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2015 Cruise around Indonesia - part 1

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We flew into Singapore and jumped into a taxi for the Singapore Cruise Center. Dropped off 25 minutes later – but unfortunately at the Marina Bay Singapore Cruise Center! Complete emptiness except for 2 guards, one of whom tried to flag (without success) the taxi before it departed. The other guard called a new taxi and we did not have much of a wait before it arrived (in the meantime another couple of people showed up in a taxi but were given instructions to go to the correct center). Finally another 15 minutes later we arrived at Singapore Cruise Center @ HarbourFront! And joined a very small queue checking in and boarding. This cruise is on the Holland America Line, aboard their flagship Rotterdam. Not as large as the Celbrity ships I have been on but of good size. When we joined the ship it had already been underway for about 35 days sailing from Southhampton UK to Dubai and on to Singapore. It does that return voyage after we do the 14 days around Singapore. We have met a