Until recently visiting Yangon has been the preserve of a small number of river cruise ships and their passengers. Over the last 12 months it has been noticeable that this […]

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is an amazing city to explore and one whose beauty lies in its blend of Chinese culture with a curious fusion of Japanese, Southeast Asian […]

The French port of Le Havre is becoming an increasingly popular port of call for cruise ships, particularly on the shorter cruises from the United Kingdom. While recognised as the […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In July of this year we arrived in Liverpool on board Queen Mary 2 as part of Cunard’s 175th Anniversary Celebrations… This edition of ‘One way to do…’ features a […]

Phuket is billed as Asia’s most popular beach destination with warm blue seas, tropical forests and great hospitality. Many cruise lines call at Phuket including both Cunard and P&O cruise […]

Some years have passed since I wrote a port review of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The previous edition covered a taxi excursion that included parts of Halifax, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery […]