Spiritual Sanctuaries 2019 – Tokyo to Singapore
Cruising on the Oceania ship 'Insignia' We arrived in Tokyo on Saturday 30th March, after a long (a tad under 12 hours) but uneventful flight. I got talking to the...
Venice to Barcelona September 2017
Cruising on the Oceania cruise ship Sirena, 11th September to 22nd September 2017. We took a flight from London Heathrow to Venice where we boarded our Oceania cruise ship, the...
Creating A Travel Guide With WikiPedia
An original version of this post was published in January 2013, but I thought it was worth updating and re-posting, having just created a travel guide for our forthcoming cruise from...
Queen Mary 2 – a taste of luxury
Cruise on the QM2, New York To London, 29th October 2015 to 6th November 2015 Lynda (wife) and I made a conscious decision early in our cruising career to opt...
St Barts – Caribbean 2015
Our recent visit to the Caribbean took in the tiny island of St Barthélemy – more commonly known at St Barts. This is the smallest of the fours islands that...
Caribbean Cruise Jan-Feb 2015
Yes, we're off on our travels again, mainly in the hope of missing the worst of the UK winter, but I know that's not guaranteed, given we've had snow as...
Darwin, 21st February 2014
Day 25 of our cruise. Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory. Its proximity to Indonesia (it is closer to Indonesia than most major Australian cities) made it...
Broome, 28th February 2014
Day 32 of our cruise and we've arrived at Broome. This is our last stop before we arrive back at our starting point - Fremantle, and a journey of 9,040...
Lombok and Komodo 25th/26th February 2014
Day 29 of our cruise and we've arrived at Lombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda...
Bali, Indonesia. 24th February 2014
Day 28 of our cruise and we've arrived at Bali. The highlight of our visit to Bali was the tour of the Taro Elephant Safari Park, north of Ubud. Our...