Gina's Cruise Guide

This was the trip I was looking forward the most!  I'd heard of this Sanctuary for rescued Elephants as my Granddaughter had visited one in Thailand in Chiang Mai.  So when I found out that one of the ports of call was Bangkok, I arranged a half day trip to…

Part of the Grand Tour of China includes a 3 day river cruise along the longest river in the work (which can be seen from space by the way!) I'm talking about the Yangtze.  So as you know for those who read my blogs, I visited China recently to experience…

  A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to all my lovely passengers, who have trusted me with arranging your cruises this year!  Thank you for your support and loyalty, which I am most grateful for! I hope you have a fantastic memorable festive season, spent with your loved…

Its beginning to look alot like Christmas! Its only a couple of weeks to go before we sail off on our Christmas Party Cruise on board the Marella Discovery to Asia.  As a consequence of this however, we wont be spending Christmas & New Year with our nearest and dearest.…

I read a very interesting article today, regarding booking  flight seats together....... There has been a growing suspicion that airlines are cynically and blatantly splitting up couples and families hoping to sit together. Passengers noticed airlines  were being charged extra to 'guarantee' seating together. Since then, more and more airlines…

An absolute hotbed of political intrigue, corruption &  murder within the city walls! More about all the carry on below... There have been so many highlights of my Grand Tour of China.  The Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, The Pandas.  All on my Bucket List of places to visit.  The next…

Before I even got to Pingyao, I just loved the name!  Very oriental, and one of the few Chinese city names I could not only spell, but pronounce too!  View of Pingyao from the city wall So after an exhilarating ride on the Bullet Train from Xian, we arrived at…

Well, not just one, thousands actually.  And not exactly soldiers, more like Warriors - Terracotta Warriors to be exact!  Let me explain.. As you may know I was lucky enough to be asked to go on a fact finding trip for our Grand Tour of China Bucket List holiday.  This…

I recently returned from a fact finding trip to China for our hugely popular Grand Tour of China Bucket List Holiday.  My first stop was a 3 day stay in Beijing (Peking) which was packed with visiting the iconic places of interest for travellers including the Great Wall, Forbidden City,…