Mumbai Memoir 144- Cherishing the good past!
As Mumbai gradually heads in its second lockdown, the mood of the city is pensive and bewildering. On one side people are getting vaccinated and on the other side...
Mumbai Memoir 140- Experiencing travel, nature & food beyond the ‘tunnel’!
Imagine a train running through a landscape of mountains, rivers and towns and suddenly a tunnel appears through which the train has to pass. The train is engulfed with...
Harry’s Ramblings. Cruise News
by Harry Pope This is more of an insiders background to the current cruise market. The first section concerns Italian residents with a desire to go cruising. The MSC...
Harry’s Favourite Article of the Year. Speaking on a cruise ship
by Harry Pope This is my favourite article from 2020. This has been quite a good year for me, unlike a lot of others, and started with a 14-day...
“Celestyal Cruises” offers a free travel insurance including COVID-19 cover – World Meanderings (n°101)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Celestyal Cruises the world-renowned Greek cruises company proposes a free additional insurance including the COVID-19 cover for every booking made...
Harry’s Ramblings Fleeting Celebrities
by Harry Pope Mary Berry smiled at me. Just the once, mind you, but it was memorable. At the time I had no idea who she was, it was...
Back to Greece: Zakynthos Island could boast being Greece paradise island
Back to Greece. Zakynthos Island could boast being Greece paradise island By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Even if you won’t find any ancient Greek monument on...
Mumbai Memoir 135- Virtual Travels from Mumbai city!
Travelling is a great way to free the mind. It’s a way of transporting one’s self into a totally different environment and refreshing one’s soul in the process. But...
Travelling Round Tenerife. The Truth, Warts & all! Part 3.
A very long, busy day, but really interesting! We started with a visit to Siam shopping Mall. It really was Oriental looking. Apparently the Siamese have invested money in...
Malta Diary: What links “Calypso” to Jacques Cousteau … to Malta and Gozo?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: As a young boy many were the days I spent in front of our television, huddled in an armchair, enveloped...
Malta Diary. One of my Adventures in the Mediterranean – not what you know but who you know
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Take one large melting pot, bung in equal volumes of Latin, Greek and Semitic blood...
Harry’s Ramblings; Bored? Look up a Ship
If you are really bored, Google in ‘shipping in the channel’. On the screen when you scroll down through the inevitable adverts is all about every ship in the...
Malta Diary The anecdotes of my world travels – looking back with a smile
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: What can I write about this week – beautiful skies, sands and the azure blue sea that are a...
Steve’s Sojourns. 12 top travel journalists unite on video to say: We love cruises
Twelve British travel writers have come together to produce a five-minute video explaining why they love cruises. The journalists, all working from home in lockdown, decided to act after...
Steve’s Sojourns; Azamara
Azamara’s 2021 brochure has arrived! You can download your very own to start planning your Azamara experience. If you feel like seeing in the New Year in Brazil, Australia...
Steve’s Sojourns; Viking Cruises
Viking Cruises has announced that it will further expand its destination-focused travel experiences with the launch of new Mississippi River cruises. The company’s first custom-built vessel, Viking Mississippi, will...
Steve’s Sojourns : Variety Cruises Mega yacht cruise
If you want to see the best of Greece and Turkey in 2021 have a look at this stunning 9 night package holiday from Variety Cruises Welcome to classic Aegean...
Steve’s Sojourns; Everyone loves penguins
A trip to the Antarctic will guarantee you see penguins. What it will not do is guarantee you see the ones you want. They may be some of the...
Steve’s Sojourns. First Female Cruise ship Captain.
For the first time in maritime history, an all-female bridge and onboard leadership team set sail yesterday, commemorating International Women’s Day. Led by Captain Kate McCue, the first American...
Steve’s Sojourns. Strictly Come Dancing!
Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Anton Du Beke and his dancing partner and former Strictly star Erin Boag will join Emerald Waterways for an eight-day Dancing Down The Rhône river...
