aka a very belated life lately update. Hi, remember me? I used to write some stuff here sometimes. Then I stopped. The reasons were manyfold, but largely revolved around entering a fairly intense phase of travel which has now lessened, although not exactly abated… Since I went to some pretty cool places, I thought I’d update you on where on earth I’ve been jollying off to. Edit – I just started writing a 70000 word essay but that way madness lies, so this will now be a pure overview post. Anything more substantial I have to say about each trip,…
I recently took a stopover to Palm Springs when I flew between Sydney and the UK. Here are my thoughts as I was there.
Before I took my Big Trip in September I was quite worried about how I would find enough gluten free food to last me a week aboard a cruise ship. Silly, I know, but these things are serious considerations for a hungry gluten free traveller. So I decided to write an exhaustive(/exhausting?!) guide which will tell you which of the dining venues on board the Jewel is best for gluten free, how to get in touch with the special diet waiter, how special diet dining works, and my personal top tips for getting the most out of your gluten free cruise.…
On the fifth day of Christmas (no, wait, hang on, all the fairy lights have gone to my head) our epic 7 night Alaskan cruise our port of call was Skagway, Alaska. We decided to skip out on the popular White Pass Scenic Railway because with fares in excess of $120 each we just couldn’t justify the expense at that point. Especially not after we’d just been flightseeing… and whale watching… We also figured we’d be a bit sick of organised fun by that point, and we were confident we could handle this alone. So our budgets kicked in and for…
The second port of call for us on our recent Alaskan cruise aboard the Norwegian Jewel was Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Despite being the capital, it still has only three supermarkets – it’s not the raging metropolis you might have assumed the capital of (by far) the largest state in the USA would be. Oh, and there are no roads in or out of the city. The city is mostly known for outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking and skiing. It’s also famous for its wildlife, so we decided to do something else we’d never done before. Go whale watching! For some…
