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,...
Steve’s Sojourns; The Galapagos Islands
I’ve never been to the Galapagos Islands but I’m impressed by Silversea Cruises expedition around this natural wonder, back to the beginning of time. You can sail on their...
Steve’s Sojourns: Sailing around the Peloponnese, Day 1
Your first impression of the Galileo is of old-world opulence. Walking through the lovely dining room set for dinner you can’t help but be impressed. Once we’re settled...
A great inaugural cruise for “Norwegian Encore” – World Meanderings (n°75)
By Annick Dournes I had the privilege to attend the inaugural cruise of “Norwegian Encore”, the brand new cruise ship launched by Norwegian Cruise Line. With...
Steve’s Sojourns: The Northern Lights
The first time you see the Northern Lights, or to be strictly accurate the aurora borealis, is a moment that will stay with you for the rest of your...
Harry’s Ramblings, Split
Next to Italy, on the eastern end of the northern Mediterranean, there used to be a country called Yugoslavia. This part of the coast has been fought over by...
Cruising: Riviera Travel’s Christmas Markets River Cruise
The scent of glühwein, cinnamon and spices. Stalls in ancient town squares overflowing with continental yuletide treats all surrounded by tall medieval buildings and cathedrals bathed in magical lighting...
Steve’s Soujourns: Cruising on the West Coast of Scotland
The scenery of western Scotland has got to be to be some of the finest in the world. If you are very lucky you will see it from its...
Environment Issues: Cruise Ship Captain takes plastic problem personally
Seeing the problems caused to oceans and beaches by plastic bottles and other flotsam and jetsam prompted Captain Antoniou Leontios, Master of the Variety Cruises vessel Panorama II, to...
Steve’s Sojourns; Cruising : Noble Caledonia’s new brochures.
Noble Caledonia have announced their latest brochure releases for land and cruise tours. If you are interested in a cultural river voyage for example there are details of their...
Karl’s Chronicles; Article 8. Across the Volta, (well almost!)
Standing at the muddy shore of the milky brown waters of Lake Volta it became glaringly obvious, that any pretence of catching the Yapei Queen south to Akosombo was...
Steve’s Sojourns: Under sail along the Italian Coast.
Splashes of warm Mediterranean spray rose up and slapped across my face as the bow of the ship dipped into the swell. Until that point, I had been blissfully...
Steve’s Sojourns; Emerald Waterways
Emerald Waterways has exclusively chartered a small-ship which has been designed to sail the Dalmatian coast from April 2020. Book one of its two insightful Dalmatian coast itineraries today...
Cross the oceans to the blue-feet-boobies’ country – World Meanderings (n°71)
By Frederic de Poligny & Annick Dournes Can you answer this tickling quizz? What is this strange country where these “blue-feet-boobies” freely...
Steve’s Sojourns; Cruising: APT launch new Myanmar River cruise.
APT have launched a new itinerary for their Myanmar departures River cruising and touring specialists APT have launched a new itinerary for their Myanmar departures which set sail from...
Steve’s Sojourns; Luxury Under Sail
More people want to be environmentally friendly when they take a cruise these days and you can’t get much greener than a sailing ship especially one that has been...
Steve’s Sojourns A river cruise down the Rhone with Shearings/ARosa
I like a river cruise! So we tried one with Shearings on the ARosa Stella with only 160 people on board. The ARosa Stella is not as grandiose...
Steve’s Sojourns The Bass Rock
The Bass Rock is the largest single island gannet colony in the world and described by Sir David Attenborough as one of Earth’s twelve wildlife wonders. Most people...
Steve’s Soujorns First Time to the fiords?
Cruising give you option of keeping costs down as Norway is so expensive food and drink wise. You can also see the Northern Lights or the Midnight Sun...
Steve’s Sojourns A cruise taster.
Cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) is offering the ideal opportunity to try cruising for the first time this Summer on a 2-night mini cruise. The traditional and...
Steve’s Sojourns. Sniffed by the Inuits.
Fancy being sniffed by the Inuits? Well if not and you land on the small community of Oqaatusat in western Greenland be ready! I heard the sound of the...
Steve’s Sojourns – Sunbathing at midnight
As we slipped gently out of Bergen harbour on the evening tide the sun began to wash the city with a soft orange almost golden cast. There a few...
Steve’s Sojourns Small Ship cruising CroisiEurope’s Elegant “ Belle des Oceans”
Croisieurope‘s latest addition to their fleet, the RV Belle des Oceans, translates as “The Beauty of Oceans”. Without a doubt, any of this ship’s exotic journeys are likely to...
Steve’s Sojourns “ Sampling the Fjords and wonderful railways.”
Life itself is an adventure and the cruise companies have realised that there is a growing segment between the purist adventure cruisers and those people who are content to...