We started our cruise to South Asia on February 13, 2018 when we flew to San Francisco.  We spent a night there and then flew 17 hours to Singapore. A long long flight.  We spent 3 days touring Singapore and found the city to be a unique and fascinating place.  We boarded the Sapphire Princess  on February 18.  We enjoyed all the ports of call and  felt the quality service on board the Sapphire  exceeded what we had experienced on other Princess ships. On the return trip, we spent another night in San Francisco before heading back to the cold East.