EC editor on extended assignment until August 24

Orion II at anchor in the Russian Far East (c) John Borthwick

Your editor and keeper-of-blogs at expeditioncruising.com will set off today on assignment and a rendezvous with Orion II in the Sea of Japan, then travel south to Sabah via Philippines. Stay tuned for updates here, Yahoo! and at Cruise Weekly. Later stories will appear in Cruise Passenger, Cruise International and Escape.