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Cruise Tips for Over 50’s Travellers From a 50+ Traveller

…umpur public transport and finding incredible local food market. Exploring Tokyo and stumbling across and playing in the crazy Pachinko arcades and watching a school traditional dance competition we came across in Ho Chi Minh city. Those are the stories we tell, not the organised tours. My tip for ports is to push myself and live a little bit. Forever Young. Sort Of It is all well and good saying, Gary, go and live a little and push it. But, of co…

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I Paid A Fortune to Cruise On “New” Crystal Cruises. Was It Worth It?

…-luxury lines. I booked myself on an 11-night Crystal Symphony cruise from Tokyo to Manila, as always I paid with my own money and, in this case it was no small sum – about $17,000 so I was hoping for a top tier experience. Here is, much to my surprise, what I discovered. Let me start with the positives. Crystal Cruises Good: The Ship A big concern for me was the age of the ship. The Crystal Symphony is 30 years old, while her sister ship, Crystal…

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10 Bucket List Cruises You Absolutely MUST Do Before You Die!

…found that the best thing to do is to do a round Japan cruise to and from Tokyo / Yokohama because you’ll see the widest range of towns. There are several lines that base ships there and know the country well, including Holland America, Princess, Celebrity and Regent. Most people like to go March/April for the spring blossoms, but it’s very packed, a bit chilly, and costly. I recommend going in October/ November as less busy and less expensive. B…

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Cunard Around-the-World Cruise Highlights Week 10: South Korea to Nagasaki and Kagoshima

…four port days the break of one sea day before our call into Yokohama for Tokyo was welcome. People used the time to recharge, and so events around the ship were fairly quiet. Change in feel of ship and its role when so port intensive Having such a port intensive trip made our time on board feel quite different to the legs on Queen Victoria, which were more biased towards sea days as we travelled the vast distances to get a round the world. The r…

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10 Most Popular Travel Podcasts 2016 – Tips For Travellers

…Wilderness Ruka-Kuusamo (243) P&O Cruises Tips For Travellers (220) San Francisco (223) Best of Florida Live (236) Honolulu Hawaii (224) Kyoto Japan (229) Listener Q&A Part Three (222) Auckland New Zealand (226) Panama Canal (225) Tokyo Japan (234) If you enjoyed this post: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the newsletter. Every week an email with the latest posts and a free eBook to d…

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Kyoto Japan – Tips For Travellers Podcast #229

…l Family until 1868, when the emperor and capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. The palace grounds can be entered only on guided tours (in English or Japanese) and the podcast explains how to get on one of these.For more: http://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/index.html Dress up in a kimono. Lots of hire shops around the city. Explore the Geisha culture by going to an event, although it can be very expensive and so the podcast suggests some more…

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Cunard Around-The-World Week Nine Highlights: Joining the Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong

…th Korea (Busan and JeJu Island), Japan (Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Yokohama for Tokyo, Osaka for Kyoto, Hiroshima, Okinawa and Taiwan (Keelung for Taipei). We set off in a taxi around 11.15am to embark and the next few hours were chaotic and shambolic. Queen Elizabeth was docked at the Ocean Terminal, and not the newer and modern Kai Tak one on the site of the old airport. The traffic to get in was backed out onto the Canton Road as guests for our ship…

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Tips For Travellers Big Trip 2016: Around The World!

…d Sound Sydney (Time-lapse video of the sail in,) Australia Sydney Noosa Cunard Queen Elizabeth (China / South Korea / Japan / Taiwan) Hong Kong Shanghai Busan (South Korea) Jeju Island (South Korea) Nagasaki Tokyo Osaka Hiroshima Okinawa Keelung (Taiwan) Macau / Hong Kong   Follow the adventure on the blog, Facebook Page and Instagram where I will post live updates, as well on the Pinterest board…

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KLM Japanese Cooking Class Experience

…hiphol. From Summer 2014, frequencies will increase to four weekly flights Tokyo: 11 weekly flights Osaka:7 weekly flights The other bloggers at the event were EyeFlare, Mums Do Travel, Gohemian Travellers, An unfamiliar Sky, I Want you to Know, Jenography, London Unattached, Rachel Phipps In the class we learnt to make a range of local dishes that included Mizutaki nabe, Suko zuzhi, Buta no kakuni and Hitomoji guru-guru The best way of explaining…

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…Miami Caribbean (2 – 17 November 2025) 125: Silver Nova 18-Night Seward to Tokyo Transoceanic (21 Aug – 9 Sept 2025) 124: Avalon Waterways Envision 7-Night Romantic Rhine River Cruise (15 – 22 July 2025) 123: Sun Princess Sun Princess 7-night Mediterranean with France & Italy (7 – 14 June 2025) 122: Sky Princess Scandinavia (Paul & Carole Group Cruise) (17 – 24 May 2025) 121: Explora Journeys Explora II 11-Night Canary Islands (2 – 14 April 2025)…