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A never-ending cruise ship was their home. Now they’re stuck in Cambodia

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 28, 2026 • 10:50 PM
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Hundreds of passengers have been ordered off their round-the-world ship in Sihanoukville after the company could no longer afford the rising fuel costs.

A never-ending cruise ship was their home. Now they’re stuck in Cambodia

For the past two years, Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin have used social media to chronicle their lives on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a cruise ship that was on an around-the-world trip until it ran out of fuel in Cambodia.

Now, their dream voyage appears over. The couple is among hundreds of residents shocked by an order to disembark the ship in Sihanoukville, where the vessel has been stranded because it can’t afford fuel, which Villa Vie Residences claims has as much as quadrupled in price since the Iran war began.

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