No doubt inspired by my numerous visits to this country as a child, I have long considered New Zealand, Australia’s poorer, less sophisticated neighbour. Well, I got that wrong, didn’t…
Its taken five days to traverse the 2365 nautical miles between Honolulu and Papeete, Tahiti. And as we tipped over the equator, back into the Southern Hemisphere, the days became…
There are approximately 1950 passengers and 800 crew onboard our ship. Before we can disembark San Francisco, each and every one of us must personally meet face to face with…
The clocks went back again last night, we are now 19 hours behind Australia. This means that when we awoke this morning – January 26th, 2020, the time at home…
Whilst it was quite sad saying farewell to England knowing that we were about to commence our journey home - the fun of boarding Arcadia once again did offer some…
From its heyday back in the late 40's and 50's there are only a few cruising companies now who actually offer around the world cruises. P and O is one…
We are currently on day three of our five consecutive "at sea" days before we reach our next destination Aquaba, Jordan. We have just exited the HRA - High Risk…
Energized by hot showers, good food and maybe a glass or two of wine the arrival in Abu Dhabi after leaving Dubai was approached with conflicting thoughts. Would it live…
As I type this, our cruise ship, the Arcadia, is just leaving the Persian Gulf and is about to enter the Gulf of Oman. After this, we will be heading…
When I was eleven, my father put my sister and me on a plane in London and sent us as unaccompanied minors back to Australia. It must have been a…
Its Tuesday 28th March and we are sitting in a little cafe in Phuket Thailand. We were last here in 1994 when we eloped to Thailand and spent 4 crazy…