…of what the ship looked like before it gets converted into its new use in Dubai. And if rumours are true, then changes to the ship may be drastic and dramatic to convert it into the new use. The book covers: Accommodation, Restaurants, Bars & Lounges, Public Areas, Crew Areas and then some topics covering the external aspects of the ship. Every section has a photo or series of photos and as they are personal photographs they have a sense of real…
…ding in the world. For a long time it was the tallest until the determined Dubai leadership built the Burj Khalifa which at 2722 feet beat the Taipei 101 at 1671 feet. Saying that, Taipei 101 is an amazing building! It has a very distinctive design and look about it that makes it very striking. I will post more about the building over the next few days but meantime here are 2 short video clips. One is of the graphic of the lift – which is the fast…
…and every time I go back. Las Vegas is one and the others are Shanghai and Dubai. This makes them exciting places to visit as you always face a mix of the familiar and the new. Another thing though that did strike me this time was not just how the city had changed physically even in the short 2 years since I was last here, but also how much the type of visitor seems to have changed too. The city seemed to be attracting a younger crowd, and the pla…
…s that Gary travels a great deal. I found his information about Sydney and Dubai quite interesting. Gary gets into some of the local culture, architecture and restaurants in his podcast. He also reviews hotels and gives you a good heads up on where to stay and where not to stay. There is a link to Gary’s website and podcast in my blogroll here on this page but to get there from here go to www.bembridge.co.uk“ I actually talk about his podcast this…
…mber) Harare and Victoria Falls (December) Los Angeles (January) Bangkok (February) Bahamas (March) If you have any thoughts, suggestions on any of the above please email me: click here FUTURE PODCAST TOPICS: My Travel Reviews of: Dubai Cape Town, South Africa Ulusaba Game Reserve Washington DC QE2 Trans-Atlantic Crossing P&O ARCADIA Mediterranean Cruise Queen Mary (Long Beach California) Edinburgh, Scotland (including the Royal Yacht Britannia) D…
…r Beatrice Danube river cruise (May 2014) ** 25: Queen Mary 2 Hong Kong to Dubai (April 2014) 24: Queen Mary 2 World Cruise Sydney to Hong Kong (March 2014) 23: Norwegian Getaway Inaugural Europe (January 2014) ** 22: Costa Serena Mediterranean (December 2013) ** 21: MSC Divina Miami Caribbean Inaugural 2013 ** 20: Holland America Mediterranean 2013 ** 19: Norwegian Epic Mediterranean 2013 ** 18: Silversea Baltic 2013 ** 17: MSC Preziosa Mediterra…
…asons Las Vegas Big Trip Australia: I stayed at the Four Seasons Sydney at the start of a month long trip around Australia, which was followed by a cruise from Sydney to Dubai on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. For more on the trip and other experiences: tipsfortravellers.com/bigtrip2014 …
…up the “Britishness” of the line. 3. The sale of the Queen Elizabeth 2 to Dubai, rather than finding a way to enable the ship to be in Southampton or Liverpool which are the traditional homes of Cunard. 4. By 2012 all of the Cunard ships were registered in the Bahamas, and now show “Hamilton”, which is the Capital, on the Stern of the ships versus “Southampton”. It is the first time that Cunard has no ships registered in the United Kingdom. It wa…
…s also worth looking at. For example, we are booked to sail from Sydney to Dubai over 46 nights and will be exploring Asia and places we would just never go to or will go back to again. But will take us to a wide range of destinations that we really want to see at least once – but not enough to do a full on land based trip to. World Cruise legs allow you to explore a region of the world, like Asia, South America or Australia / New Zealand that you…
…cancel the 45 day world voyage segment on the Queen Mary 2 from Sydney to Dubai we have booked? Surprisingly for some reading this, but absolutely not! In fact, we were madly flicking through the Cunard brochure while on-board trying to figure out if we can squeeze in another cruise, or even repeat this Christmas Caribbean trip again before we set off on that 6 week world voyage journey! Of course, not everything – and everyone – has been perfect…
…ueen Mary 2 and sailing for just under 6 weeks from Sydney through Asia to Dubai. In the “Big Travel Adventure” board I am collecting images of things I have booked, want to see and plan to go. Once the trip starts I will also pin images of what we saw. If you are on Pinterest, please visit this board ( Pinterest: Big Travel Adventure 2014 ) and my other boards (Pinterest: Gary Bembridge Tips for Travellers ) and start following me. As part of the…
