– Avalon Myanmar – Myanmar River Cruise – April 2017
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VI (Kya Hnyat to Kyauk Myaung)
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IX (The Ship: Avalon Myanmar)
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar (Burma) – Reflections: “Isn’t This Amazing!?”
*Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey – Singapore to Dubai (April 8, 2018)
* Azamara Quest – Southeast Asia and Japan (February 2015)
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Part I
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part II
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part III
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part IV
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Some Final Observations and Thoughts
– The Prologue to the Travelogue
– The Adventure Begins…With a Bump or Two
– Settling In Made Easy
– Luxury Touches Here, There and OK, Not, Everywhere…But There Are Lots of Them!
– Asian Flair Onboard and On Shore
– Private Tours, Israel and Conflicts in Perceptions and Perspective
Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Egypt…Impressive and Depressing
– Dining With the Captain and the Reidel Wine Seminar
– The Last Dinner (Tuscan Grille) and Disembarkation
– What Happens When A Class Act Meets Highly Discounted Cruise Fare
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part I
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part II
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part III
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part IV (Food & Wine!)
– Princess Cruises Doesn’t Treat You Like Royalty; Celebrity Cruises Does! Which is a Better Value for the Upscale Cruise Guest? Part I
– Celebrity Silhouette vs. -Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part II: The Standard Veranda Staterooms
– Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part III: Treating You Right From The Start
– Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part IV: The Wine Lists Speak Volumes (As Do The Beverage Packages)
Regent Seven Seas Voyager – August 2017
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part I
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part II (Getting There, The Stateroom and First Impressions)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part III (“You Can’t Teach Five Star Service” and Bonafacio, Corsica)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part IV (Calvi, Monaco, Portofino, Porto Azzurro…and Stale Bread)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part V (My Last Day…and How The Chef’s Team Makes It Happen)
On December 19, 2019 I board the Seabourn Quest for my third trip to Antarctica and Patagonia. Yes, I have the “ice bug”! For me it is the most personally enlightening and biologically magnificent place on earth…and I feel like I have but only begun to scratch its surface, in part because that is the
As I previously noted, I am visiting Poland and participating in the European Travel Agent Forum as a guest and speaker on a Culinary Panel. Alas, there is always a price to be paid for agreeing to participate in a travel agent forum and even more so for a FAM (or familiarization trip), but at
On November 9, 2019 I headed to Poznan, Poland for the European Travel Agent Forum (where I will be on a Culinary Tourism Panel) and a post-forum extension to Lodz and Warsaw, Poland. It is not the sort of thing I normally would do, but – full disclosure – this a pretty much fully paid
With time on this outstanding itinerary and cruise experience on Windstar’s Star Legend soon coming to an end (though the land portion in Beijing and Xi’an is still to come), our last port of call was Quigdao, China. But before then we had a relaxing, sunny, smooth sailing, day at sea…something unusual for this cruise
With a day and half of much quieter seas we approached Shanghai, China on Windstar’s Star Legend in thick fog. It was so thick that they actually closed the Shanghai port…which is far up river from the Yellow Sea (Yangtze and then Haungpu Rivers). We were lucky as the port briefly opened, allowing us to
My journey on Windstar’s Star Legend continued with our arrival in Keelung, Taiwan. After many hours of incredibly high winds and rough seas, it was a relief for everyone from the guests to the crew. While the heavy rains continued, there was a definite peacefulness that came over the ship and everyone on her. Keelung,
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 San Francisco to Hong Kong.
My adventure through Antarctica and Patagonia on the Seabourn Quest continued with two days at sea after departing Punta Arenas. We were, as usual, followed by a number of birds that were just so beautiful to watch fly behind, beside, and in front of the Seabourn Quest. For me, the most majestic and mesmerizing were
Alas, departing Antarctica on the Seabourn Quest was with such sweet sorrow. But having a number of sea days ahead of me was a far better thing than I had imagined. For me the intensity of the Antarctic Experience required “down time” so that not only some of its richness could sink in, but so
Captain Bjarne Larsen is the master of the Seabourn Quest for her Antarctic cruises. He has been doing this since Seabourn started the program five years ago. Seabourn Quest Captain Bjarne Larsen On this cruise something very special happened. Captain Larsen was able to sail the Seabourn Quest across the Southern Polar Circle; a, ‘er
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