Ancient Cities This cruise takes you to the magnificent hand-carved Petra ruins, Cairo’s 5000-year-old Egyptian symbols, and Valletta’s historical markings left by different powers that conquered the city. Iceland Encounter the genuine power of nature, from the gigantic Geysir, to breaks in the very Earth itself, and the world’s biggest outside regular underground aquifer, the … Read more
London is layered with history, where middle age and Victorian supplement a rich and lively present day world. Local pubs and markets are near Westminster and the Tower of London, and commuters rush to catch the Tube to witness time-honored customs like the changing of the guard. It’s where explorers can time-bounce through the city, … Read more
Paris, the cosmopolitan capital of France is quite possibly of Europe’s biggest city, with 2.2 million individuals living in the thick, focal city and right around 12 million individuals living in the entire metropolitan region. Situated in the north of France on the stream Seine, Paris has the merited standing of being the most lovely … Read more
We ducked inside to the cozy glass-enclosed observation area, noses numb, for proper Antarctica “viewing” food at 6 a.m.; newly prepared tacky buns, hot cocoa, Mimosas, and Tomato juice and vodka. Resuscitated and recharged we made a beeline for Deck 12 for more ‘wows.’ This movement proceeded constant for two entire days. As we raised … Read more
Waking at 5 a.m., hauling back the shut down draperies, I wheezed at seeing my most memorable Antarctic ice sheet. A blue-toned mass, about the size of Macy’s structure in New York, drifted by inside yards of the boat and I detected the risk of an ocean make hitting one of these strong ice structures. … Read more
As we beat toward the tip of South America, the sun-doused warm days turned unmistakably colder. Every morning travelers looked bulkier with added layers of attire. Shearling fleece tosses supplanted the striped ocean side towels gracing the parlor seats on outside Deck 11. We sipped Bailey’s Irish Crème-laced café lattes while snuggled up in the … Read more
As we beat toward the tip of South America, the sun-doused warm days turned unmistakably colder. Every morning travelers looked bulkier with added layers of attire. Shearling fleece tosses supplanted the striped ocean side towels gracing the parlor seats on outside Deck 11. We sipped Bailey’s Irish Crème-laced café lattes while snuggled up in the … Read more
On November 13, 2015, 55-year-old English pioneer, Henry Worsley, set out on the west shoreline of Antarctica. He pulled his own sledge, stacked with his tent, skis and arrangements to keep him alive for the 950 mile, 75-day endeavor. The excursion required a frosty move of 10,000 feet up Wiyek Edge, crossing the South Pole, … Read more
Sénégal’s popular yassa ginaar is a dish made with chicken, caramelized onions and lemon juice, served over rice. It can be found on the menus of fancy downtown restaurants as well as street stalls. While yassa stands out, one more scrumptious feast to attempt is ceebu jen. It’s not elusive ceebu jen, as it is … Read more
I followed Daouda into the drug store room when he went to get her prescriptions. I let him know that I needed to cover the bill for Awa. He took a gander at me strangely, so I said once more, trusting my pronunciation would be better this time “I need to pay for it.” He … Read more