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Just a SeaDream
IT’S ALL ABOUT JUST DREAMIN’ AT SEA David Ellis David Ellis is travelling, and this week fellow travel writer, Roderick Eime takes over his reins. IF good things come in small packages, then when it comes to luxury cruising, SeaDream Yacht Club knows exactly what it’s all about. Launched just a couple […]
Wreck and relic hunting in the Solomons
Trash and Treasure Pacific Style by Roderick Eime The vast South Pacific is an explorer’s dream. Just ask Cook, Baudin, Bligh or Mendaña, the first European to sight the Solomon Islands in 1568. My own Pacific iniation began in 1971 aboard P&O’s SS Himalaya on a cruise to Noumea, Fiji and New Zealand. After an […]
Blooming Madness – Calcutta’s famous flower market
Flower sellers mingle at the Calcutta flower market by Roderick Eime in Calcutta Since 1780, thousands of Bengalis have thronged into the famous Mallick Ghat flower market on the bank of the Ganges in Calcutta (Kolkata). Located at the foot of the famous Howrah Bridge (built 1943), these days the tradition of chaotic enterprise continues […]
Shokalskiy ice drama will boost interest in Antarctic cruises
“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.” – Ernest Shackleton It may seem like a contradiction, but the recent rescue of 52 stranded scientists and passengers from the beleaguered Akademik Shokalskiy near Mawson’s Huts will surely lead to […]
Dazzling paint schemes on cruise ships, not the latest fad.
Norwegian Pearl in her party paint scheme. Sometimes when we look at the outrageous paint schemes on some of the world’s cruise ships, we think this is some modern phenomenon. John Everett, Painting of the SS Lepanto (c1918). Postcard. Collection of Roy R. Behrens But historians at the Australian National Maritime Museum remind us […]
Sydney’s top hotels: The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons Hotel Sydney in the heart of the city’s cruise precinct has been a prominent feature of the city’s hotel landscape since opening as The Regent in 1982 when it was billed as the city’s first true luxury hotel. Like so many buildings of the period, it is not an architectural triumph externally, […]
Sydney Hotels: Mantra 2 Bond
By Roderick Eime Sydney is a city you don’t want to just transit through. Out-of-town cruisers beginning or ending their cruises in Sydney would be nuts if they didn’t allow a few days at either end to explore this sparkling city that is consistently rated among the favorites by worldly travelers. Cruise lines tend to […]
Hotels for cruisers: The Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour
by guest contributor, Roderick Eime Now that the era of cruise ships, indeed heavy shipping in general, will soon be a thing of the past in Darling Harbour, that’s no reason to discount any of the great hotels that offer top notch accommodation in this alternative to the sometimes pricey, often fully-booked CBD properties. In […]
Two Ways to Phuket
While I have become a regular to Thailand, my visit to Phuket was the first time I’d stayed in this famously rumbustious resort town. No, I’m not going to dwell on the kaleidoscope of entertainment options assaulting you as you navigate bustling Bangla Road – there are better sites for that information – but rather […]
Why can’t I carry-on my duty free alchohol?
It’s one of the most confusing things about duty-free shopping at overseas airports. How come some airports will allow duty free alcohol to be purchased and taken aboard, while others not? “Sorry sir, …” (photo: SMH) Of course, there is a long back-story to this, but the quickest explanation is that you may purchase alcohol […]
