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Cruising in Canada and Alaska

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Worldly1

If you still had a child’s imagination, you might picture the vast North American continent as some muscular cartoon superhero where the oversized head and shoulders where the vast regions of Canada and Alaska. To extend this comic metaphor, the portly torso of USA has plenty of its own attractions but, in my mind at … Continue reading »

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Europe River Cruising on Scenic Pearl

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Worldly1

Scenic Tours’ $30 million ‘Scenic Pearl’ is one of the latest contenders to the title, ‘Queen of the Danube’. Roderick Eime goes along for the ride. River cruising is a fantastic way to explore Europe. The most sought after destinations are right there on the river bank, just tie up and wander ashore. A fleet … Continue reading »

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Egypt: Famously in Ruins

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Worldly1

by David Ellis THE ancient tombs of many of Egypt’s most famous rulers, with their treasure-troves of sculptures, paintings, hieroglyphics and carvings, are amazing enough in themselves, but the fact that they were ever discovered in the first place is nothing short of a miracle. Hidden among rocky ravines in a sea of shifting sands … Continue reading »

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Alaska’s Inside Passage

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Worldly1

Bordered by stunning mountain ranges with dense forest to the shoreline and calm, deep waterways, the Inside Passage is a 1500 kilometre waterway extending from Seattle Washington to Skagway in Alaska. Most commonly claimed by the Alaskans because of its enormous tourism appeal, the sheltered waterways were originally explored by early navigators as a way … Continue reading »

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China’s New Great Wall

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Worldly1

River cruising is the perfect means to explore the great Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is a massive tempestuous monster. For centuries it has been both the life and death of the Chinese people, providing food, water for irrigation and a critical transport route, but turning fierce with immense and destructive floods. In 1998, the … Continue reading »

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