The final night on the Diamond Princess was fabulous.  Started with the usual dinner.  And I'll stop describing them because they look familiar. But will mention that I finished with a Baked Alaska, the traditional last night of a cruise dessert. The final celebration was boffo, I have three more videos to go, but they are now downloading. So I'll add them later. That was not all, for we had a midnight snack of hot dog and fries, with a gin and tonic, Last day showed that I had walked 3254 steps. Before departing the Diamond Princess, had breakfast on our veranda. Getting through the process of immigration and customs in Singapore was a breeze.  Turned out that getting a taxi to the Marriott Tang Plaza was easy. Getting close to our hotel.  This is where the Orchard Road Christmas lights begin. We love the Marriott Tang Plaza for everything is around us, from a shopping plaza below us to the excellent Executive Club and so forth. Went to lunch in our hotel, Wan Hao, ...

  One news item.  Democrats did well on election night this week.    Abortion adds to Republican woes. We arrived in Yokohama this morning and went back to the Sheraton Yokohama Bay.  A truly wonderful 9-day cruise. There were some negatives: The bed widths were too small.  I worry about falling out of bed, and was concerned.  Amazingly enough, I slept well, and must have averaged 8 hours/night. Like in 15 Craigside, the shower is combined in the tub, and it was dangerous to get in and out.  There were safety bars, but not enough of them.  Plus the shower head was placed awkwardly, We took no tours, but that was by our choice. I'm trying to think what else was bad....and might come back to add more. This was, maybe, the best cruise we have ever taken.  Better than the recent Regent 7 Seas, Seabourn and Norwegian adventures.  Why? The service was exceptional. The cuisine was uniformly terrific. The Japanese washlet toilet was warm. T...