Silk Route Odyssey – Halong Bay & Bangkok

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 24 nights from Singapore on December 9, 2026, visiting Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Nha Trang and Halong Bay, with additional stops along the Southeast Asia. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. Crossing 3 borders through the Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. You'll notice the culture shift at every stop. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Diamond Princess takes the food seriously, with 12 restaurants to choose from. 7 are included, and the rest are worth the splurge. Longer sailings have a different energy. People relax into it, stop rushing, and start actually talking to each other. Suits retirees, remote workers, or anyone who doesn't need to be anywhere else for a while. Pro tip: fly in the day before. Singapore has plenty to offer, and you'll board relaxed instead of rushed. While everyone else deals with the December cold, you'll be somewhere warmer. And floating. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.