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A Corinna Legend: The Lone Ferryman of the Pieman River
JOHNNY AHRBURG ‘Yarns – they fell from his lips like ripemulberries from a shaken tree …’ Born in 1839 in Stockholm, Sweden, Ahrburg took to the seas early and his stories of racing tea clippers from China, of cargoes of fossilised bones from South America to Europe for ‘fertiliser’ purposes, of ships frozen in the […]
A Decade of Excellence: Queen Mary 2 celebrates her first ten years
Queen Mary 2 celebrates her first ten years, after travelling almost 1.5 million nautical miles and looking after 1.3 million passengers Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2 will celebrate her first ten years of service in 2014. Since her spectacular naming by Her Majesty The Queen on January 8, 2004, Queen Mary 2 has undertaken a […]
A Short History of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company
(With kind permission of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company) The original Irrawaddy flotilla was a naval task force of paddle steamers and flats (barges) sent from India to transport British and Indian troops upriver in the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852. Unlike the First War, when the British were caught out by the monsoon, this war […]
What Ash Cloud?
Travel Insurance Group Raises Concerns Over Ash Cloud Flight Guidelines “A myth” says Ryanair chief Travel insurance provider WorldNomads.com says safety must be put ahead of profit as airlines push for more lenient guidelines for flying through ash clouds. After clouds of volcanic ash caused the cancellation of 1600 flights in Scotland, England and Germany […]
Out of This World – the Top Five Remote Island Destinations for the Eco-Traveller
2011 Cruise Passenger MagazineAdventure Cruise Guide Media Release: 4 April 2011 Cruise Passenger Magazine’s Adventure Cruise Guide Names the Top Five Remote Island Destinations Accessible Only by Expedition Vessel. Our planet is transforming every day. The climate is changing, forests are vanishing, endangered species disappear daily and the polar ice is melting at an alarming […]
