These things I learned in Trieste today It doesn’t matter if you are fat and fifties, if you wear a pretty dress the charming Italians are going to put you in a prime seat at the front of the cafe Listen to your guides recommendations. She sent me to Cafe Degli Specchi. A glass of…
Cartagena A Tale of Two Cities
A new cruise on a new ship, I’m on Aurora for a month and our first port was Cartagena where I escorted the tour a Tale of two cities, visiting Cartagena and Murcia Murcia is about an hours drive from Cartagena passing lemon and olive groves plus lots of agriculture. Our guide Christina was from…
Seville from Cadiz
A quick blog as I want to keep my 2023 ports in order and my final port on the world cruise was Cádiz where I got to go on an excellent tour to Sevilla First stop was the exhibition centre which was the polar opposite of the titanic exhibition centre in Belfast, very grand, pictured…
Munchies in Malta
Ever since Brisbane I’d been craving a Pizza I’d ordered one from room service, it was delicious but just didn’t hit the spot so it was a day off in Valetta specifically for a pizza! Unfortunately we were there on Good Friday so pretty much everything other than restaurants and tourist shops was closed We…
Dolphin Days in Muscat
Whoop whoop my favourite tour. Dolphin watching! A short bus ride to the marina & we boarded three small boats for our dolphin Watch trip. Everyone wanted to sit inside so I happily went out front to sit in the open air as it wasn’t too sunny – the end result was I got soaked…
Dubai Dubai, so good we stayed there twice
Day two in Dubai and it was back to escorting tours, today I was delighted to be having free time in three sights which gives you a real good overview of Dubai First stop was the beach resort, following a good drive through Dubai with an excellent commentary our guide led us down to the…
Dunes in Dubai
Day one on Dubai and we booked the afternoon Dune Safari and Barbecue under the stars That gave us the morning free so it was onto the shuttle bus for, you guessed it, more shipping and our new favourite shop Max fashion The shuttle went to The Mall of the Emirates, that’s the one with…
An Abu Dhabi Doo
Change of port – Abu Dhabi instead of first day in Muscat, I’ll take that! We had booked afternoon tea in Muscat and thankfully shore excursions were able to swop this over for us to Afternoon Tea at The Emirates Palace Hotel On learning about the change in port a friend had told us we…
Penang Orangutan
Because we missed the elephants in Thailand, reported to be the best tour of the cruise, we booked ourselves on to the Orangutans Tour in Penang The write up suggested we walked through the cage with the orangutang roaming free around us. We did walk through the cage, it was wild and wonderful, but the…
Kuala Lumpur another day another tower
A new port for me and I was very excited about my trip to Kuala Lumpur It was another long drive from port and another full day tour and yes, it was hot & humid! Now, remember how we were the first World Cruise to leave Southampton, well we were the first European Cruise to…
Singapore Slings & Shocks
Here’s the thing, I’d told everyone about the brilliant cruise terminal in Singapore, the two dentists, the hairdresser, all the shops. And guess what – we didn’t go there, in fact I’m not even sure if it’s still there! The new metal hangar of a cruise terminal is devoid of character or facilities with a…
Good Morning Vietnam
What a day! Right up there with my cruise highlights was our day in Ho Chi Minh, capital of Vietnam It’s often said a good guide makes the tour and we lucked out with Lucky Luke – he was excellent I escorted the tour to Ho Chi Minh which included the Parliamentary Palace, Temple, Rickshaw…
Suzanne’s Arty Travel 