Phuket – oh what a night.
Phuket is the largest island in Thailand so big that you forget it is an island. 49 kms long it has space and a place for all to enjoy. Patong is Phuket’s biggest town and is locally known as sin city, where the phrase fun in the sun can mean just about anything. This is […]
Read MoreLangkawi – port information.
Most cruise ships dock approx 30kms and 20 minutes from the nearest town when calling into Langkawi. Langkawi is known as the Jewel of Andaman Sea, it is an archipelago of 99 islands with an extra 5 revealed at low tide. Although Malaysian there are influences of Thai in its culture and food. Langkawi was […]
Read MoreWow Singapore is Amazing.
After 26 plus years in travel this was my first visit to the Far East and what an amazing experience. I have booked so many guests over the years and only thought of Singapore as an expensive overnight pre cruise stop over. How wrong was I. For our first night we stayed in the Financial […]
Read MoreExcursion in Kuala Lumpur.
When on a cruise most ships dock at Port Klang which can take anything from 45 minutes to over an hour depending on the traffic to reach the City itself. With most places of interest spread about we decided to take an organised excursion with Royal Caribbean. The description was just Batu Caves and City […]
Read MoreMariner of the Seas
Mariner of the Seas is a second generation Voyager Class ship and joined the Royal Caribbean fleet in 2003. 4252 passengers and crew costing $650 million to build she is going into dry dock in Singapore next week for a 10 week refit and will be then homed in China. The exterior did look a […]
Read MoreJewels of Asia
Way back in 1996 I could not decide which cruise to do for our honeymoon. Caribbean or Jewels of Southeast Asia. We plumped for Western Caribbean on board Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas. An amazing time was had but we promised we would one day try the Far East. So 21 years later we […]
Read MoreMini Cruise ? Taster Cruise.
Cruise Companies do offer itineraries for less than 7 nights. Some call them mini cruise, some taster but whatever you call them do not think they are a waste of time. For the new to cruise market this can be an amazing experience to sample the whole experience. For the seasoned cruisers who may have […]
Read MoreLiverpool revisited.
In an earlier December blog I talked about our Cruise.Co conference on board Fred Olsen’s Boudicca from Liverpool’s Prince Albert Dock. The dock was opened in 1846 and is listed as the birthplace of passenger cruise lines. Liverpool as a reputation as one of the most desirable ports of call in Europe with its position […]
Read MoreCosta 5 year Anniversary.
I am sure you can all remember the shocking news and images we all saw back in January 2012. The tragic sinking of Costa Concordia with 4252 guests and crew on board. 32 of these were drowned. Concordia hit rocks and capsized in Italian waters which left us all wondering how this awful accident could […]
Read MoreAnother Year over and a New one just begun.
Yes in the words of John Lennon hello 2017. I do hope you all had a magical Christmas and I wish you all a Very Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New Year. The past month seems a bit of a whirlwind to me with so much happening. Christmas day was a very calm and relaxing event […]
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