On the Ganges with G Adventures – Day 5 Aaron Saunders March 24, 2017 From the Deck Chair, Popular Cruising Exploring the Battle of Plassey Today, we explored the site of the Battle of Plassey, which took place here in 1757. Photo © 2017 Aaron Saunders Sunday, March 5, 2017 Exploring the India’s Ganges River...
On the Ganges with G Adventures – Day 4 Aaron Saunders March 23, 2017 From the Deck Chair Village Life and Colonial History on the Ganges The many faces of India, as seen from our country boat from Varuna to the shore this morning with G Adventures. Photo © 2017 Aaron Saunders Saturday, March 4,...
On the Ganges with G Adventures – Day 3 Aaron Saunders March 22, 2017 From the Deck Chair Indescribable India The real face of India, as seen tonight at “high-five village”, where locals came out to greet us. Photo © 2017 Aaron Saunders Friday, March 3, 2017 I can’t get enough of India’s...
On the Ganges with G Adventures – Day 2 Aaron Saunders March 21, 2017 From the Deck Chair, Popular Cruising The Train to Farakka & Varuna Our journey begins with a train trip from Kolkata, India to the town of Farakka to embark G Adventures’ Varuna. Photo © 2017 Aaron Saunders Today, our journey along...
On the Ganges with G Adventures – Day 1 Aaron Saunders March 20, 2017 From the Deck Chair Welcome to India Welcome to India and the busy streets of Kolkata! Photo © 2017 Aaron Saunders I could live a dozen lifetimes and not be able to accurately describe the smell of India. When I stepped off the...
MSC Meraviglia Comes To North America in 2019 Aaron Saunders March 17, 2017 From the Deck Chair, MSC Cruises, MSC Meraviglia, Popular Cruising You’ve got to feel for MSC Meraviglia. The largest ship ever built for MSC Cruises will be christened in June of this year in the Mediterranean, but she’s been overshadowed by the forthcoming MSC Seaside,...
Star Clippers courts solo travellers with deals in the Med, Indonesia Aaron Saunders March 16, 2017 From the Deck Chair, Popular Cruising, Star Clippers Great news for solo travellers: boutique sailing line Star Clippers is waiving its single-supplement rate for guests who book a sailing to the Eastern and Western Mediterranean or Indonesia between April and...
From Seatrade: Seabourn pulling out all the stops in Alaska this year Aaron Saunders March 15, 2017 Alaska, From the Deck Chair, Seabourn Sojourn Here in Fort Lauderdale, Florida there is reason to be excited – and it goes beyond the warm temperatures and soothing ocean breeze. The Seatrade Cruise Global 2017 conference kicked off yesterday at the...
Silver Muse completes sea trials Aaron Saunders February 27, 2017 From the Deck Chair, Silver Muse We’re getting our first look at the nearly-finished Silver Muse as Silversea’s latest-and-greatest sets out on her sea trials from the Fincantieri Shipyards in Genoa. Silver Muse completes her sea trials...
Getting ready to river cruise India’s Ganges Aaron Saunders February 22, 2017 From the Deck Chair Cruising from Kolkata with G Adventures aboard the Varuna G Adventures’ Varuna on India’s Ganges River. Photo courtesy of G Adventures On Monday, I’m going to spend nearly 25 hours on three airplanes and...
