{"id":2544,"date":"2025-03-03T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/merrily-we-cruise-along\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T00:19:00","slug":"merrily-we-cruise-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/merrily-we-cruise-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrily we cruise along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our first \u2018sea day\u2019 and we spent time exploring the ship and relaxing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also an onboard lecture about the two Thailand locations we were going to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch we had a shirt nap and got ready for the dinner we were both looking forward to the most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1139-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1139\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morning coffee on the veranda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1140-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1140\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The \u2018Persian Garden\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1141-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1141\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You can do glass blowing on a ship. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1142-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1142\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meeting the lecturer, Suzanne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1143-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1143\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Captain Theo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1144-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1144\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1145-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1145\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1146-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1146\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2025-southeastasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/images-posts\/1147-merrily-we-cruise-along.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1147\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first \u2018sea day\u2019 and we spent time exploring the ship and relaxing. 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