For a holiday with a difference you can’t go wrong with cruises to the Far East, including the wonders of China, Cambodia and Thailand. Cruises tend to start from a few of the larger cosmopolitan cities such as the cultural hotspot Bangkok in Thailand and you will have no shortage of things to do in Thailand’s bustling capital. Hong Kong, now part of China, this former British colony has a life of its own and is truly a 24 hour a day living city. If culture and history is your thing, then a pre or post cruise land stay will often lead to visiting such wondrous and historic places such as the Great Wall of China or the Forbidden City. Cruising in the Far East is relatively new to the world of cruising and yet is so popular more ships than ever before are being sent to the region as cruisers lap up the pleasures of this mysterious land.