1.   On a recent Tuesday morning, passengers crowded the front of the whale watching boat Rachel G.

2.   Some excursions had to be canceled, and when the tenders finally did go ashore, sometimes grumbling passengers crowded the corridors waiting to get aboard.

3.   Passengers crowded the terminal building and others stood outside in warm sunshine.

4.   Down below, passengers crowd subway stations festooned with larger-than-life pictures of soccer stars.

5.   Stranded passengers crowded the airports.

6.   When the descent into Hanoi was announced, the passengers crowded around the windows, some weeping silently.