Silversea offers saving for Australia to Asia sailings

ULTRA-LUXURY cruise line Silversea, is offering exceptional savings on a number of voyages to Asia in 2018 and 2019 with an All-Inclusive Package promotion now available on new bookings made before 31 July 2018. The savings program includes free economy roundtrip air or business-class air upgrade for AUD$999 each way for flights from select Australian gateways; free one-night pre-cruise hotel stay; free transfers between airport, hotel and ship; and at least one free shore excursion in every port.

Silversea’s shore experiences are carefully crafted to reveal the cultural, historical and natural treasures of Asia, from Vietnam’s surreal Ha Long Bay and the tropical paradise of Koh Samui to the golden temples of Myanmar. Nearly 20 new options have been added, totalling approximately 180 free shore excursions, complemented by additional shore options available for purchase.

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Myanmar Magic

SANCTUM Inle is nestled on the banks of one of Myanmar's most compelling destinations, the storied Inle Lake renowned for its legendary one-legged rowers, floating gardens, and stilted wooden homes.

The 94-room resort has been named among the Top 50 Resorts in Asia in Condé Nast Traveler's 2017 Readers' Choice Awards. In 2016, Sanctum Inle was recognised by Agoda's Customer Review Awards for 2016 with an overall score of 9.3.

The resort has been recognised among Condé Nast Traveler's 2017 Readers Choice Awards' 'Top Resorts in Asia' category and has also been selected for inclusion on Condé Nast Traveler India's Hot List of Best New Hotels in the World for 2017.
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Still smiling . . .

THE Smiling Seahorse, a French run scuba diving company operating dive cruises in #Thailand and #Myanmar announced that it has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.

The Smiling Seahorse operates liveaboard #dive cruises for the last 6 years out of Ranong. Running trips in the best spots of Thailand (namely Surin and Similans Islands) and of Myanmar, also known as Burma, Mergui Archipelago is a new destination offering wonderful dives to the adventurous divers.

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Welcome to . . .

Adam Jacot de Boinod’s  Wide World of Cultures 

• In Myanmar, it is taboo for a pregnant woman to go to a funeral or visit a cemetery, while in Bhutan passing a funeral is good luck and passing a wedding is bad luck. 

• Cambodians associate colours with luck or the lack of it: Monday is orange and a good day for spending and not lending money; Wednesday is green and not a good haircutting day; Saturday is black and a bad day to attempt anything too ambitious but a good day for getting in touch with one's ancestry. 

• Armenians from the former Soviet Union believe that giving an even number of flowers brings bad luck. 

• Among Latin Americans, the gift of a knife or knives suggests the cutting of a relationship; yet this notion can be blunted by including a coin with the knives. 

• In Hong Kong, present your gift with both hands. 

• In the Middle East, a handkerchief suggests tears or parting, and therefore is inappropriate as a gift. 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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