My daughter Carin and her husband Andy and my son John and his wife Sandy gave us a New Year's gift for the Year of Ox: a cruise trip. The cruise trip includes stops at Hong Kong, South Vietnam and North Vietnam.

I enjoy the scenery and especially like Ha Long Bay. It has hills and mountains close to the sea; and there are caves inside the mountains. The landscape is very beautiful.

We really appreciate the generosity and thoughtfulness of them; we had a great time.

The top picture is Ha Long Bay. The middle one is Hong Kong night and my daughter and her husband went with us and this is the ship Costa Allegra.