German river cruise company Peter Deilmann Cruises will shut down its river cruise operation by year-end, due to financial problems. Their ocean cruises will continue to operate.
However, this is not reflective of river cruising as a whole. River cruising holidays are very popular in Europe, as they provide the opportunity to see many sights and [...]
I had the pleasure of lunching with John Molinaro, General Manager of Australia for Uniworld, at the launch of the company’s 2010 brochure (in keeping with the nautical nature – I had fish pie).
Uniworld Boutique River cruise collection, previously in partnership With Trafalgar Tours, is now a separate entity and has its own product. The [...]
It has been said that without the Nile, Egypt wouldn’t exist. Therefore, I can’t imagine any better way to see Egypt than on a river cruise.
A cruise from Luxor to Aswan is an intensive history lesson. Over 360 riverboats sail between the two cities of Luxor (Thebes in ancient times) and the beautiful metropolis of [...]
We booked something online from Sydney
But when you’re there you just get what you’re given.
Somehow we jagged The White Dolphin
& it was the biz.
Only two immaculate rooms on the boat.
Book two nights not one.
Don’t get the cabins at the back nearest the motor…
Constant diesel fumes & generator noise.
Food just keeps on coming.
Fish cakes, soup, noodles
Chicken [...]
MOST hail it China’s greatest building job since the Great Wall was started in the 7th century BC and took two thousand years to finish. But while the Three Gorges Dam has so far taken just fifteen years of hard yakka and has another two to go, it’s also attracted its fair share of doomsayers, [...]
I just heard from friends who’d recently returned from the Yangtze, where they’d cruised on the Viking Century Sun, exploring China via its glorious waterways. My friends reported that it had been a very different experience than the one they’d expected. China, they said, is developing so quickly at the moment that it’s quite mind-boggling. [...]
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