Pensioners who sold their homes for an 'endless cruise' are left HOMELESS after the ship is stranded in Cambodia

Florida-based Villa Vie Residences abruptly halted operations of the 509-cabin MV Odyssey in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, giving more than 200 passengers only seven hours to gather their belongings and disembark. Founder Mikael Petterson says fuel costs jumped from $1,800 to as much as $8,000 per cabin each month after Trump's Iran war drove oil prices sharply higher. Randy Cassingham, 66, and his wife Kit, 71, had sold their home and car to live aboard permanently and now have no home to go back to.

Cabins were priced at up to $440,000, with buyers surrendering homes, cars and pensions in exchange for a promised lifetime at sea.

Petterson described himself as "the villain" but attributed the cruise's financial collapse to Trump's Iran war sending costs beyond what the venture could sustain.

Crystal Lavering, 72, of California, says the 18 months she spent at sea meant she no longer needed the walking cane that had been part of her daily life at home.