First things first, would you believe that we were told that they had not seen rain for six years and guess what …………… it is pouring down today, maybe I should have added this under the heading, feels like home! It did stop raining long enough for us to venture into the local town which [...]

Not quite sure just where to start, all went well with the flight, a little lumpy for a while and all three landings where quite good! On board the ship and it immediately felt like home, it felt good to know our way around and not spending the first day getting lost. Having got settled [...]

Well………….. That is the first leg of the journey completed, at the airport just waiting for my coffee to arrive! A nice touch when we got to the airport, we were greeted by two Thompson staff who sealed our luggage, presented us with an excursion guide, and also impressed upon us that Petra was the [...]

It is almost one year since we discovered cruising and from that moment, we were hooked. Off again on Thursday, flight out to sharm el sheikh, and then off to board the Thomson Celebration, the very same ship that captured our love of cruising last year, and we can’t wait! I intend to do as [...]

I Know…………. It has been some time since I have posted to this blog, I will not bore you with the detail, what I will say is that I have been spending some time working on photography and associated technologies. Below is the result of some of this work in the forms of a photographic [...]