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Cruise Weekly Comment: Marina Svetaeva
If Orion, True North and Oceanic Discoverer are the flirtatious, glamour girls of the expedition cruise fleet, then Aurora’s Marina Svetaeva is the motherly, buxom babushka. What she lacks in marble bathrooms and brass banisters is more than compensated for in sheer sea-going confidence. Purpose-built in Poland’s famous Gdynia shipyards for polar work twenty years […]
Cruise Weekly Comment: Marina Svetaeva
If Orion, True North and Oceanic Discoverer are the flirtatious, glamour girls of the expedition cruise fleet, then Aurora’s Marina Svetaeva is the motherly, buxom babushka. What she lacks in marble bathrooms and brass banisters is more than compensated for in sheer sea-going confidence. Purpose-built in Poland’s famous Gdynia shipyards for polar work twenty years […]
Blue Lagoon extends 15 per cent discount plus free cabin upgrade offer
Fiji’s Blue Lagoon Cruises is offering a 15 per cent discount plus a free cabin upgrade on all ‘Club’ and ‘Gold Club’ Yasawa Island cruises booked from now until 28 February 2009. With travel validity extended to 31 August 2009, the discount applies to all three and four-day ‘Club Cruises’ and all four and seven-day […]
Blue Lagoon extends 15 per cent discount plus free cabin upgrade offer
Fiji’s Blue Lagoon Cruises is offering a 15 per cent discount plus a free cabin upgrade on all ‘Club’ and ‘Gold Club’ Yasawa Island cruises booked from now until 28 February 2009. With travel validity extended to 31 August 2009, the discount applies to all three and four-day ‘Club Cruises’ and all four and seven-day […]
FRIDGE THE RED FOR A COOL YULE
Wc15Dec08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 15 December 2008 wine with david ellis IF you’re planning on turkey at Christmas and a bottle of red to go with it, pop the bottle – preferably a good Pinot Noir – in the fridge for a while to cool it. No, we haven’t lost the […]
FRIDGE THE RED FOR A COOL YULE
Wc15Dec08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 15 December 2008 wine with david ellis IF you’re planning on turkey at Christmas and a bottle of red to go with it, pop the bottle – preferably a good Pinot Noir – in the fridge for a while to cool it. No, we haven’t lost the […]
Ice Rating: What does it mean?
For ships to navigate polar regions, they must have what is called an “Ice Rating”. As you’d expect, there are several standards: American, Russian, Swedish, German etc. So be careful to compare like classes when assessing a ship’s ability. One must also bear in mind that an “icebreaker” is a special ship design altogether. As […]
Ice Rating: What does it mean?
For ships to navigate polar regions, they must have what is called an “Ice Rating”. As you’d expect, there are several standards: American, Russian, Swedish, German etc. So be careful to compare like classes when assessing a ship’s ability. One must also bear in mind that an “icebreaker” is a special ship design altogether. As […]
Ice Rating: What does it mean?
For ships to navigate polar regions, they must have what is called an “Ice Rating”. As you’d expect, there are several standards: American, Russian, Swedish, German etc. So be careful to compare like classes when assessing a ship’s ability. One must also bear in mind that an “icebreaker” is a special ship design altogether. As […]
Italy boutique-style
Your FREE Travel Briefs – w/c December 15 2008. TRAVEL BRIEFS By John Crook Italy boutique-style A three-week fully escorted tour of Italy with accommodation and touring in conjunction with mainly family-owned operations. Rather than moving in and out of hotels each night, instead Carolinasusi Italia Tours are based for a week at a time […]
