…and icons of travel across the years. Chapters will include Air Force One, Queen Elizabeth, Channel Tunnel, Concorde and much more. Each chapter is taken directly from the book of the same name being written by Gary Bembridge, host of the popular “Tips for Travellers: Global Travel destinations” podcast. Visit the website at TIPSFORTRAVELLERS.COM for more details, or email [email protected] Click on this link to add TRAVEL LEGENDS & ICONS…
…ht click” and “save” to your computer and watch it that way too On next week’s podcast: MY TRAVEL REVIEWS looks at the famous Cunard Ship QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2) based on an email I received vai the blog…
It is such a pity (in my view) that ships like the QUEEN MARY 2 will from 2006 no longer be sailing to and from New York itself, but from a new terminal in Brooklyn. It was SO magical (and practical too), when we went on the QE2 and sailed right into New York itself. Not only was it exciting – but also meant within minutes we were at Penn Station (a few blocks away) and heading off on the train to Washington. Oh well…. Here is some news from a cr…
…and legends that will be covered range from transportation like the Cunard Queen Elizabeth, Air Force One, Titanic, Orient Express through to travel icons like the Channel Tunnel. Get your free copy of the Travel Icons and Legends audio book podcast now. You can hear some of the chapters as they are being developed via the free audio book podcast series “Travel Icons and Legends”. You can subscribe to the audio book podcast for free and you will g…
…n each island also prevail. I found it dissapointing that even on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, the port talk offered on board was run by a team of 2 “Island Experts” that were really just salesmen punting chain stores. In the talk they even dismissed, with some distaste I felt, islands like Dominica as it was a poor place for shopping, suggesting it was a port to plan to do tours to see the natural resources as you could not shop much. The implication w…
…ngers on a Caribbean cruise are the following. These are based on a Cunard Queen Mary 2 cruise I was on in the region at the time of writing this article. These are very typical of those offered on most cruises in the region: Collect 7 charms for a bracelet in 4 ports. You start your collection by getting the first one in a seminar about diamonds and gemstones on-board (to ensure you get the sales pitch). Then a further one in each of the 4 ports,…
…unlike most hotels). We had arrived there at about 9am having come off the Queen Mary 2 that had docked early in the morning. They took my mobile and called as soon as the room was ready. We did not eat there, but the Todd English attached to the hotel looked fantastic. This is one New York hotel I can highly recommend. I will be back! Watch the video I made of Room 2826 Hotel Intercontinental Time Square – and see the great views: Hotel Interco…
…n voyage of the MSC Preziosa cruise ship. Taking a 3 week trip on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, which included a transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York and then a trip from there to the Caribbean and back. While on board I posted a number of articles, made 2 podcasts of observations and recorded interviews with a number of the senior crew that I will soon turn into podcasts and write up articles. Meantime to find out more about the articles…
…s many as 7 ships with 15,000 to 23,000 passengers in town on any one day. Queen Mary 2 docked in St. Thomas Caribbean So although there are many excursion options, my strong tip is to take to the sea for the day! The best and most popular is to go on one of the all, or part, day catamaran tours that leave from the port area. These tours usually head off to Buck Island, where there is the Turtle Cove Bay. Here shoals of tourists snorkel about hopi…
…ute walk into town. Beach chairs and umbrellas cost about $20 for the day. Queen Mary 2 and other cruise ships docked in St Maarten Caribbean St Maarten is interesting because of the split between a French and Dutch side, is very up-market in feel and look, and has great beaches. It does have a European feel to it, and exudes that atmosphere and style, and so while it is a great place to visit it is not as rough and ready and authentic as other pa…
…find out some surprising insider information about their role, Cunard and Queen Mary 2. In the podcast you will hear from Ray Rouse, who has been at sea for over 40 years, and worked on a number of cruise lines including Royal Caribbean and, of course, Cunard. I also spoke to Ed Moffat, who has been working with Cunard for many years starting as a DJ and working his way up through the ranks. To listen to the episodes, you can listen online now us…
