Manila The Philippines is my first stop on a journey to Asia that will consume the next four weeks, most of it in China, including Hong Kong. Baked buns of BBQ pork and steamed dumplings in Manila, the Philippines (photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) Battling jetlag, 12 hours ahead of the Eastern U.S time…
Cruising south on the Irrawaddy River from remote Bhamo toward busy-but-beautiful Bagan is a rewarding way to see northern Myanmar, which was off-limits to most travelers for more than 50 years. Now, it is a travel priority if you want to arrive before tourism makes its inevitable marks.
French Country Waterways’ Nenuphar carries a maximum of 12 pasengers on a barge canal in Burgundy, France. (www.fcwl.com) Photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com When my wife and I boarded Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Symphony in Singapore last year, we asked the maître d’ to find us an interesting dining room table. He was a…
The Lower Danube is a highly rewarding river cruise, culturally revealing about what this part of Eastern Europe once was, and also a lesson to Westerners about its life today.
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A growing demand for bigger, grander suites Big, fancy, expensive suites, with butlers, are among the fastest growing accoutrements on cruise ships. Their size and number seem to increase with each new ship. Silversea's Silver Spirit, docked at Rhodes, has Grand Suites that measure about 1,400 square feet, bigger than many apartments (Photo by…
Impact tourism weeks on the new Fathom cruise line begin in April in the Dominican Republic. On alternate weeks, Fathom’s ship, the 700-passenger Adonia, cruises to Cuba.
Passengers will begin arriving Oct. 6 at Carnival Corp.’s new cruise port at Amber Cove on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. As many as 350,000 cruisers are expected within the next year, the first regularly scheduled vacationers from the sea in about three decades.