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Clockwise from left: Viking Orion against the dramatic backdrop of Hong Kong Harbour; an al fresco dining option onboard; a local woman wearing a traditional hat; sunset over Sihanoukville, Cambodia 28 VIKINGCRUISES.CO.UK | SPRING 2020
TRAVEL PHOTOS: © ISTOCK; AWL; CHRIS CALDICOTT That evening, Viking Orion proved its onboard culinary credentials with a fabulous zingy lobster Pad Thai, a delicate banana blossom curry and an aromatic Tom Yum Goong soup on its ‘La Route Des Indes’ destination-inspired Chef’s Table tasting menu. By the time we set sail for Cambodia, all my reservations had evaporated into the warm tropical air. My spacious Scandinavian-style stateroom with sliding glass doors onto a private veranda was ideal for room service breakfasts, and drifting off to sleep open to fresh air and the sound of the sea. With my body clock still in a distant time zone I woke early, so headed to the promenade deck which I had all to myself. As the ship powered its way across the mill pond calm sea, the pace of my quarter of a mile circumambulations quickened as I drank in the spectacle of a starboard silver moon setting into an inky sky and the port side pre-dawn colours emerging behind crimson crested fluffy clouds. I completed 20 circuits (five miles and 10,000 steps) before breakfast, a brilliant start to any day! In Sihanoukville I signed up for a cooking school excursion to a chef training institute, where eager smily young students taught me and a small group of fellow passengers to make the creamy coconut and kroeung curry paste infused Khmer favourite, fish amok. After visiting the monks at Wat Krom monastery the next morning on the included tour, I jumped ship and headed off with some new friends to an idyllic white sand beach where we stayed until sunset, watched with a cold Angkor beer and steaming bowls of wok stirfried Kampot pepper crab. Far from being dull, sea days offered a welcome chance to re-group, read and soak up some sun. I relaxed into a routine of early morning promenade walks, dips in the infinity pool (that felt like an extension of the sea), lazy alfresco lunches on the SPRING 2020 | VIKINGCRUISES.CO.UK 29
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