Life Begins at 69
by Harry Pope When I was 69, I had a pacemaker fitted, which transformed my life. Before, I was fainting a lot in inconvenient places when my heart beat...
Steve’s Sojourns. Cruising the Nile!!!!
Orbital Travel are experts in providing small ship Nile cruises that visit all the major sites and their English-speaking qualified Egyptologists accompany you, bringing the past to life with...
Harry’s Ramblings. Lecturing accuracy
I have recently lectured on the P&O ship Oceana, giving seven talks over a 14 day period. The first four talks had already been previously written and presented, the...
Steve’s Sojourns: Maiden Voyage of new CMV cruise ship
Traditional British Cruise company Cruise and Maritime Voyages have announced the Maiden Voyage of their latest ship Amy Johnson. Following delivery and a refurbishment programme she will sail from Singapore Thursday...
Being a cruise ship lecturer
by Harry Pope It’s a great life, lecturing on cruise ships on a topic that is close to my heart – entertainment. I speak about the great British comics...
Steve’s Sojourns: The Azores, Portugal’s Atlantic gem.
Put quite simply the Azores are stunning. I had never visited before and I guess like most people I only knew about them from the weather forecast with the...
Steve’s Sojourns: Walking in Madeira and the Canary Islands
I have always been a keen if not dedicated walker and cruiser so when I saw the Ramblers Walking Holidays Trip to Madeira and the Canary Islands with Fred...
Steve’s Sojourns. Viking
For those of you who like Viking Ocean Cruises “Which” has revealed that the company has come top of the table in its annual cruise satisfaction survey, making it...
Steve’s Sojourns; Costa Rica with Noble Caledonia
I have always been a big supporter of cruising under sail. It’s not difficult to understand this, what with these 5 and six-star luxury vessels, the wind billowing out...
Steve’s Sojourns : Victoria Capital of the Seychelles
The Seychelles are thought of by many as the ultimate all year round paradise holiday destination and rightly so. However, they are not as expensive to get to and...
Favourite Article of 2019; Steve’s Sojourns: The Northern Lights
The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is one of nature’s most fantastic shows and something that has become a ‘must do’ for so many. A vibrant, dancing display of green,...
Steve’s Sojourns: Undersea exploration and luxury cruising!
For all of us who are budding Captain Nemo’s out there Scenic Eclipse has revealed a first look at its exclusive Scenic Neptune submarine as it dives below the...
Frederic’s FAvourite. A visit to Äland, the last ‘Treasure’s Island” – World Meanderings (n°76)
By Frederic de Poligny Lying right in the middle of the Baltic Sea, Äland is the main island of an archipelago of the same name, which consists...
Steve’s Sojourns: The Tobago Cays with Star Clippers
To me the real beauty of sailing onboard Star Clippers ships is that the vessels are smaller than conventional cruise ships, they can call into ports untouched by larger...
Steve’s Sojourns: Birding on St Kilda
The uninhabited Island of St Kilda lies some 41 miles off North Uist in the Western Isles and with over a million birds it is the most important seabird...
Steve’s Sojourns. Free Drinks Cruising offers from Fred Olsen!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests ‘FREE Drinks & Tips’ on over 120 cruises from April to December 2020 – on all new bookings made up to 4th...
Steves Sojourns: Noble Caledonia announce new brochures.
Noble Caledonia have announced new brochures two new cruises aboard the MS Serenissima exploring not only the wonders of Iceland but also the remote Faroe Islands. With the possibility...
Mumbai Memoir 116- Watch, Support & Sail!
November is a time when I drop my work cloak & explore & build the other dimensions of me. This year there were two occasions which made my November...
Steve’s Sojourns: Undersea Cruising!
WOW! Scenic Eclipse has revealed a first look at its exclusive Scenic Neptune submarine as it dives below the clear aquamarine Caribbean waters, during its inaugural season captained by...
Steve’s Sojourns: The Corinth Canal
Having recently passed through the Corinth Canal myself on a small sailing ship I was amazed to see that Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed that its 929-guest ship, Braemar,...