Matador - cruise

Port of Call: Riga

geotraveler — Sun, 4 May 2008 17:56:57 -0500

I recognized those haircuts. I’d seen them in 1987. Complete with tapered stonewashed jeans tucked into high top sneakers, teenagers and young adults filled all decks. This was, I presumed, going to be their booze cruise. The next demographic up were middle-aged men with forlorn looks dragging...

On The Star Ferry To Kowloon

jodapoet — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:41:43 -0500

The first news report of the star ferry seafaring vessel was reported in 1888. Since that time the ferry has endured many a hardship with typhoons and wars. Today it is the main mode of transportation between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Each vessel can carry up to 200 passengers...

On-Board with the In-Laws

cassylee — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:36:38 -0500

One of the reasons we went to Southeast Asia was to spend time with my in-laws. My husband Chimmy is Chinese, born and raised in Taiwan until his parents sent him to the U.S. to escape the rigors of the Taiwanese school system and have a "normal" childhood. He went to live with an aunt in South...

Blue Heron river cruise

switzin — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:02:33 -0500

Sometimes you just have to get away from the daily grind, out into the quiet of nature. While I usually take one or two of my dogs and go for a walk along Cumberland River, this time I joined a friend on a two-hour boat cruise on the very same water way that influences my life so deeply.

What a...

Seriously stylish cruising in Southeast Asia

keatlover — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:07:01 -0500

In the past when flying had been believed totally impossible and the aviation engine technology had not been invented and progressed much, people had used sea journey for overseas transport, using ships and cruises to travel for trade exchange or even to find new lands.

With fantastic luxury and top...