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Imagine buying a home on a cruise ship only to be told two years into your voyage that you got
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to get off. That's what's happening to more than 200 people aboard a U.S.-based cruise ship now
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docked in Cambodia. The company, Villa V Residences, says it's suspending operations because it can no
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longer afford the fuel. And the numbers are pretty staggering. Listen to this. Monthly fuel costs
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which used to average about $1,800 per cabin have shot up to as much as $8,000 in parts of Asia
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The ship, called the Odyssey, was two years into a three-year voyage around the world
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Passengers could buy or rent cabins and live on board as the ship traveled from country to country
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Now, all 203 passengers, most of them Americans, have been told to leave. The company says it's
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helping them find temporary places to stay while it tries to restructure its finances over the next
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60 days. But there's no guarantee the voyage will resume. And for people who made this ship their
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home, there's still no clear answer about what happens next
