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Dive the SS President Coolidge warship in Espiritu Santo 70 years on

Dive the SS President Coolidge warship in Espiritu Santo 70 years on

This month sees the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the US warship, the SS President Coolidge off the coast of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.  This wreck site and diving in Espiritu Santo is now a major tourist attraction for Aussies and divers from around the world with great diving packages on offer. Aussie dive operators […]

Dive the SS President Coolidge warship in Espiritu Santo 70 years on

Dive the SS President Coolidge warship in Espiritu Santo 70 years on

This month sees the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the US warship, the SS President Coolidge off the coast of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.  This wreck site and diving in Espiritu Santo is now a major tourist attraction for Aussies and divers from around the world with great diving packages on offer. Aussie dive operators […]

SILVERSEA LAUNCHES ALASKA 2013

SILVERSEA LAUNCHES ALASKA 2013

A new brochure dedicated to Silversea’s 2013 Alaska voyages aboard the 382-guest Silver Shadow is now available to agents. Between May and September 2013, the all-suite luxury vessel will embark on 15 sailings departing from Anchorage, Vancouver and Seward, taking in the spectacular scenery, wildlife, native culture and gold rush history of the region. All-inclusive […]

SILVERSEA LAUNCHES ALASKA 2013

SILVERSEA LAUNCHES ALASKA 2013

A new brochure dedicated to Silversea’s 2013 Alaska voyages aboard the 382-guest Silver Shadow is now available to agents. Between May and September 2013, the all-suite luxury vessel will embark on 15 sailings departing from Anchorage, Vancouver and Seward, taking in the spectacular scenery, wildlife, native culture and gold rush history of the region. All-inclusive […]

Travel with A&K to Antarctica

Travel with A&K to Antarctica

Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent has released its 2013-14 Antarctica brochure. The company is again chartering the sophisticated 199-passenger MV ‘Le Boreal‘ for three departures throughout the season, with a dedicated Climate Change Mission Trip to the Antarctic Peninsula and two other trips, which also incorporate South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. Expert naturalist […]

Travel with A&K to Antarctica

Travel with A&K to Antarctica

Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent has released its 2013-14 Antarctica brochure. The company is again chartering the sophisticated 199-passenger MV ‘Le Boreal‘ for three departures throughout the season, with a dedicated Climate Change Mission Trip to the Antarctic Peninsula and two other trips, which also incorporate South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. Expert naturalist […]

REMEMBERING THE JOYS OF A GOOD PORT

REMEMBERING THE JOYS OF A GOOD PORT

SERVE slightly chilled with fruity desserts,cakes, chocolate pudd and cheeses. Wc22Oct12 David Ellis THE Symington family in Portugal’s Douro Valley have been making Port for more that 350 years, with currently twelve Symingtons working in the family business – six of them the 13th generation of the family, and one, Paul being named Decanter Magazine’s […]

REMEMBERING THE JOYS OF A GOOD PORT

REMEMBERING THE JOYS OF A GOOD PORT

SERVE slightly chilled with fruity desserts,cakes, chocolate pudd and cheeses. Wc22Oct12 David Ellis THE Symington family in Portugal’s Douro Valley have been making Port for more that 350 years, with currently twelve Symingtons working in the family business – six of them the 13th generation of the family, and one, Paul being named Decanter Magazine’s […]

SOAPY SMITH – KING OF THE KLONDIKE CONMEN

SOAPY SMITH – KING OF THE KLONDIKE CONMEN

David Ellis      THE self-styled ‘Reverend’ Charles Bowers and ‘Colonel’ Jefferson Smith were thinking neither the word of the Lord nor the Law when they arrived in frontier Skagway, Alaska in 1897 – it was the gleaming metal of the Klondike Gold Rush they were after. But they had no intention of clambering torturous […]

SOAPY SMITH – KING OF THE KLONDIKE CONMEN

SOAPY SMITH – KING OF THE KLONDIKE CONMEN

David Ellis      THE self-styled ‘Reverend’ Charles Bowers and ‘Colonel’ Jefferson Smith were thinking neither the word of the Lord nor the Law when they arrived in frontier Skagway, Alaska in 1897 – it was the gleaming metal of the Klondike Gold Rush they were after. But they had no intention of clambering torturous […]