Titanic Syndrome what is it?
If you google Titanic Syndrome what do you get? My favourite definition is in the urban dictionary. ‘The immense attraction Asian women have for Caucasian men that was spurred in part by the movie Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio’. In my mind this should be ‘a fear of cruising, due to the loss of life experienced […]
Read MoreI only booked this cruise to see the tortoise sanctuary in Corsica! What happens when a ship cannot visit a scheduled port?
I only booked this cruise to see the tortoise sanctuary on Corsica! When I heard this at the tour desk, I thought really? But then discovered that the lady ran a tortoise home for injured animals…. So yes, I got it then and fully understood her disappointment. When a Captain decides not to visit a […]
Read MoreSex with guests and acid trips on ships…. Really?
I have just read an article by Julia Buckley published in The Independent yesterday about crew and their life below decks. Now I know, when I worked on ships ‘what goes on below decks should stay below decks’ and just like some of the Hangover series of films, there are a lot of occasions where […]
Read MoreNewcastle says ‘why aye man’ to more ships!
Have you enjoyed a cruise out from Newcastle? Let me know I would love to hear your memories of the port and sail away parties! As well as the top places you visited on your cruise. I have had more than one or two during my time on Thomson Spirit back in Summer 2013. Visiting […]
Read MoreExtreme poverty at Angkor Wat Cambodia…
I was lucky enough while I was working on Queen Mary 2 to be chosen as the escort to go on an overland tour from 15th – 17th February 2015. This tour included flying from Sihanoukville in Cambodia where we left the ship, to Siam Reap, visiting Angkor Wat. Then flying onto Ho Chi Minh […]
Read MoreLonely and lost at sea….
I really feel for the family and friends of the 238 soles who have jumped from ships to end their pain and loneliness over the last 16 years. The latest was from Queen Mary 2 over the weekend. Nobody, really can say what makes a person feel so desperate to take their own life, but […]
Read MoreNorway and the Northern lights on Hurtigruten!
I have just got back from a four-night voyage on Hurtigruten’s Nordnorge. I know some of you will be thinking is he mad? Why would you go to a cold, dark, country in the Arctic circle in Winter? The answer my friends is Aurora Borealis (more commonly known as the Northern Lights), snow and the […]
Read MoreThe best day of my life…
The best day of my life, apart from, the day Max was born, the day I met Sonja, the day I got my first car, the day I went on my first foreign holiday, the day I was told I would be sailing round South America on Queen Victoria. But apart from all those the […]
Read MoreThe Love Boat
Many of you will know ‘The Love Boat’ series set on a cruise ship which aired on ABC television from 1977 until 1986. If you are too young, then you can look it up on you tube. This TV series detailed romance and some sordid affairs on board, with a great cast and lots of […]
Read MoreWhat have the Romans ever done for us?
I often get asked what should we do in Rome when we get there? My answer to this is ‘try not to bite off more than you can see’ ‘Rome was not built in a day and you cannot expect to see everything in Rome in one day’ With ship visits, bear in mind you […]
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