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Cunard World Cruise Week 4 Highlights (Guatemala to San Francisco)

…e and runner up for Macro. I received Cunard Photo frames as prizes. Queen Victoria Camera Club Landscape (Advanced) Winner Picture Queen Victoria Camera Club Panama Canal (Advanced) Winner Picture Virtual Bridge Tour Talk In addition to the Cunard Insights Lecture program talks, Second Officer Rebecca Morgan and Deck Cadet William Broom did a well-attended talk in the Royal Court Theatre about the operation of the bridge. Again showing the level…

Cunard World Cruise Week Six Highlights (Equator, International Dateline and Cyclone)

…ere. Hawaii to Samoa Day 36 (14 February) At Sea to Samoa Day One On Queen Victoria Grills Deck A bright and sunny Valentine’s Day dawned as we left the Hawaiian Islands behind us and started on our voyage across the Pacific towards the island of Samoa. The Pacific is the world’s largest ocean, and much was made of this in the Daily Program and the Captain’s Noon Address. It covers 59 million square miles and contains more than half of the water o…

Cunard World Cruise Week Seven Highlights (New Zealand to Sydney)

…and to Sydney Day 42 (21 February) At Sea to Auckland Day Six Cunard Queen Victoria Tender Boat Halfway Point…. Today marked the halfway point on my around-the-world trip. As this leg on the Queen Victoria had only a week to go, it started to feel like it was coming to an end. There was a constant flow of messages for guests disembarking in Auckland (of which there seems to be many) reminding us that our voyage would soon be wrapping up. It also f…

Cunard Queen Elizabeth Ship. Newest Cruise Ship In The Fleet Review

…hip is pretty much the same ship and layout – and we had thought the Queen Victoria was okay – but had not blown us away. For the review I did on the Queen Victoria: click here. I had also read very mixed reviews about the Queen Elizabeth, mostly related to the food and the service. It is always exciting though to go on a new ship, and of course even more so when one of the famous Cunard ones. The Ship Was Outstanding. In the end, we loved the shi…

Cape Town Fish Market Restaurant (Victoria and Albert Waterfront)

Cape Town Fish Market Restaurant (Victoria and Albert Waterfront)

Cape Town Fish Market Restaurant (Victoria and Albert Waterfront), originally uploaded by garybembridge. The Cape Town Fish Market restaurant is billed as “South Africa’s Premier Seafood Restaurant”. Scary. As it clearly is not the best in the waterfront area of Cape Town, let alone Cape Town (which is packed of many very good places to eat). The CPFM bills itself as serving sushi and great seafood. It is really a large sort of spin on “TGIF” ste…

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – Tips For Travellers Podcast 201

…and advice on must-see and must-do sights and attractions for visitors to Victoria in British Columbia Canada. Subscribe free to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or TuneIn Radio. For more visit: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com This show covers among other topics: Observations History General tips for visitors Best time to go Getting there and getting around Must-do things to see and do including: Whale Watching British Columbia Legislative Bu…

Rovos Rail Steam Engine

South Africa Tips For Travellers: How To Make The Most Of Your South African Adventure

…lent past. Fred.\ Discover is currently offering an exclusive Cape Town to Victoria Falls 15-day adventure, including a trip on the ‘most luxurious train in the world’, with Rovos Rail. It’s a great way to see many of Southern Africa’s highlights in one trip. Rovos Rail Steam Engine Watch my video of the remarkable Rovos Rail and trip I took on the train a few years ago:   If you enjoyed this post: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram…

Gary Bembridge Tips for Travellers

My Story: 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Gary Bembridge

…remains my most favourite attraction in the world. You must see it. Me at Victoria Falls. The best attraction I have ever seen I went to University in South Africa and had my first job there. It is also home of one of the most beautiful cities to visit in the world I studied marketing and business at the University of Natal in South Africa, and then worked in Johannesburg for 4 years for Unilever. The craziest thing was that I never went to Cape…

AIRPORT LOUNGES: what makes a good one, based on Zambian, South African & Heathrow..

AIRPORT LOUNGES: what makes a good one, based on Zambian, South African & Heathrow..

…YS LOUNGE LIVINGSTONE ZAMBIA British Airways Lounge at Livingstone Airport Victoria Falls Zambia, originally uploaded by garybembridge. BRITISH AIRWAYS LOUNGE JOHANNESBURG British Airways Lounge Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, originally uploaded by garybembridge. VIRGIN LOUNGE JOHANNESBURG AIRPORT Virgin Atlantic Lounge OR Tambo Airport Johannesburg South Africa (3), originally uploaded by garybembridge. VIRGIN ATLANTIC LOUNGE HEATHROW Virgin Atla…

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

…e the stuffy and uninspired fare still alive. I had hopes from our time on Victoria that things were starting to shift…. Day 69 (19 March) At sea en route to Yokohama Cunard Queen Elizabeth in Nagasaki Japan After 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 Ha…

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…ver Cruise (July 2016) ** 42: Queen Elizabeth Japan (March 2016) 41: Queen Victoria San Francisco to Sydney (March 2016) 40: Queen Victoria Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco (February 2016) 39: Queen Victoria Southampton to Fort Lauderdale (January 2016) 38: P&O Britannia Caribbean Transatlantic (Oct 2015) 37: Silversea Silver Explorer Arctic (July 2015) ** 36: Fred Olsen Fjords (May 2015) ** 35: Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas (April 2015) ** 3…