After 47 Days Stuck in the Middle East, a Cruise Ship Has Reportedly Cleared the Strait of Hormuz

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://people.com/cruise-ship-passes-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-after-47-days-stuck-in-the-middle-east-11952937

I hadn't been on a cruise in 25 years - it's a completely different holiday now

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/cruises/hadnt-been-cruise-25-years-36980329

Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists

Exclusive: Environmental impact assessments are ‘incomplete’, say leaders, and private beach club could harm fragile ecosystems

The Guardian

Cruise Lines Cancel Sailings as Six Ships Reportedly Remain Stuck in the Middle East

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://people.com/six-cruise-ships-reportedly-remain-stuck-in-the-middle-east-11934533

Wow, this cruise Q&A from former cruise crewmembers was informative... so many questions asked & answered!

▶️ Everything We Learned Living on a Cruise Ship - Bryan James
https://youtube.com/watch?v=a1I3OWq42JI&si=JGr2NhaFlKtshpZ6
#cruises #bryanjames

Everything We Learned Living on a Cruise Ship

YouTube
P&O #Cruises has added Basseterre in #StKitts as a homeport to its #Caribbean fly-cruise programme from November 2027. https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/po-cruises-to-add-st-kitts-as-homeport-from-november-2027

My Traveller article about the Mekong Serenity river cruise from Vietnam to Cambodia is now online. Enjoy!

https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/a-perfect-home-away-from-home-on-the-mekong-20260116-p5nulr.html

#cruise #cruises #vietnam #cambodia

A perfect home away from home on the Mekong

Vietnam and Cambodia may be countries bristling with energy, but serenity abounds when you swap the rails for the river.

The Sydney Morning Herald

🚢⚙️ We often focus on the ship's end, but the #construction of the #Titanic was an ambitious feat of industrial #design.

Here's a look at the 20th-century #technology involved – from the massive scale of the gantry to the innovative watertight compartments.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/the-fascinating-engineering-of-the-titanic-how-the-great-ocean-liner-was-built.html

#engineering #history #tech #ships #ocean #boats #cruises #shipwreck

The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built

When many of us first learned of the RMS Titanic, it was presented first as one of history's greatest ironies: the 'unsinkable' ocean liner that went down on its maiden voyage.

Open Culture