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Hundreds of people permanently living aboard a touring cruise ship were forced to disembark in Cambodia this week after the vessel's operator said fuel price increases from the Iran war had made operations prohibitively expensive.

The Villa Vie Odyssey had been cruising the world for at least 755 days as one of only a handful of ships that offered passengers the opportunity to rent or buy long-term or even permanent residences on board.

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00:00We got thrown off the ship yesterday.
00:02They ran out of money.
00:07They don't have any money for fuel,
00:09so they told us we all have to get off.
00:12They're trying to raise money to move on to the next port,
00:16but nobody is putting money into it,
00:18so we're not going anywhere.
00:19So they threw us off.
00:24I'm hoping to continue on the ship around the world,
00:28and I know there are efforts to make that happen,
00:31and if that happens, I will return to the ship.
00:34The challenge is a lot of people now have no place to go.
00:38This was their home.
00:40They put all of their money, sold their home back in the U.S.
00:44or Australia or wherever they're from,
00:46and now they have nowhere to go.
00:58You're welcome.

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