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Massive liner once carried 12,000 Passengers
By Roderick Eime Even as the band aboard RMS Titanic struck up their final rendition of “Nearer, My God, to Thee”, the finishing touches of an even larger ocean liner were being added. At 261m and more than 46,000 GRT, the Titanic and her sisters Olympic and Britannic, were about to be surpassed by the […]
Hurtigruten Celebrates the MS Finnmarken’s Return
HURTIGRUTEN CELEBRATES MS FINNMARKEN’S RETURN TO NORWAY WITH EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS FOR RETURNING GUESTS – 1893 AMBASSADOR CLUB MEMBERS SAVE UP TO 20% Six-Day Southbound Sailings Start at $930 for Ambassador Club Members Award-winning cruise-company Hurtigruten is celebrating the return of the newly-refurbished MS Finnmarken to its Norwegian Coastal Voyage itineraries for 2012 – and inviting […]
Hurtigruten Celebrates the MS Finnmarken’s Return
HURTIGRUTEN CELEBRATES MS FINNMARKEN’S RETURN TO NORWAY WITH EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS FOR RETURNING GUESTS – 1893 AMBASSADOR CLUB MEMBERS SAVE UP TO 20% Six-Day Southbound Sailings Start at $930 for Ambassador Club Members Award-winning cruise-company Hurtigruten is celebrating the return of the newly-refurbished MS Finnmarken to its Norwegian Coastal Voyage itineraries for 2012 – and inviting […]
Traveling makes Larry Shortell a better teacher
Some teachers teach from virtually the same notes they have used for years, never having sought any experiences outside the classroom. Larry “Jungle” Shortell of Connecticut is not one of them. “Without a doubt, to travel and learn things firsthand is the best way to understand the world and our place in it,” Shortell says. […]
Traveling makes Larry Shortell a better teacher
Some teachers teach from virtually the same notes they have used for years, never having sought any experiences outside the classroom. Larry “Jungle” Shortell of Connecticut is not one of them. “Without a doubt, to travel and learn things firsthand is the best way to understand the world and our place in it,” Shortell says. […]
Nile Cruise: Yabba dahabya do!
by Philip Game – Travelgame The dahabya cruise is an innovation whose time has come. Well, actually it’s been around since the time of Cleopatra, who once joined Julius Caesar for a nine-month cruise around Egypt. Affairs of state were certainly conducted at some leisure, back then. By the early nineteenth-century, Ottoman pashas and beys […]
Nile Cruise: Yabba dahabya do!
by Philip Game – Travelgame The dahabya cruise is an innovation whose time has come. Well, actually it’s been around since the time of Cleopatra, who once joined Julius Caesar for a nine-month cruise around Egypt. Affairs of state were certainly conducted at some leisure, back then. By the early nineteenth-century, Ottoman pashas and beys […]
Captain Cook offers 3 Sydney Harbour Islands for $7
HOP ON HOP OFF SPECIAL3 ISLANDS ONLY $7Valid 07–25 January 2012 For a very short time Goat Island is open to the public for self guided tours. To celebrate we’re offering entry to all three National Park Islands – Fort Denison, Shark Island & Goat Island for just an extra $7 with the 24-hour Hop On […]
Captain Cook offers 3 Sydney Harbour Islands for $7
HOP ON HOP OFF SPECIAL3 ISLANDS ONLY $7Valid 07–25 January 2012For a very short time Goat Island is open to the public for self guided tours.To celebrate we’re offering entry to all three National Park Islands – Fort Denison, Shark Island & Goat Island for just an extra $7 with the 24-hour Hop On Hop Off […]
Captain Cook offers 3 Sydney Harbour Islands for $7
HOP ON HOP OFF SPECIAL3 ISLANDS ONLY $7Valid 07–25 January 2012 For a very short time Goat Island is open to the public for self guided tours. To celebrate we’re offering entry to all three National Park Islands – Fort Denison, Shark Island & Goat Island for just an extra $7 with the 24-hour Hop On […]
