How to plan a trip, packing list, booking tips, and best time to visit Cozy Bay Grand
I was standing on the upper deck during a northeast monsoon sailing last November when a guest from Melbourne walked up to me, slightly green, gripping the railing. "Mike, how…
I was making the weather call at 4:30 AM last December — northeast wind building from 25 to 38 km/h, the bay surface shifting from ripples to whitecaps — when…
I was standing at the boarding gangway last Saturday when a woman stepped off the tender boat in stiletto heels. Four-inch heels on a steel deck that gets mist-wet by…
I was waiting at Tuan Chau Marina last Friday when a couple arrived at 12:15 PM — fifteen minutes after we'd cast off. They'd taken a Grab from Hanoi, hit…
I was standing at Tuan Chau Marina last November, watching three ships cancel their departures due to a sudden cold front from China. Forty-knot winds, whitecaps across the bay, and…
I was reviewing tomorrow's guest list at my desk — cabin 205, anniversary couple from Melbourne; cabin 211, solo traveler from Berlin who specifically requested a quiet room; cabin 215,…
I was folding a guest's forgotten rain jacket last Tuesday — left behind on a deck chair, still damp from the afternoon squall — when I realized this is the…