SeaDream I – Blog 3: Sailing to Tangier
After settling into our stateroom on the ship – sorry, yacht – we set sail.
Seadream I – Blog 2: Atlantic Crossing
After a long flight from Sydney, we spent three days relaxing in Madrid.
Seadream I – Blog 1: Atlantic Crossing
I have returned from a long journey to many far off places
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 9
Today, after breakfast, we bid farewell to APT’s La Marguerite and boarded an air-conditioned coach for a two-hour journey to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 8
After breakfast (at which I had my new favourite dish, chicken pho), we were taken ashore by a local boat to explore Sa Dec.
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 7
Today we visited our first town in Vietnam.
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 6
This morning we sailed towards the Cambodia/Vietnam border.
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 5
We spent all of today in Phnom Penh – there was a lot to see.
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 4
This morning La Marguerite docked at Chong Koh, a silk weaving village.
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 3
This morning, after an enormous buffet breakfast...
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 2
When our motor launches pulled alongside La Marguerite, we boarded...
APT Mekong River Cruise – Blog 1
After flying to Singapore, my wife and I took a one-hour flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
True North Kimberley Jaunt – Part One
My curiosity was initially piqued when the bus taking us and our luggage drove onto the beach at Broome’s picturesque Gantheaume Point....where was the pier, I wondered? Then, as I saw the True North anchored out in the bay......
Visit the Alaskan longhouses on your next cruise
Among the most distinctive and important examples of native Alaskan buildings are communal longhouse
The history of cruise ship doctors
Scurvy, seasickness and, if you were unlucky, amputation by saw – such were the challenges for shipboard doctors...
Why Christmas on a cruise is the way to spend the holidays
Many years ago on I took a cruise one Christmas. Living in London at the time, it was a joy to escape the cold, the last minute gift shopping frenzy, and the endless queues at the supermarket days before Christmas Eve.......
