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I had Typhoid & Hep A vaccinations as recommended by my surgery. Just a point to note for some people, if you are travelling on an Irish passport you will need a full visa for Vietnam.

I got mine about 2/3 weeks before departure.

Just back from Far East and asked some of the staff if they knew if this would go ahead as planned - opinion seemed to be that they would not know until much nearer the time.

Just back from the Far East cruise, can recommend.

Hi Paul I'm on this soon 😁 and have had Hep A & Thyphoid as recommended by my surgery.

Thanks for the link 🙂

That's a great help CruiserGY. Just out of interest (and my usual pre holiday nerves/panic 🙄), did everyone get processed Ok? Did anyone that you know of get questionned/searched? It always worries me that I will fall foul of something that is normal here (e.g. Chewing gum) but very bad there! Wouldn't want to get busted for having gaviscon or something on my person!

Thanks CruiserGY. I was having a look at this yesterday and have downloaded the Singapore app and scanned in my passport, looks ok to use. Was worried about the Malaysian one as their website was slow and did not look user friendly, but won't worry about this now!

Thanks for the video link, very informative. Then I clicked on one of the videos next to it and it looks like I need a Malaysian entry card as well as the rules changed last week! Just when I thought I'd got all the rules covered! 🙄

In on this in February, and so far have booked: Best of Kuala lumpa 7 hrs £61 Heights & Sights of Penang 4.5 hrs £46 Temples, canals & shops in Bangkok 9.5 hrs £52 Ho chi minh city highlights 9 hrs £67 As said above I think the most expensive trip over the 2 weeks was £118 to James bond island, looks spectacular.

My direct line home policy includes worldwide insurance including cruises. Maybe your home insurer has an add on?

I've always tried to take the stairs as I am quite fit, am mindful of others need, and in an attempt to burn off cake. But on one cruise I was many floors away from the action and determined that the stairs wouldn't beat me, I continued up and down all week. It took weeks after getting home for my tendons to recover. Now, I try to pace myself a bit better. Stairs are hard work for a lot of able bodied people but I agree that wheelchairs etc should get priority, that's just manners.

PS: Miami covers a vast area. I did the tour that took in Little Havana, which is one road with cigar shops interspersed with Starbucks, Dominoes etc. We didn't see South Beach, that was a different direction. Then we did the bay tour where you gawp at rich people's houses! In my opinion you need to do a tour, whether that is with Marella or independently.

There were no shuttle buses when I was there in May. It looked at least a half hour walk by the side of a busy road to go to & from the port. I was intending to walk back from the Bay Side shopping area when we had done our bay cruise, but it was so hot that I decided to go back with the coach, although there were some taxis about, it would only be 5 minutes in a taxi.

I was in premium economy this time which included fast track. Literally straight through. This was in May. Now peak season so would expect some queuing.