it doesn't work for whiskies. So he went ahead and made a foamy whisky sour. Should have gone for a long walk, but instead took a nap. Went to Mistr...