We spent 10 days visiting the tourist attractions from the cities visited on our cruise trip from Hong Kong to Singapore.

 

Link to still image montage of Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore visit:-

https://youtu.be/abnrizZ-oB4

 

 

 

Hong Kong to Singapore

We visited in January 2018 for a 10 day cruise. The climate was temperate and ideal for open air trips and excursions and warmer as we got towards Thailand and Singapore.

 

Given the geographical distances between these countries, we decided that the cruise option, for first time visitors, was the easiest option, with a view to doing a return visit to preferred countries/ locations at a later stage. 

 

We flew, via London, to Hong Kong where we stayed overnight before picking up the Celebrity cruise ship. 

We did tours of Hong Kong from the ship and then departed for Hanoi in Vietnam. We toured Hanoi and also did a day long trip around  Halong bay and the Thien Cung Caves.

Our next port of call was Da Nang, a disappointingly industrial port on the coast. However, the coach trip to Vietnam war sites across the mountains were very interesting.

We next visited Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City where we took a city tour and a further tour of the Cu Chi tunnels.

Our next port of call was Bangkok in Thailand where we took a city tour and a further tour of Pattaya Beach.

Finally we visited Singapore where we spent two nights and took tours of the city.

We then flew from Singapore to Hong Kong and from there to London and finally flew home to Dublin .

 

A sense of Hong Kong_to_Singapore-2018

A great trip, from the luxury of the cruise ship. Our general experience of the these various countries is that the people are extremely friendly. There is a complete culture difference between our existence in the west and their eastern life style.

Hong Kong is still very British due to its previous United Kingdom status albeit with a enormous Chinese influence. Singapore is a very impressive city, very clean and efficient, with lots to see and do.

 

Recommendations for Hong Kong_to_Singapore-2018

There is an enormous language barrier, if you only speak English. So it lends itself to undertaking guided group tours.

In each of the six cities,  we visited a great cross section of the local tourist attractions. We also visited some of the local temples and these left us with a genuine respect for their eastern religions and culture.

The street food in all of the cities is fantastic to look at and superb to taste, however, if you have a delicate stomach, you should take extreme care when partaking in street food.

 

Our must see recommendation for a trip from Hong Kong to Singapore.

 

(1) Our visit to the Cu Chi tunnels was the highlight of our entire Cruise trip, and a real eye-opener. 

 

(2) Our second choice would be a longer stay in Singapore.

 

(3) Our third choice would be the trip around Halong Bay by boat.

 

As always, the people we met on the trip, enriched the whole experience.

 

“You should travel away from home, to really appreciate the value of what you have at  home, on your return.” 

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“Happiness is found in the journey and rarely in the destination, alone.