Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part III (First Impressions and Weathering a Storm!)

Goldring Travel March 8, 2019

After eating my way around Hong Kong it was finally time to board Windstar’s Star Legend for my cruise and land tour combination: Comprehensive China Exploration and China’s Great Wall & Warriors Cruise Tour. Hong Kong Pastries The Star Legend was docked at Hong Kong’s Ocean Terminal which is very

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part II (Eating My Way Around Hong Kong)

Goldring Travel March 7, 2019

Hong Kong – Seen from the Windstar Star Legend My trip to the Windstar Star Legend started, as usual, with a very early morning drive down the mountain from Truckee, California for a flight out of Reno, Nevada and then a long layover before boarding my 15+ hour flight from

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part I

Goldring Travel February 26, 2019

On March 3, 2019 I fly to Hong Kong to meet up with the “new” Windstar Cruises and the Star Legend (previously the Seabourn Legend) for a 14 night cruise and land tour which ends in Beijing, China. This is going to be a very interesting experience for me for

Seabourn Expedition Ships Are Open For Pre-Booking…But Only For Some!

Goldring Travel February 26, 2019

Great news! Seabourn has opened pre-booking priority for the Seabourn Expedition ships 2021/2022 voyages…if you book through Goldring Travel! (This opportunity is not yet available to the general public, but will be later in the Spring.) See below for details. Seabourn’s new expedition ships will offer a number of ultra-luxury

Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part VI (The Falklands – It’s Ain’t Over Till Seabourn Says It Is Over!)

Goldring Travel January 31, 2019

My second journey to Antarctica on the Seabourn Quest and its wildlife and awesome beauty highlighted that “Antarctica is not a once in a lifetime experience, but rather an experience of a lifetime.” Last year when the Seabourn Quest…and me emotionally kicking and screaming…departed Antarctica I became quite melancholy. What I

Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part V (Antarctica Weather, Wonder & WOW!)

Goldring Travel January 28, 2019

My second cruise to Antarctica on the Seabourn Quest continued with a day where a bit of rain was expected, but turned out to be a wild, windy and awe-inspiring event. It would also set up an incredible evening the next day. Our landing at Cuverville Island was cancelled, the

Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part IV (First Days in Antarctica: Revelations, Deception and Ansel Adams)

Goldring Travel January 24, 2019

Our first landing in Antarctica was Yankee Harbor, as it was last year when I took this cruise. What I love about nature is that predicting it is impossible and expecting the same result is foolish. Seabourn Quest anchored off Yankee Harbor, Antarctica Reflecting on my day, what I found

Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part III (Ushuaia and The Drake Passage – Are We There Yet?)

Goldring Travel January 23, 2019

I was wrong. I have too many thoughts and experiences during my initial Antarctic experiences on the Seabourn Quest not to write about them as I normally do and I have received “demands” that I continue. Soooo, I will get to the more in depth discussions of some topics…but I

Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part II (Desolation, Getting the Party Started and Perspective – Chilean Patagonia)

Goldring Travel January 21, 2019

While some of my future articles on this Patagonia and Antarctica journey will be more about my in depth view of things, this one is more of my normal travelogue through to our departure for Antarctica. Embarking on the Seabourn Quest for my second trip to Patagonia and Antarctica was

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