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MTA on the crest of a wave with Jessica Watson and Bruce Arms
Mobile Travel Agents’ brand to a truly national – and international – audience next month, MTA Brand Ambassador Jessica Watson and fellow Australian sailing legend Bruce Arms will join forces to crew the specially branded yacht ‘Mobile Travel Agents Big Wave Rider’ in the 2012 Australian Three Peaks Endurance Race in Tasmania at Easter. There […]
PASSENGERS BIZARRE DEATHS IN CARIBBEAN SINKING
David Ellis BIZARRE as it sounds, when a Royal Mail Ship, the Rhone smashed onto rocks in the Caribbean’s British Virgin Islands in 1867, over 200 passengers perished – because they’d been tied into their bunks by the crew. And equally strange, the little island on which the Rhone foundered is today owned by the […]
STRUTH! Cruise the only cure for this disease
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a 71 year old British woman is the latest to be diagnosed with an exceptionally rare condition that gives her the effects of seasickness while on land – and only disappears when she gets on a […]
Bali Update
Bali Update Edition 810 – 12 March 2012 Om Swastiastu … A relatively minor incident at Bali’s airport on February 1st has gained international notoriety; details in this week’s update. Development ranks high in this week’s edition with reports on the effects of migration from other areas to Bali; calls for more emphasis on quality […]
Discover Cruising… with a difference
Discover the World Marketing Travel launches Discover Cruising 2012/13 brochure Discover the World Marketing Travel is pleased to announce the launch of their 2012/13 Cruising brochure, which showcases the intimate yacht/small ship experience of Variety Cruises together with a selection of SeaTours programs. “We are extremely excited to introduce this brochure to the Australian travel […]
SeaDream Yacht Club’s Just Released 2013 European Schedule includes the Black Sea
SeaDream yacht club just released their 2013 European voyage schedule, first giving their past guests advance notice, then going out to the public at large. From May through October 2013, SeaDream I & SeaDream II will sail to Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro, Malta and Portugal. New routes and destinations include Albania, […]
Original ‘Love Boat’ heading for the scrappers
Final Episode: torn apart The 19,903 gt, 600 passenger PACIFIC (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS) has been sold for 2.5 million Euros to the Turkish company “Cemsan”, which specializes in ship breaking. The 1971-built PACIFIC has been idle at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard since being seized by the Italian Coast Guard in 2009. […]
Original ‘Love Boat’ heading for the scrappers
Final Episode: torn apart The 19,903 gt, 600 passenger PACIFIC (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS) has been sold for 2.5 million Euros to the Turkish company “Cemsan”, which specializes in ship breaking. The 1971-built PACIFIC has been idle at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard since being seized by the Italian Coast Guard in 2009. […]
Original ‘Love Boat’ heading for the scrappers
Final Episode: torn apart The 19,903 gt, 600 passenger PACIFIC (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS) has been sold for 2.5 million Euros to the Turkish company “Cemsan”, which specializes in ship breaking. The 1971-built PACIFIC has been idle at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard since being seized by the Italian Coast Guard in 2009. […]
International Expeditions Offers Travelers $1,000 Off On Two June Amazon River Cruises
Guests save more than 25% on June 1 and 22, 2012 departures of International Expeditions’ award-winning exploration of the Peruvian Amazon. International Expeditions, the world leader in engaging and authentic nature travel, (ed: their words not mine) is offering travelers a special $1,000 per person savings on its June 1 and 22, 2012 Amazon River […]
