The Diamond Princess left Singapore yesterday and will take the following route. Our first stop will be the largest port in Malaysia, Military Port Kelang, also known as Port Klang.  Kuala Lumpur is 24 miles away. We were here when our Regent Seven Seas Explorer stopped at Port Klang 3 years ago, so we we'll skip the tour and save $500.  These tours are not cheap.  On the Regent, all tours are free.  However, you pay a lot/night.   Click on this and read the details of our previous visit .  I'll show some highlight photos. The Blue Mosque. Hindu temple, Second tallest building in the world, Merdeka 118. A Kuala Lumpur street scene. Day 3 means a short stop at Langkawi. We might go on a tour, and maybe not. Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands Was a haven for pirates in the northern part of the Strait of Malacca. Ruled by the British until Malaya gained independence in 1957. Now gets 3.5 foreign tourists/year. I asked Google AI about Langkawi ...

Well the most important thing to report has to do with that typhoon that formed the day we originally departed Yokohama.  According to  Wikipedia : Typhoon Koto , known in the Philippines as   Typhoon Verbena , was a fairly strong and erratic  tropical cyclone  that impacted much of the  Visayas  and portions of  Luzon and  Mindanao  in the  Philippines . The twenty-seventh  named storm  and fourteenth  typhoon  of the  annual typhoon season , Koto developed off the eastern coast of Mindanao on November 23, then tracked westward across the country, making seven landfalls before emerging over the South China Sea, where it strengthened into a typhoon. However, the system gradually weakened and became virtually stationary off the coast of Vietnam before dissipating altogether. Let me begin with Day 9 on the Diamond Princess.  Did not do much except eat and sleep.  Lunch came in two parts. ...

Today, more doings on the Diamond Princess as we now head towards Tropical Storm Koto and Ho Chi Minh City.  Another evening, and it seems we've done this before. First, drinks in the Crooner's Bar. A quick pre-show dinner in the International Dining Room. Then to Princess Theater for a performance by the 60s Four, an Australian group, singing hit songs of the 70s.  They specialize in 60s songs, so another show will no doubt be coming.  The theater was fully packed. Okay show, but I only recognized half of their songs.  I think this was because there were many hits in Australia that never became popular in the USA.  Next to the Explorers for karaoke. Explorers for a Liars Club show, followed by karaoke. To Club Fusion for disco dancing, Mascot of ship is Stanley the Bear.   Walked 3535 steps on Day 8. Next day, we are in Hong Kong. Lunch of two noodles with sake and beer. Night came, and had drinks watching the lights of Hong Kong, The weather was comfortab...