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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen you visit a cricket farm, as we did in Vietnam, you naturally expect to see crickets and you anticipate being invited to eat them. We were — and did…okay, one of us did.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The most popular dish on the AmaDara river cruiser was, without question, Cambodian soup and while it was often available throughout the day it was a breakfast specialty.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Vietnamese spring rolls are available on this side of the Pacific but the ones at our favourite Saigon restaurant, Quan Bui, were better than any in North America.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This is not what you think, it’s just the work of a creative pastry chef on the ship, and it definitely tasted better than it looked, although Cambodian crocs are a delicacy.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This is what it you think, a man eating a tarantula. It was at a stop called Spidertown, the tour guide’s is Nyphea and the tarantula wasn’t wiggling…except when he crunched it.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Dessert is always a welcome respite when you’re eating in adventureland, and this delectable trilogy of dragon fruit (red), mango and banana really hit the spot.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n • Legends In Concert move from Norwegian Epic to the Pearl Today at <\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>Preview of the new Carnival Vista <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n When you go to a foreign land and eat local food, sometimes you’re never quite sure what you’re eating, or if you are indeed eating what the locals say. It is a culinary adventure, to say the least, and after visiting Southeast Asia for the first time we better understood why locals eat what they… Continue reading Friday File: A Taste Of Southeast Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,1893,36],"tags":[2081,1223,2112,280,137,912,72,819,35,831,26,27,2113,1480,33,2114,2115,43],"class_list":["post-25802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-photos","category-reviews","tag-amadara","tag-asian-cruises","tag-asian-food","tag-cambodia","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-liberty-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-quan-bui","tag-river-cruising","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-southeast-asia","tag-spidertown","tag-vietnam","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\t• Royal Caribbean's new catchphrase for marketing — 'Come Seek'
\n\t• Carnival latest cruise line to relax carry-on policy for beverages<\/p>\n
\n\tRoyal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tNovember 29, 2015
\n\tGalveston<\/a> (return): Falmouth<\/a>, Grand Cayman<\/a>, Cozumel<\/a>
\n\tInside: $430
\n\tCost per day: $61<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"