It seems that every city built on the water offers a dinner cruise. Living for many years in Toronto I have always enjoyed taking the ferry across to the Toronto Islands, but never have gone on a dinner cruise in Toronto's harbour.
In Ho Chi Minh you can walk from downtown to the Saigon River. There is a small park with a choice of four or five different boats, all of them handling 100 - 300 passengers. The tables are set and tourists enjoy a meal as they cruise up and down the river. We can see the brightly lit boats at night from our apartment. Frankly view from the boat are mostly of dockyards so the attraction must be being on the water. We have not been tempted to try it.
In Dubai several months ago, while with International Church pastors we were treated to a dinner cruise with our group of 40 that went around the harbour as we ate. The scenery there was more enjoyable varied as you could view the changing city skyline.
Yesterday I enjoyed a lunch cruise with a small group of men. There are dozens of small boats that offer this river cruise. They all seem to be the size of our boat - just large enough for 14 of us to sit on cushions at a low table. The entire dinner was set out before the boat left dock. Then we went slowly up river driven by a loud motor that made conversation almost impossible. However when we turned for the return trip, we enjoyed the silence as we floated back with the current carrying us.
The view was of a grassy, heavily treed river bank, with some houses peering through the trees. Some large fish farms with dozens of fish pens were located at several points in the river. I am told the fish are fed antibiotics (and maybe hormones?) to make the fish grow faster and larger. We also saw several school age boys doing some fishing on their own in the river. It was a nice casual 75 minute lunch break for our group.
I was given the opportunity to speak three times to these men yesterday and once this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to connect with men from seven different countries, all bound together in Christ. I speak once more to another group tonight and then fly back to Ho Chi Minh tomorrow.
It is always a privilege to see and hear of what God is doing. His work continues in every country of the world, for God loves the nations and longs to bring them to Himself.
In Ho Chi Minh you can walk from downtown to the Saigon River. There is a small park with a choice of four or five different boats, all of them handling 100 - 300 passengers. The tables are set and tourists enjoy a meal as they cruise up and down the river. We can see the brightly lit boats at night from our apartment. Frankly view from the boat are mostly of dockyards so the attraction must be being on the water. We have not been tempted to try it.
In Dubai several months ago, while with International Church pastors we were treated to a dinner cruise with our group of 40 that went around the harbour as we ate. The scenery there was more enjoyable varied as you could view the changing city skyline.
Yesterday I enjoyed a lunch cruise with a small group of men. There are dozens of small boats that offer this river cruise. They all seem to be the size of our boat - just large enough for 14 of us to sit on cushions at a low table. The entire dinner was set out before the boat left dock. Then we went slowly up river driven by a loud motor that made conversation almost impossible. However when we turned for the return trip, we enjoyed the silence as we floated back with the current carrying us.
The view was of a grassy, heavily treed river bank, with some houses peering through the trees. Some large fish farms with dozens of fish pens were located at several points in the river. I am told the fish are fed antibiotics (and maybe hormones?) to make the fish grow faster and larger. We also saw several school age boys doing some fishing on their own in the river. It was a nice casual 75 minute lunch break for our group.
I was given the opportunity to speak three times to these men yesterday and once this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to connect with men from seven different countries, all bound together in Christ. I speak once more to another group tonight and then fly back to Ho Chi Minh tomorrow.
It is always a privilege to see and hear of what God is doing. His work continues in every country of the world, for God loves the nations and longs to bring them to Himself.
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