The theme for our travel pics this week is P for Pacific Islands. To start the week off, an island we’ve only been to once – but which we fell in love with, instantly … the Isle of Pines, in New Caledonia. This island is just plain gorgeous, with excellent snorkelling, and swimming, and breathtaking…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. We’ll wrap up the week with an image that is almost a cliche .. but I couldn’t resist, because it was just so wonderful to sit at the stern of the Pacific Dawn and watch the waves wash away all our stresses.…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. This picture is from our first-ever cruise in 2011, and unfortunately, the image size (and resolution) is not the best. But it’s still gobsmacking to see the detail, the work, the artistry that has gone into this fruit carving. It was onboard the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. Now here’s a familiar scene! This is where I, my wife, my sisters, and their travelling companions spent a lot of time in April last year. No, not because it was a bar – but because it was also a cafe, serving…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. I tend to be an early riser – and while Shirley is getting her face on to greet the day, I normally go for a stroll around the running-track on board a cruise ship each morning. The thing I like about it…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. For Wednesday, it’s the traditional ‘Champagne Fountain’, on board the Sun Princess as we sailed across the South Pacific. This was, of course, on one of the two ‘formal nights’ on the cruise, and many took the opportunity to get a photo pouring…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. These fine specimens of manhood (with me in the middle) are taking part in a ‘crossing the line’ ceremony on the MSC Musica. Now, traditionally the ‘Line’ in Crossing the Line ceremonies is the Equator – but since this voyage (from the West…
Here’s the Tenth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … This week – lots of cruise news – including a look at why gastro outbreaks occur – and why they are so newsworthy; in table-top games news,…
Here’s the ninth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … This week – in cruise news Bali terror threats stop ships from sailing to the Indonesian holiday hotspot; in arts news, we look at recycling ideas; in…
“@#$%^^& cruise ships – arrive, disgorge thousands, spend next to nothing in local economy and %^&* off again.” Love cruising? It seems that not everyone loves you! I was reading an article last month (from the Guardian, on plans by Italy’s Cinque Terre ports to limit the number of tourists) .. and it was amazing how quickly the…
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