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…nto the mirrors. Sockets for every format of electric plugs, including UK, USA and USB charging sockets. #6: Traditional cruise experience Silversea’s Silver Muse offers a traditional approach to cruising. The ship is not designed as a resort but is more akin to staying in a quality hotel. The focus is around good dining, mixing with friends, relaxation and exercise on board. While there are a number of diversions in the form of enrichment lecture…
…hase. There are sites in the UK like http://www.lensesforhire.co.uk/and in USA like https://www.lensrentals.com and https://www.borrowlenses.com Focus on the eyes when taking pictures. Take multiple shots and try and get one with the animal looking directly into the lens. Take lots of charged batteries. You may not be always be able to charge properly in lodges or camps so whenever you can charge them up. Take lots of SD cards. Bring a beanbag to…
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…erships Dining: When it comes to dining, Seabourn has a partnership with a USA-based celebrity chef called Thomas Keller. They have a restaurant called ‘The Grill with Thomas Keller’ which is based on a 1950s/1960s steakhouse. Across the other dining venues, they also have various Thomas Keller dishes. Expect preparations of Caesar salad and ice cream sundaes, as well as a range of other favourites like premium steaks, whole roasted chicken, and L…
…sing did they break?), the latest developments from Europe, the CDC in the USA starts publishing responses for the return to cruising (but are they any help in opening cruising?), World Cruises in 2021 and the findings in the Ruby Princess Covid situation in Australia. Watch my Cruise Update Video https://youtu.be/SR1VvSNgCXQ Watch my cruise update video on YouTube See the comment to the CDC request for input on how cruising can resume in the USA:…
…th greater use of testing, vaccines and so on. 7-Night Only Cruises In the USA the CDC requires all cruises out of US ports to be no longer than 7 nights until at least November 2021. Also around the world most cruises returning have been short – lasting a few days to a week at the lines choice Over time, cruising will almost certainly return to variable lengths, including 3 month World Cruises. The shorter cruise only length will not be a change…
…o clarity or certainty on the dates when cruises will actually start up in USA, UK, Spain, Australia and so on. Thirdly, even once they can start sailing, all lines have been clear that they will be staggering their fleet return to service through most of 2021. It will not be one Big Bang. However, they are still listing and selling cruises across the fleet from the first date they hope to start the first ship or ships sailing. So that cruise you…
…online travel agent. The line would not match that price when she asked. Susan had followed advice she’d seen saying book direct as she would get the best price. Unlike hotels, like Hilton, who promise better deals when booking direct, this is not true in cruising. Travel agents Booking via a travel agent will get you at worst the same fare, and sometimes cheaper or with more added extras. That’s one reason I always do it. Agents are extremely im…
…ediately go and check the status of mine. It’s passport issues. While some USA “closed loop” cruises (which means they start and end in the United States) to places like Alaska, Caribbean, Hawaii and even New England and Canada, allow US residents to travel with any government issued ID, they said many cruisers make the mistake of not making that a passport. All too often they have had to try and help get someone home due to an issue at home, a me…
…s catch you with drugs, even Marijuana which is legal in some parts of the USA, they will throw you off the cruise. Caribbean Cruisers Taxi Mistakes Next, I see a lot of passengers making mistakes with taxis. Another set of things I learnt the hard way. The first I learnt in Cozumel. I planned to go to a specific beach club I’d read about. The taxi driver said, “Look, I know a much better place”. He took me there, and once in I realised it was a d…
