Cruise Vacations
« Previous EntriesOceania Cruises
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008With 3 elegant mid-sized cruise ships, Oceania cruises targets older North American travelers.
Their 400 members of staff will make sure you get a personalized service and unforgettable dining experience on one of their 3 Oceania cruise ships: the Regatta, Insignia and Nautica.
You will be in for a casually elegant luxury cruise without being disturbed [...]
Royal Caribbean 14 night European transatlantic cruise
Monday, July 7th, 2008Since me and my best friend will be turning 50 this year, we have decided to go on a cruise vacation together – without our other half!
Not sure how our spouses will react as they have not been informed but I am so looking forward to spending some time with my best friend without [...]
Antarctica Weather
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008In case you don’t know, Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent in the whole world.
It does sound bleak and uninviting to say the least.
That is why its harsh unforgiving weather has kept human travelers away until the 19th century.
You can’t survive there without a warm shelter and extreme winter wear. [...]
Cruise Vacation Center
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Cruise Vacation Center
Those of you who have watched the show Titanic would have dreamt of being on a cruise yourself standing on the deck with the wind blowing in your hair, and if you are fortunate enough to also have your loved one with you.
This is more than one can hope for in terms [...]
Explorers’ last Antarctica cruise
Monday, November 26th, 2007Read our previous post about the sinking of the Antarctic cruise ship: the Explorer
The Explorer was on a 19-day cruise of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, near the South Shetland Islands, letting passengers observe penguins, whales
and other wildlife.
You could almost say that this Antarctic cruise was really inspired by the
Antarctic explorations of ill-fated adventurer [...]
Why did the M/S Explorer hit an iceberg?
Friday, November 23rd, 2007At this very moment, the M/S Explorer Antarctica cruise ship has an about 23-degree list after it hit an iceberg nearby King George Island in Antarctica at 0524 GMT.
The 100 passengers on board are rescued by lifeboats from 2 nearby cruiseships: the Endeavor and the well known Norwegian Nordnorge.
What is intriguing though is that this [...]
Travel to Antarctica
Friday, November 16th, 2007Planning your Antarctica Travel
Since you don’t take an Antarctica vacation every day, and the Antarctica travel season is only 4 months, you have all the time in the world to prepare yourself for your Antarctica Travel.
Read about my Antarctica Vacation: an Antarctica Cruise on the Antarctica ship "Kapitan Dranitsyn".
Read the Antarctica Travel Tips [...]
How to get a free cruise to Antarctica?
Monday, November 12th, 2007If you have been browsing around to find out prices about Antarctica tours, you will surely know that any Antarctica cruise easily costs a minimum of about US $ 10.000…
Why politicians love Antarctica trips
Antarctica tourism on its best: fast travel by plane: Ban arriving at the at Chile’s Air Force base in Antarctica
So if [...]
Antarctica Cruise
Monday, October 29th, 2007If there is one place that one should go before you leave this earth for good, Antarctica is one of them. It is an excellent place to go for an adventure cruise and a trip to this white continent will be a memorable one for anyone who has the golden opportunity to make a trip [...]
Antarctica vacations
Sunday, October 28th, 2007If you are one of those lucky ones that have been to practically every continent in the world and is fast running out of places to go (except the moon) then you should seriously think of taking a cruise to Antarctica .
It is expensive for sure and depending on where you are from, the [...]
