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Making Waves

Cruise, Expedition & Travel News, Reviews, Opinions, Deals & More

By Eric Goldring

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Polar Expeditions: Take Advantage NOW!

Let me get right to the bottom line: There are great deals—across the board—on polar expeditions (Arctic and Antarctic). It doesn’t matter if it is luxury or premium, hardcore or easier going. Because of this, NOW is the time to take that first (or second, third, or fourth) visit to

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Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part X: Cape Verde, Canary Islands & Morocco

It is hard to believe, but with ten days remaining on the Silversea Silver Wind “Adventure Cruise”, it feels like the beginning of the end rather than what normally would be the beginning of a nice ten-day cruise. That is, I guess, what happens when you combine an eight-day Botswana

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Part of a Bijago initiation ritual

Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part IX: Guinea-Bissau – Bijagos Archipelago

Africa is a monument to contrasts and inconsistencies, and as the Silversea Silver Wind continued her “Adventure Cruise” up the West Coast of Africa for the first time in weeks, there was both a feeling of tranquility and, ironically, finally a bit of expedition. Once again, a country that was

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A local's kitchen in Sierra Leone

Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part VIII: Cote d’Ivoire & Sierra Leone

My journey on Silversea’s Silver Wind up the West Coast of Africa continued on from Ghana, and the thought-provoking, eye-opening, and generally overwhelming nature of this “adventure cruise” has only become more so. The next port of call was Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).  I had no idea what to

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Ghanian Domedo

Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part VII: Ghana…and It’s Not “Ghana” End There!

The Goldring Travel 2025  Culinary & Cultural Journey entered its final days with immersive experiences in Ghana that are hard to pigeonhole. For some of my clients, it has been an amazing experience that very few can ever attain, for others a bit of a frustration because it has not

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Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part VI: African Culinary & Wine Event + Voodoo in Togo!

Our Silversea Expeditions “Adventure Cruise” on the Silver Wind continued with three days at sea after we departed the Republic of Congo, in part due to security concerns of kidnapping and piracy in Sao Tome & Principe, and there being literally no police or military back up should an issue

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