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Expedition Diary: Wild Scotland
In June 2010, editor, writer and retired geologist Ian Nowak, along with his wife Margaret, boarded Polar Pioneer for a two-week voyage to wild Scotland and the Faroes. Ian shares some glimpses from that remarkable trip. Those fourteen days were one of the most sustainedly exciting periods of my life—geology, ornithology, wildflowers, and bouncing about […]
Full Steam Ahead: North Borneo Railway
FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH THE BRITISH ‘VULCAN’ STEAM ENGINE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE NORTH BORNEO RAILWAY Visitors to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia are now able to experience the good old era of the steam locomotive onboard the North Borneo Railway. The North Borneo Railway is a joint project between the Sutera Harbour Resort and the Sabah […]
Full Steam Ahead: North Borneo Railway
FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH THE BRITISH ‘VULCAN’ STEAM ENGINE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE NORTH BORNEO RAILWAY Visitors to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia are now able to experience the good old era of the steam locomotive onboard the North Borneo Railway. The North Borneo Railway is a joint project between the Sutera Harbour Resort and the Sabah […]
Full Steam Ahead: North Borneo Railway
FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH THE BRITISH ‘VULCAN’ STEAM ENGINE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE NORTH BORNEO RAILWAY Visitors to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia are now able to experience the good old era of the steam locomotive onboard the North Borneo Railway. The North Borneo Railway is a joint project between the Sutera Harbour Resort and the Sabah […]
Changes at Blue Lagoon Cruises
BLUE LAGOON CRUISES IS RESTRUCTURING ITS operations in a bid to better suit the boutique cruising market. Rerfurbishment: Mystique Princess The move includes a three-month soft refurbishing of one of its vessels, MV Mystique Princess which will commence on 01 October. During Mystique Princess’ makeover, Blue Lagoon’s MV Fiji Princess will operate seven-day/six-night sailings on […]
FLY, LUXURY CRUISE AND STAY, ATHENS TO DUBAI OR SINGAPORE
CRUISECO has two fly, cruise and stay packages in November of this year for those for whom pampering is a pre-requisite, and time of no importance. Cruising is aboard the 5-star Seabourn Pride that carries just 208-guests and which will sail 18-nights from Piraeus (port for Athens) on November 10 for Dubai, and visiting eight […]
FLY, LUXURY CRUISE AND STAY, ATHENS TO DUBAI OR SINGAPORE
CRUISECO has two fly, cruise and stay packages in November of this year for those for whom pampering is a pre-requisite, and time of no importance. Cruising is aboard the 5-star Seabourn Pride that carries just 208-guests and which will sail 18-nights from Piraeus (port for Athens) on November 10 for Dubai, and visiting eight […]
Kimberley Quest II: Introducing our 10 Day Adventure Quest
10 Day ‘Adventure Quest’ – NEW for 2012 Meeting popular demand, the Kimberley Quest team are excited to announce the release of our new 10 Day cruise which will commence next year. Offering a totally different Kimberley experience, the 10 Day ‘Adventure Quest’ delves into parts of the Southern Kimberley to explore many untouched places […]
Sale of Captain Cook Cruises
Adelaide-based SeaLink Travel Group has just announced the acquisition of iconic Sydney-based tourism business Captain Cook Cruises. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, includes 15 vessels used on CCC’s flagship Sydney Harbour operations, along with the Murray Princess paddlewheeler used in South Australia. It also includes the related infrastructure, marina berths and licenses – but […]
Oceanwide Expeditions acquires the vessel m/v "Marina Svetaeva"
Oceanwide Expeditions has expanded its fleet with the addition of the 100-passenger vessel “Marina Svetaeva”. The vessel will be re-flagged and renamed “Ortelius”. As Plancius, Ortelius was a Dutch / Flemish cartographer. Abraham Ortelius (1527 – 1598) published the first modern world atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum or Theatre of the World in 1570. In […]
