P&O Cruises has announced it will add some muscle to its sports line up next year, taking guests to the biggest event on the Rugby League calendar – State of Origin – for the first time. I remember the first time I went on the Carnival Spirit, the memorabilia in the ‘Sports Bar’ was dominated…
There’s a cruise underway to the ‘Mexican Riviera’, as its known .. which is hardly unusual for this time of year. But it WAS unusual 50 years ago this week – and that’s why the current cruise is also noteworthy. It was 50 years ago last week that Stanley McDonald chartered the Princess Patricia from Canadian Pacific Limited…
$155,405 – or around $427 per gift. That’s the true cost of Christmas. At least, that is if you go by the song, “The 12 days of Christmas”. And if you decided to give one gift each day, the gift-giving season would last an entire year, rather than just the 12 days from December 25 until January 5…
Have you ever had a vague holiday thought, only to see it become an all-singing all-dancing vacation extravaganza seemingly on its own? Some people just ‘wing it’ when they go on holidays – others like to plan everything down to the finest detail. As for Shirley & I? We’re somewhere in the middle, I guess.…
I know, I know – everyone hates parking fines. And I admit, it was probably my fault, for being in such a hurry .. but a fine I got this week has really got up my nose. Not for the fine itself, as much as for the difficulties in paying it. On Wednesday night, I…
We’ve spoken before about eating on a cruise ship – but you may not have considered WHY some cruise-lines push all-inclusive, while others offer a-la-carte extras. The organization of amenities is an important area where the cruising industry has made changes in order to keep their ships running profitably. One of these areas is the way…
I’m in the middle of my annual #Movember, growing a moustache to draw attention to (and maybe even raise money for) men’s health issues. And as always, the Mo is starting to take shape, although this year’s ‘tache is much greyer than in years gone bye. But it’s about more than just adorning my top…
When I started this blog, I said “Graham and Shirley Cairns have a passion for travel – but unlike many writers, they are doing it on their own dollar. As a mid-fifties couple, with adult children, they are SKINs – ‘Spending the Kids Inheritance Now’. But since they’d like to leave those kids something, they are…
I was in a K-mart store today, when a young staff-member killed the in-store muzak, and nervously took the microphone. She reminded us all that it was 11am, on the 11th day of the 11th month – and asked, almost apologetically, for a minute’s silence. As the sounds of the Last Post wafted into the store from…
I mentioned a few weeks back that I was travelling as an ‘Enrichhment Speaker’ on board a cruise ship – and promised to let you know how it went… Well, this week, I’ll make good on that promise – and let you know how you can get in on it, too … First up –…
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