Cruising the World’s Oceans: Rotterdam 91-Day Far East Cruise, Volume 3 (English Edition)

This volume continues the journey on this awesome cruise. I discuss visiting exotic ports in the Far East, to include those in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India. Highlights among these ports include: a discussion of Wallacea, a demographic line demarcating vastly different flora and fauna in the Far East that still exists today, and a visit to Borobudur, an ancient Mahayana Buddhist and UNESCO World Heritage site, discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles after its abandonment of many centuries. I also discuss a vist to Komodo Island, seeing the Komodo Dragon, an endangered and rare species of lizard, whose visit was in its raw, uncaged and natural habitat. The last two highlights were visits in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, and to Mumbai, India. The ship then returned to Singapore, whose unique history makes it a special place. Each of these, and other less well known ports of call are described as I spent time there.