On Sept 22 we left Vancouver Canada for Asia via Ketchikan,Juneau,Skagway and Whittier Alaska. Six days at sea brought us to Muroran Japan, then Vladvostok, Russia, Pusan South Korea, and Dalian,Qingdao and Xingang China. In Xingang we took the ships tour to the great wall. It was a wonderful way to see these ports and easy, as the ship handled all the paper work. Most ports had free shuttles into the city so it was possible to do your own thing or take a ship's tour. From Xingang we went to Shanghai, Okinawa Japan, Keelung Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nha Trang and Phu My Vietnam, Sinagapore then to Bangkok (Laem Chabang). From there we flew via Quantas to Sydney Australia to catch the Star Princess back to Las Angeles, a 30 day trip. Again the ports of Okinawa, Hongkong, Nha Trang and Singapore had shuttles into the cities. The only port we misjudged was Keelung, where we had planned to take the train to Taipei. However we were there on a Sunday, thus the train schedule was not suitable to a day trip. In Phu My (for Saigon) we took the ships tour to Saigon as the port is isolated. It was well worth taking the ships tour. The only problem we encounter was with Quantas, as we assumed they would charge for a second bag as do the American airlines. From what we were able to understand they charge about $25 US a kilogram for extra weight, thus the airport personnel got some free things from us. The flight personnel were excellent, just plan to travel with one bag and read all the fine print about weight! The ship was excellent. There was a super typhoon that moved up from Japan and toward Alaska; however the Captain took the ship behind the Aleutian Islands avoiding the worst of it. We like the way we were kept informed from the bridge on daily weather, port rules, regulations and documents we needed with us ashore. Food and service was outstanding and it was the little things that made the ship home. We will definitely do it again.