October 1 - November 6, 2009: My around the world trip began by flying from Toronto to Beijing. After spending 3 days in Beijing I took a 16-day cruise of Southeast Asia visiting Shanghai, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. Next I flew from Bangkok to Athens. After spending 2 days in Athens, Greece I took a 12-day Holy Land cruise stopping in Santorini, Parmos, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. The cruise ending in Venice, Italy where I spent two days before flying the rest of the way around the world to home. The videos are listed in the order in which they occured. less