Queen Mary 2 Circumnavigates Australia – Our Adventure
When the Cunard 2014 World Cruise schedule was published some 18 months ago my wife and I took a fancy to a segment of Queen Mary 2’s itinerary that circumnavigated Australia. […]
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One Way to do St. Maarten – Orient Beach
St Maarten is undoubtedly a popular port of call for Caribbean cruise ships and it would be very remiss of me not to pass on my experiences of this idyllic island. […]
One Way to do St. Maarten – Maho Beach and Philipsburg
On a separate visit to the island of St. Maarten, this time on board Queen Mary 2, we decided to take in another of the island’s equally famous beaches. On this occasion we […]
One Way to Get Around Istanbul
Prompted by a request for information on travelling around Istanbul I thought I’d better rush through an updated version of a theme I did some time ago on a cruise […]
One Way to Do Montevideo
My wife and I have visited Montevideo on several occasions. Our visit on board Celebrity Infinity in 2013 prompted me to include this excellent port visit with my ‘One Way […]
Dining Out in Montevideo
Following on from my ‘One Way to do Montevideo’ review… One Way to Do Montevideo …this review covers how we sampled the delights and atmosphere of Montevideo’s Mercado del Puerto…. …which […]
Norwegian Getaway ‘cruise to nowhere’
When the opportunity recently arose for my wife and I to try something new in the way of a cruise line that we had previously never been tempted by it was a […]
One Way to do Dresden
Dresden is essentially a river cruise destination on the River Elbe. The popularity of river cruising is increasing so I thought it no bad thing to include this mid-European jewel […]
Queen Mary 2 Southampton to Sydney
Yesterday evening I watched as Cunard’s Queen Victoria passed Lee on the Solent, setting off on her World Cruise. Quickly checking my current Cunard Brochure I saw that she is […]
One Way to do Ushuaia
When I recently spotted a national newspaper advertisement for a Celebrity Cruise to Antarctica I was reminded that it was less than 12 months since my wife and I enjoyed exactly the […]
Dining with a Princess
Continuing with my ‘Dining Afloat’ theme this review offers an insight into the dining experience of Cunard passengers who are sailing on board Queen Victoria and accommodated in the Princess Grill. The Princess […]
One Way to do Salalah
I have yet to see a cruise review that gave a port visit to Salalah anything but the thumbs down. So it was with some trepidation that my wife and I […]
Queen Mary 2 Lotus – A Taste of the Far East
Each evening on board Queen Mary 2 a section of the Kings Court is transformed into one of four alternating themed dining venues – varying between, Italian, Asian, Indian and Traditional British. During […]
One Way to Do Luxor from Safaga
My wife and I visited Safaga while on board Oceanea’s Nautica which, on this occasion, made an overnight stop at the Egyptian port. We decided to arrange for our own […]
Solo Trans Atlantic Blog – The Summary
I’m not really sure whether a summary is actually needed however, I started with an aim and I would guess I should, for the record, state whetehr or not that […]
Solo Trans Atlantic Day 7
The final sea day on board Queen Mary 2 and I looked ahead to another fully packed programme with no firm time in my mind to consider packing. The first […]
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