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Back to Africa for Golden Anniversary

Back to Africa for Golden Anniversary

  WILD IDEAS AFTER 50 YEARS MARRIED David Ellis   AWAY back in the 1960s when my proposal of marriage to a young blonde and beautiful Gwenda Ross was, happily accepted, our wedding became more than an event, it evolved into a marvellous 50 year adventure.   And it began in then somewhat wild and […]

Let’s go SeaDreaming.

Let’s go SeaDreaming.

 @SeaDreamYC – For the next week, ExpeditionCruising.com editor, Roderick Eime, goes soft aboard the top-rated luxury boutique vessel, SeaDream II sailing from Phuket to Yangon. Stay tuned for updates. Follow SeaDream Yacht Club on Facebook and Twitter For more information and reservations, contact SeaDream specialist:Cruise Express on 1300 766 537.

Bratton appoints key staff to Ponant

Bratton appoints key staff to Ponant

Bratton (centre) celebrates with Monique Ponfoort and Steve McLaughlin Sarina Bratton, who took up the position of Australasian chairman of Compagnie du Ponant last month, has lost no time in appointing key staff. read full story

Should I Visit Jordan?

Should I Visit Jordan?

World famous Petra should be on your ‘bucket list’ of sites to see. (R Eime) World traveller, Roderick Eime, test drives the current Jordanian tourist experience and tries to allay travellers’ concerns. With high profile and widely reporting troubles in neighbouring Egypt, Syria and on-and-off in Lebanon, travellers are avoiding the relatively safe Kingdom of […]

Should I Visit Jordan?

Should I Visit Jordan?

World famous Petra should be on your ‘bucket list’ of sites to see. (R Eime) World traveller, Roderick Eime, test drives the current Jordanian tourist experience and tries to allay travellers’ concerns. With high profile and widely reporting troubles in neighbouring Egypt, Syria and on-and-off in Lebanon, travellers are avoiding the relatively safe Kingdom of […]

Struth! Show me the way to San Jose – please!

Struth! Show me the way to San Jose – please!

HEADING for here… (VisitMexico) IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a travel agency in the UK has accidentally sent a couple who wanted to catch up with their daughter in San Jose Mexico (airport code: SJD), to San Jose in California (airport […]

Khao Lak’s many blends of old and new

Khao Lak’s many blends of old and new

AOWTHONG Beach delightful stretch of white sand at Khaolak. POLICE Boat 813graphic reminder of the power of the tsunami. MOMENT of meditation to the tsunami victimshuge golden Buddha at Baan Nam Kem Tsunami Memorial Park. MARKETS are always a highlight of a visit to Asia. REFRESHING start to the day … Sensimar KhaolakBeachfront Resort offers […]

London’s Kings Cross St Pancras Pullman delivers the goods

London’s Kings Cross St Pancras Pullman delivers the goods

by Ian Mcintosh – Travel Agent Update Great views over London. Amazing selection for breakfast. Get your emails anywhere. Plenty of desk space. Satellite style check-in booths. When French based giant Accor Hotels sensed the need to cater more closely to its cosmopolitan, mobile, hyper-connected clientele it was back to the drawing board for its […]

Pandaw offers circus seats in Cambodia

Pandaw offers circus seats in Cambodia

Pandaw invites guests who have booked a stay at Angkor with us to a breathtaking evening at Phare Ponleu Selpak Circus in Angkor. We have discovered and fell in love with this circus during our Mekong Unexplored cruise, when we visited the original school and performance in Battambang. Phare Cambodian Circus features a daily theatrical […]

Monaco prepares for EVER 2014

Monaco prepares for EVER 2014

Monaco – a Principality dedicated to Responsible Tourism. The Principality of Monaco, a tourist destination par excellence, is aiming to become irreproachable in environmental protection. In this spirit, the Monegasque State and key tourism professionals are becoming more and more active every day in all aspects of sustainable development.  Monaco is currently preparing for EVER […]