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Fancy a stroll along a Royal Promenade at sea? One that’s complete with an English Pub, Café, shops, shops and more shops? Then it’s time to book a cruise on one of the 12 Royal Caribbean’s floating cities that offer this WOW factor. Especially a cruise that has a few sea days to enjoy!
Mystery Island is a secret gem off the Vanuatu Archipelago in the South Pacific – and not a car within cooee! (The official name is Inyeug Island) This tiny tropical island, just a dot on the globe, is mainly visited by cruise ships but does have a small grass airstrip. This means you can catch a flight Read More …
Toorbul Beach – a hidden beachside hideaway just north of Brisbane in Queensland. A perfect spot to escape from the rat race for a day (or three). You can fish, kayak, walk the beach, chase soldier crabs with the kids or just pop in to the local shop for fish and chips and a beverage! Read More …
The wheels of our bus had left the 1,000 year old city of Sibenik and we were on our way to experience traditional Croatian life (and food) at the small village of Jurlinovi Dvori up in the Primosten Hills. The bus trip took about half an hour from the coast of Sibenik where there were grape vines and Read More …
Sibenik, Croatia – never on our bucket list but finding ourselves on a Mediterranean cruise we had the chance visit this charming medieval city. Before landing at Zadar we were faced with what tours, if any, to do in the Port of Zadar, Croatia. (Life’s tough sometimes!) Why go on a tour at all you ask? Well Read More …
Grizzly bears and golden autumn leaves were at the top of our agenda when driving through Denali Park in Alaska and we weren’t disappointed! Although only seeing a pin prick of the 6 million acres of Alaskan wilderness (The Last Frontier) we came away happy with what had crossed our path – so to speak.
Well that’s huge fib for a start! It’s impossible to see everything at any port of call in a day, let alone a magnificent city like Dunedin. But, here we were docked at Port Chalmers ready to explore the “Edinburgh of New Zealand”. With kilts on and singing “if you take the high road and I’ll take Read More …
Have you ever walked through a tropical jungle amongst thousands of fluttering butterflies? Instead of heading to the tropics, did you know you can do this at the Butterfly Gardens in Victoria on Vancouver Island? With Vancouver being a popular stopover in Canada, it’s definitely worth tacking on an extra day to enjoy everything Victoria has to Read More …
Interview with Liam Ryan, Cruise Director of Celebrity Solstice Finding myself sailing to New Zealand as a guest on board the magnificent Celebrity Solstice (courtesy of Travelat60) I was curious to find out what “a day in the life of a Cruise Director” involved. After all this person (Liam) was faced with keeping 2,800 passengers happy with every activity, music genre Read More …
I’ve always wanted to go on a “behind the scenes” tour of a floating city (AKA cruise ship) but until now, for whatever reason, just haven’t. Let me tell you, best value for money ever! (Although I must admit I had the good fortune to be a guest of Travelat60 on-board the majestic Celebrity Solstice Read More …
