Complete port travelogue-listing for our cruise from Chile to USA via Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Blog.
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Blog / Newsletter
The posts categorised as blogs on this site will tend to be round-ups of what else has been published because travel-writing is kept separate. If you want to keep up-to-date with all the new and rewritten visits near and far that we've done then subscribing to the RSS feed or just frequenting the home page of this site is one way to do it but the blog posts here, posted less often, will typically summarise those posts. These summarised blog posts are also sent out as newsletters when written and you can find places to subscribe to them around the site.
Emerald Princess Cruise Complete, New Cruise Booked
The briefest of details about our recently-completed week’s cruise in the Mediterranean aboard Emerald Princess plus news of a new cruise booking to look forward to. Blog.
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Vintage Cruising On Swedish American Line’s Kungsholm
Photos and brochure scans of the 1928 ocean liner and cruise ship, Kungsholm. Blog
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New Cruise Ventures On Ventura
We’ve booked a couple of cheeky weekenders for 2020 on P&O’s cruise ship Ventura. Blog
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Paddington In Peru And Other Travel News And Views
Travel diary posts covering our two days in Peru are now complete. A few changes to the site are explained and there’s the usual round-up of social media and travel blogging news and views. Blog
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Our Next Cruise: Back To The Mediterranean
Our next scheduled cruise will see us hit the Mediterranean for just the second time on a ship, again with Princess, again for just a week, but all different ports.
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Celebrity Silhouette Taster Cruise To Amsterdam
A summary of the posts produced that cover a 3-night cruise from Southampton to Amsterdam aboard Celebrity Silhouette.
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Human Psychology And Worthless Sponsored Travel Reviews
A general view of mine regarding the use of sponsored or gifted hashtags on travel reviews where it relates to marketing people manipulating human psychology in the same way that scam artists do.
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Spotting Cruise Ships From Cruise Ships
Photos and descriptions of the cruise ships we’ve spotted while we ourselves have been on cruise ships on our many years of travelling. Cruising seems to be unique in that it’s the only form of travelling I can think of where people on passing modes of transport stare at, photograph, and wave at complete strangers with childish glee.
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Celebrity Silhouette: Disappointments And Redemption
The things we liked and the things we didn’t like and the one thing we really hated about Celebrity Silhouette following our first cruise with the line to Amsterdam.
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