Our third and final promo was with Aer Lingus – the above shows Aer Lingus B 707 at Manchester Airport.We picked New York again, but this time we didn’t fly direct, but via Dublin and Shannon. The memorable thing about this flight for me was at Dublin Airport while we were in transit. I visited […]

We sail from Sydney at 4.00 pm on Sunday (5th Feb) for a thirteen night cruise to New Zealand – land of the long white cloud. We will visit, Bay of Islands Auckland Tauranga Napier Wellington Akaroa Dunedin We will then sail around the southern tip of New Zealand to cruise the Fiordland National Park on […]

Coat of Arms of the Falklands After leaving Ushuaia we would be at sea for a day before our next destination, which was Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands in the S. Atlantic. Port Stanley, which was named after Lord Stanley in 1843, who was at the time, Secretary of State for war […]

I thought I’d drop a line about our experience at Kuala Lumpur airport if you are considering staying in KL for a few days. On arrival at KLIA should you use the KLIAEkspres train or a taxi? Air-conditioned and comfortable – all announcements are in English as well as Malay. It depends on how many […]

We sail from Sydney at 4.00 pm on Sunday (5th Feb) for a thirteen night cruise to New Zealand – land of the long white cloud. We will visit, Bay of Islands Auckland Tauranga Napier Wellington Akaroa Dunedin We will then sail around the southern tip of New Zealand to cruise the Fiordland National Park on […]

Coat of Arms of the Falklands After leaving Ushuaia we would be at sea for a day before our next destination, which was Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands in the S. Atlantic. Port Stanley, which was named after Lord Stanley in 1843, who was at the time, Secretary of State for war […]

Das Island The photograph of Das Island has been downloaded from the net – I’ve marked the position of Das Is – under the ‘er’ of Persian under lined in cream. I think the only main change since 1963 would be the upgraded runway. I always had the feeling that the island was floating on […]

” we had the satisfaction of finding the finest harbour in the world, in which a thousand sail of the line may ride in the most perfect security…” — Governor Arthur Phillip, 15 May 1788. Today we know it as Sydney Harbour – the above picture shows North Head as we sail in to the harbour […]

Coat of Arms of the Falklands After leaving Ushuaia we would be at sea for a day before our next destination, which was Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands in the S. Atlantic. Port Stanley, which was named after Lord Stanley in 1843, who was at the time, Secretary of State for war […]

For the last twelve years my wife and I have hoarded our frequent flyer points by doing our best to only use airlines in the same ‘group’ as Virgin Atlantic.  In May of 2014 Virgin Atlantic stopped flying to / from Australia. Our aim was to have enough points to ‘buy’ a business class round trip […]

I was a deck cadet on the above vessel in 1963. Arriving in Singapore on Saturday the 14th September 1963, the cadets were allowed to go ashore and have a swim at the Seaman’s Club. The ship was anchored off the wharf area, and we would take a small junk and be rowed, usual by […]

I was a deck cadet on the above vessel in 1963. Arriving in Singapore on Saturday the 14th September 1963, the cadets were allowed to go ashore and have a swim at the Seaman’s Club. The ship was anchored off the wharf area, and we would take a small junk and be rowed, usual by […]

In my last posting I promised photographs of the public areas inside the Ruby Princess. This our cabin, on first impressions we thought it was smaller than similar Princess ships cabins. On a positive note it had plenty of storage space, a standard bathroom, which included the shower, which was one of the best that I’ve […]

Dom Fernando II e Glória Picture from Lisbon web site. While in Lisbon we had one ‘damp’ day so we decided to experience Tram 28 – the oldest tram in Lisbon. When we arrived at the tram stop we were faced with a very long queue – many others had the same idea! Not wishing […]