We had a lovely 3 days in 3 different cities in Turkey. As we achieved so much on our first day on the peninsula, we decided to make use of the time to see some of Canakkle, the launch point for anyone visiting the battlefields. This is a lovely little town which survives on a […]
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One of the key points of difference with this cruise and other cruises taking in Gallipoli for the 100th anniversary is the fact that our cruise is following in the footsteps of the diggers. One of the special privileges of this is the fact that we get to travel through the Suez Canal. This is
Today we are in Safaga, a port town in Egypt on the Red Sea. We have the second of our organised tours today and after being on the ship for over 7 days and just to do something totally different we are going on a boat cruise 😐 I know, sounds totally rediculous doesn’t it,
The last few days have been pretty relaxing and pretty exciting all at the same time. We are at sea still and are heading towards the straight between Yemen and Somalia. With the Bombings on one side and the Pirates on the other we expected to see some military activity and were weren’t disappointed. First
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We have quite a few days now at sea. As has been the norm, the seas are eirely smooth, and I keep thinking we’re in a scene from Lost or that one where Jim Carey’s life is on film and he sails out to the edge of the set. It just shouldn’t be this smooth.
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Heading into Colombo I started to get a bit of a sore throat, even though I was steering clear of the Coughing Garden Theatre. All good though as we are well equipped with a wide array of strepsils, butter menthols, cold & flu tablets as well as antibiotics. We arrived in Colombo early in the
Below are a few quotes that we’ve either heard or used over the past week that we thought were post worthy. They need a little back story, but I’ll try to keep it brief. “The fish has been frozen a very long time” The story behind this one relates to one of our first restaurant
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