They signed up for a lifetime at sea on an endless cruise. High gas prices intervened

A cruise ship suspended operations suddenly, citing soaring fuel costs. Passengers, including Randy Cassingham, had to disembark in Cambodia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Cassingham about the ordeal. Transcript AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Some people love cruise vacations. Some love them so much, they signed up for a cruise that - hypothetically, at least - could last the rest of their lives. Randy Cassingham was a passenger on such a cruise for a little over two years, until last week when the cruise company, Villa Vie Residences, told everyone on board the cruise was over. Fuel prices were now too high to continue, the company said. Cassingham joins us now from his hotel room on land, where he and his wife have been stranded since Tuesday. Randy, thanks for joining us.RANDY CASSINGHAM: Thanks for having me. I'm an old NPR listener.RASCOE: So where are you? Where did the cruise end?CASSINGHAM: Cambodia. Cambodia is actually the 65th country, I believe it is, in our journey.RASCOE: So what did you hear from the company when the cruise was over?CASSINGHAM: The CEO of the company posted on our internal message board, please be off the ship by 2 o'clock. We're shutting down. We had a little ...