It's embarassing, but since we came on board we seem to find little time to attend to our blog. There are daily excursions and activities, and we have also been trying to catch up on our sleep. The latter because we first boarded our ship after 3 in the morning. Our journey from Kuala Lumpur had been relatively smooth, except for a long wait in Dubai. However, in Prague we changed airlines and Malev Airlaines cancelled our flight. Instead, hours later, they flew us to Warsaw, 180 degrees the wrong direction, and from there to Budapest. Here the airport was virtually empty, with everything closed and no representative from the travel company to greet us. Fortunately we were able to find a minibus that took us to the harbour and allowed us to pay for it by credit card, as we had no Hungarian forints.
Budapest is a lovely city; I liked it best of all the places we visited. There are some vary imposing castles and palaces along the river and up the slopes of the Buda side of town. We were moored close to a Reformed Church, built on the river bank opposite government house, and we had an opportunity to look around. It was more high church than our churches, but apparently they have a weekly ateendance of around 500. Their program looked encouraging, with a lot of emphasis on youth work. We had a long walk through the city, enjoying the sights, though it got pretty warm - just under 40 degrees.
Sorry, but I am still having difficulty uploading photos (and they are out of proportion), but hope to have some more posted next time. Here are a few I managed to uploao from our Cambodian venture
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| Stan and Nicole show us Siem Reap |
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| An unasked for massage |
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| After this little boy (Pal) gave me an unasked for massage I thought he deserved a reward. |
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