Costa Crociere New Flagship Costa Diadema

I think it’s fair to say 2012 was not the year for Costa Crociere. In January 2012 the world was awoken by the sad news that the Costa Concordia and over 30 passengers and crew had been lost. Just several weeks later the Costa Allegra was left adrift after a fire onboard cut out all…

A Cruise With Friends

So with only 29 days left to go until the big Caribbean adventure the one thing at the moment I am looking forward to the most is seeing my friend again. I have not seen her since we left Oceana last December after our 24-night Eastern Mediterranean voyage and I can honestly say I have…

Costa Concordia Parbuckling Project

A new website has been launched by Costa Crociere and the salvage company given the contract to re-float and remove the Costa Concordia wreck which lies just off the coast of Giglio, Italy. The website details Parbuckling which is the technical term used for the process of rotating the shipwreck back into an upright position….

Private Roatan on The Wild Side

I think the name of this excursion says it all really and I have to admit I am really excited for this one! My friend and I did have a half figured out plan as to what we would do whilst we were here but nothing was set in stone. It kind of consisted of…

St Lucia Aerial Tram

I recently booked another excursion for my upcoming Caribbean cruise, an aerial tram ride above the rainforest in St Lucia. How amazing does that sound?! When I first came across this excursion I was not immediately blown away by it, I had actually been locked onto the zip-line option but the more I looked at…