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...
Steve’s Sojourns Sampling the Cape Verde Islands
The tropical wonderland of the Cape Verde Islands archipelago is situated some 200 miles off the west coast of Senegal And, believe me, this should be on everyone’s list...
Steve’s Sojourns Sailing the Sea of Cortes
The Sea of Cortes or The Gulf of Baja is one of the worlds richest seas in terms of nutrients and the wildlife it attracts. So rich in fact...
Steve’s Sojourns – Smooth Sailing on Scotland’s Canals
It may not be cruising as such but if you’re thinking about trying a narrow boat holiday on the country’s canal network I would strongly suggest you start on...
Harry’s Ramblings My First Cruise Lecturing Part 2
We checked into our twin bedded cabin in the crew quarters, resigned that for the next six nights we weren’t going to snuggle up to each other as...
Gareth Butterfield picks the wettest week of the year to take his wife and his dog on a trip up the Shropshire Union Canal
THE wife and I were walking along a canal towpath a few months ago and noticed our dog seemed to have an urge to jump on every narrowboat we...
Steve’s Sojourns; Sailing the Caribbean on a Clipper
To be on the deck of a cruise ship at sunrise is always a memorable occasion. What makes it an unforgettable experience is when for those precious few minutes...
Harry’s Ramblings Cruise Ship Lecturing
The procedure to become a cruise ship lecturer is very selective, but somehow I have managed to become one, taking from December 2018 to June 2019. It started with...
Steve’s Soujourns Sail around the Seychelles in an A-lister Mega yacht
The Seychelles have long had a reputation as a holiday paradise all year-round destination. However, they are not as expensive to get to and stay there as you would...
Steve’s Soujourns “Smile and watch the birdy in Europe’s Galapagos”
Not for nothing are Northumberland’s Farne Islands called “Europe’s Galapagos”. Owned and administered by the National Trust nowhere else in the UK can you get so close to some...
Steve’s Sojourns Strolling on cruise around the UK
If you like walking and you like cruising, then why not combine the two? Wake up in a different port every morning, go off walking then return to the...
Steve’s Sojourns; Stroll amongst the penguins or take a Jaccuzi in Antarctica.
Why not visit Antarctica in five star luxury and takes shore excursions that soak you to the skin and make you give way to penguins. If you don’t like...
Malta Diary Getting out and about on the water – the development of Maltese boats
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Messing about in boats comes as second nature to us Maltese and Gozitan islanders...
Malta Diary Glory, Glory Hallelujah – they have agreed on something at long, long, last…
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Malta and Gozo have a Government and an Opposition – elected democratically. Malta and...
MALTA DIARY: Brexit turmoil in the UK; Brexit concern in Malta; recollections of a boyhood spent under the Union Jack
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The inseparable links between Malta and Great Britain stretch back to the late...
Jane Wilson discovers there’s more to Gibraltar than The Rock!
As the plane comes into land, the sighting of your hotel room winks at you from below – is that a hotel shaped as a ship or an ocean...
Forget ‘fear’ tactics, Brexit harbours hassle for motorists
IAIN ROBERTSON Our most recent festive period created a number of headlines about ‘refugees’ attempting to gain access to UK shores, recalls Iain Robertson, but, for those of us...
A River Cruise Workout
Bums, tums and abs are not usually synonymous with cruising but they were put to the test on a recent wellness river cruise. Stretch those hamstrings, strengthen that...
Malta Diary The Mediterranean – the Middle Sea – a Sea of Piracy?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Mankind has always been told to profit by the lessons of history, the wars, bloodshed, plagues,...
Is the annual ‘booze-cruise’ another motoring thing of the past?
IAIN ROBERTSON Judging by unhurried queues at Dover, reports Iain Robertson, when he tripped to France and Belgium between Christmas and the New Year, it would appear that the...
Ranjit Recommends: Bateaux-licious London
On a typically busy but atmospheric Embankment pier in London lies the Bateaux London Cruise liner. Indeed, all passengers were looking slick and resembled the latest fashion line as...
Party time in Venice! – Frederic & Annick’s Favourite of the Year. World Meanderings (n°41)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Once again the carnival has turned Venice into a whirling of excitement during eleven joyful days, and once again...
Trevor’s Week for 2017
Hi All, Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be looking back at 2017 to some of the most memorable rescues. 2017 was yet another busy year for...
The MSC Seaside, the very new jewel of MSC Cruises – World Meanderings (n°50)
By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny Last week, I was one of the happy few to be invited to stay on board the MSC Seaside, the...