We are sitting in Hilton Wangfujing in Beijing; fantastic room and hotel so a very slow return to reality. Ship was wonderful for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (even though both were port days) and Anatoli, Aleksandr, David, and Ray ensured we had a fantastic anniversary. Food and service were absolutely wonderful through the trip. It was really hard to leave today. I am really looking forward to ROO in December as a reasonably long 36 days without a changeover of passengers; should make a long trip even better.

Three days in Beijing then onto Harbin; I think it will be return home (wherever that is) before we get pictures posted.

Marc