All Aboard with Alexander

So I've just got back from a mini cruise on Independence of the Seas, a perk of the job luckily and I have been lucky enough to sample some of the new delights that they have put on-board in their recent refit. As always, living in Southampton I was wowed…

Independence of the Seas is currently just in process of a refit and will come back into service on the 15th of this month. I will be there on its first public sailing so here are some of the new features to get excited about, Im certainly excited about seeing…

The islands and beaches of Malaysia and Thailand are varied, beautiful and exciting. I have travelled to a lot of places in the Far East and all around South East Asia but the best thing about some of the island below is that you can holiday in a beautiful resort…

We have just come back from a long planned holiday in Cornwall with my mother in law from New Zealand and my family and kids and it was certainly an eventful time. We stayed in a lovely little cottage at Lower Trengale Farm which I would highly recommend to anyone going…

With all the kerfuffle going on at the moment involving Russia and alleged poisoning of ex spies here in the UK its interesting to look at the knock on effect of that and other things on peoples holidays.   For Russia a common question is, will this effect my holiday and will…

[caption id="attachment_496" align="alignright" width="300"] The tranquility of Samui, ruined for me by INX!![/caption] We all been on a cruise or indeed a holiday where another group of people or individuals have been irritating to the point of ruining the holiday. I remember once on a dream beach resort holiday in…

Everyone has a time they book their cruise for the coming year or even the year after. People either do it nice and early to know they've got the coming holidays planned out and budgeted for, wait for a "deal" to come up but still book in good time to…

Singapore has got everything, its one of the first places I stayed in on my way back from New Zealand back in 2003 and is still my go to stopover in Asia to this day. Mainly its just a great starting point for all things Asia including cruises which start…

I've been to Hong Kong three times now and the city is wonderfully Chinese, Western and colonial in its architecture and general culture so its a wonderful mix of tastes, sights, sounds and amazing experiences. [caption id="attachment_439" align="alignright" width="300"] View of Hong Kong island and the harbour from the Peak![/caption]…

MSC are now planning to offer year round cruising in China and the Far East to tap into the massive market there is out there for cruises domestically but also for international customers like from the UK wanting to see this amazing part of the world. Just some of my…