All Aboard with Alexander

Last week I made another pilgrimage down to Southampton (all of 5 miles) to look at an Oceania ship, Oceania Marina which is one of Oceania's newest ships. As a 5 star premium brand I had reasonably high expectations but I wasn't sure how much everything would be [caption id="attachment_271"…

Having worked in the travel industry the majority of my adult life I have had to deal with the aftermath of various natural disasters professionally. [caption id="attachment_252" align="alignright" width="300"] Christchurch cathedral, still standing, still not repaired.[/caption] It is never easy for travelers to be caught up in these situations and…

I have only ever had a half/full board basis once in my life outside of a cruise and it was a bit of a disaster food wise. This was on the Costa Brava in Spain, the hotel rate was so cheap to have half board it would have been silly…

I have been lucky to go to some smelly places in my time. There are all sorts of causes of smells in a city, from general pollution by traffic etc to active thermal areas and truly offensive fruit. Here are some of my experiences and "favourites" such as they are. Venice,…

I have recently been on a ship visit on Silversea Silver Explorer in Portsmouth and it gave me the chance to ponder some new things, as well as some things I already knew or had an inkling about. Firstly exploration, I've done a bit of weird and wacky travel in my…

Hello everyone My family and I have just been away on a short break to the Scottish highlands and I thought I would share some snaps from when we were away. There are actually quite a lot of cruises that go up to this part of the world from Southampton…

Very occasionally you read an article in the press about how so and so cruise ship has dumped a large amount of waste at sea or has crashed into a reef causing damage. Its not something that applies to one company more than another and most I'm sure have procedures…

There is literally a whole worlds list of holidays that anyone could do out there, cruises are just one of many ways you can take a holiday, with many pro's in its favour and a few cons too of course! I've done a few holidays in my 33 years but…

Moving forward with my blogs I would like to regularly talk about some of the destinations I've been to around the world, which very conveniently have quite often been places where cruises start and finish! As they say though there is no place like home andI have lived most of…

My first ever big trip away from home was to New Zealand back in 2003, I fell in love with this country and my wife and have been back and forward multiple times since. [caption id="attachment_121" align="alignright" width="351"] Me at the Great Barrier reef in my younger days![/caption] I’ve also…