Category: Destinations

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China / Destinations / Funeral Traditions

Chinese Funeral Traditions

We are all familiar with the Ancient Egyptian practice of entombing servants with their Pharaoh to serve  him in the afterlife. A similar practice was done by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of...

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Cruises / Destinations / Mexico

Tulum

Just in case I never got to Central America again, I was determined to see some remnants of the Mayan Civilization. While some on our cruise opted to swim with the dolphins, I was...

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Bahamas / Cruises / Destinations

Bahamas Celebration Cruise 2014

Our embarkation process from West Palm Beach, Florida, was delayed by the late release of the previous passengers by the police! Yes, the whole cruise was detained on their arrival in port at by...

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Bahamas / Cruises / Destinations

Bahamas

The song “Kokomo” had always inspired me to go to the Bahamas, with its connotations of sun, sea, snorkelling and holiday vibe.  Apart from that I knew nothing, so was surprised to learn the...

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Barbados / Cruises / Destinations

Barbados

Late changes to our plans meant we simply grabbed the first tour bus leaving port. It was just doing a half day trip up the West coast as far as Speightstown, calling in at...

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Cruises / Destinations / Grenada

Grenada

Rather than book a tour with the cruise line, a group of us who had “met” on Cruise Critic decided to book an independent tour. We had done this before on other cruises because...

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China / Cruises / Destinations

The Yangtze River, 2012

Although we had been on boats in the Whitsundays we had never been on one with large numbers of people and never in a foreign land. Our four day river cruise on the Century...

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Aruba / Cruises / Destinations / Netherlands

Aruba

Somehow I’d always had the image of Caribbean Islands being lush with vegetation and subject to tropical rain by the bucketload.  Aruba was a surprise then, as it is quite arid and depends on its...

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Cruises / Curaçao / Destinations / Netherlands

Curaçao

Our arrival into port was exciting due to the fantastic views afforded from the height of our cruise ship, the Celebrity Eclipse. After walking around at our leisure admiring the quaint buildings, we found...

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Destinations / U.S.A.

USA 2014

Well we just got back from five weeks in the USA and the Caribbean.  A great trip, but not without its dramas. Have you ever arrived at a foreign airport late at night to...