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Welcome aboard and nice to meet you. My wife and I are seasoned cruisers having first dipped our toes into the world of cruising in 1990, a one week cruise on board the Cunard Countess. The majority of our cruising has been with two cruise lines, Cunard and P&O. We have, however, sailed on 21 different cruise ships, some many times over, on 11 different cruise lines while completing 619 cruise nights on board.

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One Way to do Mahe, Seychelles.

December 29, 2019by solentrichard 3 Comments

Earlier this year during a cruise across the Indian Ocean we made a stop at Port Victoria…  …on the Island of Mahe – the largest island in the Seychelles archipelago: that’s […]

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Saga’s Spirit of Discovery A 16 Night Cruise

December 17, 2019by solentrichard 38 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a 16 night cruise onboard Saga’s newest ship, the Spirit of Discovery… Welcome to Boutique Cruising… We first became interested in this […]

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One Way to do Manila

November 17, 2019by solentrichard 2 Comments

Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is a densely populated bayside city on the island of Luzon, which mixes Spanish colonial architecture with modern skyscrapers. Its popularity as a cruise […]

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Arcadia’s Canadian Round Trip

October 28, 2019by solentrichard 7 Comments

  On Monday 16 September 2019 my wife and I set sail from Southampton onboard P&O’s ‘Adult Only’ cruise ship Arcadia. We were taking a 24 night round trip to […]

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One Way to do Cape Town

September 7, 2019by solentrichard 4 Comments

Cape Town is a well known tourist hotspot and ever popular cruise ship destination. One of its attractions to cruise ship passengers is that it offers them the opportunity to […]

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One Way to do Colombo

August 9, 2019by solentrichard 5 Comments

Earlier this year my wife and I visited the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, as a port of call while sailing onboard Cunard’s cruise ship, Queen Victoria… This was the first […]

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One Way to do Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

July 26, 2019by solentrichard 1 Comment

A favourite port of call when cruise ships visit Vietnam is Saigon, now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City,  though in matter of fact the nearest docking point for […]

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Queen Victoria Singapore to Cape Town

May 6, 2019by solentrichard 17 Comments

  My wife and I have recently returned from a 19 night cruise onboard Cunard’s Queen Victoria sailing between Singapore and Cape Town in South Africa…   The choice of […]

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India’s Golden Triangle

March 18, 2019by solentrichard 9 Comments

  In recent years a  popular add-on to many Middle East and Indian Ocean cruises has been an inclusive guided tour of India’s Golden Triangle…   …and certainly looking ahead […]

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RV Rajmahal River Ganges Cruise.

January 23, 2019by solentrichard 11 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a river cruise onboard the RV Rajmahal… …along India’s River Ganges between Farakka and Kolkata…   As part of the overall travel […]

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Viking Kadlin from Paris to the Heart of Normandy

September 27, 2018by solentrichard 10 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from our 8th Viking cruise which on this occasion was on the Viking Kadlin sailing along the River Seine between Paris to Normandy… […]

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One Way to do Hawaii – O’ahu Edition

August 23, 2018by solentrichard 3 Comments

Earlier this year my wife and I visited the Hawaiian Islands while cruising onboard Star Princess…   https://solentrichardscruiseblog.com/2018/04/01/star-princess-hawaiian-islands-adventure/   The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls […]

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River Cruising Community Facebook Group

August 6, 2018by solentrichard Leave a comment

The purpose of this post is to give a ‘plug’ to a new Facebook page I have set up called ‘River Cruising Community’… https://www.facebook.com/groups/432126450634189/ …with the aim of generating discussion, […]

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A Night onboard Queen Mary

June 21, 2018by solentrichard 3 Comments

Prior to embarking on a recent cruise from Los Angeles my wife and I chose to spend the previous night on board Queen Mary at Long Beach…   ***** Once […]

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Another way to do Bali

April 7, 2018by solentrichard 1 Comment

The Indonesian island of Bali is a tourist’s dream, offering a wide variety of culture, religion, excellent scenery, beaches and fine temperatures. It is also an island of many parts […]

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Star Princess Hawaiian Islands Adventure

April 1, 2018by solentrichard 15 Comments

    My wife and I have recently returned from our first experience with Princess cruises: a 15 night round trip Los Angeles  to Hawaii on board Star Princess… As […]

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