Travel Blog

I'm really enjoying ship life, constantly on the move travelling to new and exciting places. When I'm at home I spot things - a crack in the ceiling, a weed or two (usually more) on the patio, something that needs…

Located in the remote Juan Fernandez Islands 416 miles off the west coast of Chile, Isla Robinson Crusoe is where Royal Navy officer, Alexander Selkirk was marooned in 1704. He was put ashore following an altercation with another officer and…

We have six stops in Chile which north to south is the longest country in the world at 2,672 miles. With an average width of only 112 miles it is 24 times longer than it is wide and it covers…

How many famous Peruvians can you name? Hmmm, the best I could come up with was Paddington Bear which doesn't say a great deal for Peru. It used to be naming famous Belgians but Peru is far trickier but then…

Our only stop in Ecuador was a port town called Manta which is apparently the tuna capital of the world. Sounded a bit fishy to me so I googled it and it was true. There are statues of tuna all…

The first stop of about 30 port calls was the Isla de Providencia which is an island belonging to the San Andres group of islands in the southwestern Caribbean Sea which in turn belong to Colombia. Throughout history the islands…

Aside from a hapless flight attendant spilling a glass of tomato juice down my trousers it was a pleasant but uneventful flight. I inadvertently only watched movies with a name in the title so first up was Tom Cruise as…

The final blog for this trip involves eight days in Pattaya which was an education to say the least. From Rayong I headed north towards Bangkok and ninety minutes later I reached a place that some might describe as Disneyland…

After flying back to BKK I jumped in to a taxi and headed for the province of Rayong which is south of Pattaya, and very lovely and chilled indeed. The flight was two thirds empty and only took 70 minutes.…

We were all excited to be finally heading to Ho Chi Minh City. I say all but Fiona is Scottish so it was a stretch for her but she did the best she could. So eager to get there we'd…