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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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Seabourn Sojourn – Yachtsman’s Mediterranean

November 17, 2016by solentrichard 8 Comments

  My wife and I have recently returned from a one week cruise onboard Seabourn Sojourn. The cruise was entitled…. ‘Yachtsman’s Mediterranean: it could easily have been entitled ‘beyond the […]

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Scenic Diamond – The Full Monty Itinerary

October 25, 2016by solentrichard 3 Comments

 The itinerary on our recent 10 night river cruise on Scenic Diamond proved  so good that to do it justice, and not detract from the ship itself,  a separate review […]

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Scenic Diamond Beautiful Bordeaux

October 1, 2016by solentrichard 14 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a 10 night Scenic River cruise from Bordeaux with an itinerary that took us along the Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne rivers…   […]

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One way to do Salem

August 25, 2016by solentrichard 3 Comments

The name Salem has been synonymous with witches and witchcraft since 1692 when a puritanical  mania spread through what was in those days a harsh  Puritan coastal community. Today, Salem is […]

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Return to Europa 2

July 29, 2016by solentrichard Leave a comment

Having recently booked for 2017 a second cruise on board Europa 2,  my wife and I were delighted to receive an invitation, courtesy of Emma Taylor at  Six Star Cruises […]

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One way to do Toulon and Cassis

July 14, 2016by solentrichard 1 Comment

Another Mediterranean port that is becoming more popular on the cruise ship circuit is Toulon. So welcome to an overview of  France’s major  Mediterranean military port and gateway to Provençal which […]

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One Way to do Split

June 17, 2016by solentrichard 3 Comments

Itineraries of cruise ships sailing the Adriatic are now regularly including visits to the port of  Split… As the second largest city in Croatia, Split is probably one of the […]

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One Way to do Liverpool Part 2

May 13, 2016by solentrichard 2 Comments

Regular readers will remember that while visiting Liverpool on board Queen Mary 2 in July last year my wife and I made excellent use of  the Fab Four Taxi Tour […]

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Princess Panhwar on the ‘Road to Mandalay’.

March 10, 2016by solentrichard 39 Comments

မင်္ဂလာပါ  –  pronounced  Mingelaba and is the traditional Burmese  greeting and welcome. My wife and I have recently returned from a 14 night river cruise along Myanmar’s (Burma’s) Irrawaddy River […]

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One Way to do Sydney

February 18, 2016by solentrichard 6 Comments

In the coming years all three Cunard Queens will be calling at  Sydney, Australia. Continuing the current antipodean port visit series,  this edition therefore covers Sydney… While the view above […]

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One way to do Fremantle

February 16, 2016by solentrichard Leave a comment

In the previous edition of ‘One Way to do Perth’ I mentioned that cruise ships actually dock at the port of Fremantle. Perth of course gets the first mention in […]

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One Way to do Perth

February 12, 2016by solentrichard 5 Comments

The highlight of any cruise ship’s itinerary that includes Western Australia is Perth and that is the destination for this latest in my series of ‘One Way to do…’ The […]

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Oceania Riviera – Mayan Mystique

January 31, 2016by solentrichard 14 Comments

My wife and I recently completed a cruise on board Oceania’s cruise ship, Riviera…   … a  10 night fly-cruise out of Miami entitled ‘Mayan Mystique‘… Itinerary   This was […]

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One Way to do Brisbane

January 8, 2016by solentrichard 8 Comments

Both Cunard, P&O, and Royal caribbean have ships scheduled to call at a number of Australian ports during their World voyages for 2016.  This second review in my Australian Trilogy […]

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One Way to do Melbourne, Australia

January 4, 2016by solentrichard 3 Comments

Both P&O and Cunard have ships scheduled to call at a number of Australian ports during their World voyages for 2016.  Melbourne, a  fabulous cosmopolitan city to visit, is amongst […]

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Viking Star – A Taste of Something Different

December 28, 2015by solentrichard 17 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a one week cruise on Viking Star, part of her  maiden cruise season… As part of the Viking package we flew on […]

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