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View of mystery island from onboard the Carnival Splendor

Mystery Island, Vanuatu: Beaches, Snorkelling & a Village Tour

Mystery Island is a beautiful Vanuatu tender port with pristine beaches and clear tropical water. We combined some island time with a locally organised boat...

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Doing Laundry in a Cruise Cabin: My Simple Travel Laundry Kit

Doing a little washing on a cruise doesn't need to mean spending your holiday in the laundrette. Here's the simple travel laundry kit I use...

View of windows in cabin 2462 on Carnival Splendor

Carnival Splendor Cabin 2462: Oceanview Cabin Tour

Carnival Splendor Cabin 2462 isn't your typical Oceanview cabin. Its unusual layout gives you two windows, a separate sitting area and plenty of storage. Here's...

Our Day in Seward: SeaLife, Waterfalls & Our First Taste of Alaska

Seward was our first taste of Alaska and an easy port to explore independently. We visited the Alaska SeaLife Center, stumbled across a waterfall, ate...

Our Day in Juneau: First Snow, Mount Roberts & King Crab

We kept our Juneau port day simple and explored independently, taking the Goldbelt Tram up snowy Mount Roberts, doing a little more souvenir shopping than...

Our Day in Moorea: A Motu, an Abandoned Resort & One Very Lucky Turtle Sighting

Moorea's beautiful lagoon and tender-port setup convinced us to do something we don't often do: book a cruise-line shore excursion. Our day included a boat...

Our Day in Hiroshima: Peace Park, Paper Cranes & Getting Slightly Lost

Our Hiroshima port day didn't quite go to plan, with an unexpected cruise terminal, miserable weather and a few wrong turns. But visiting the Peace...

Ferry Hopping in Sydney Before Your Cruise: An Easy Way to Fill a Few Hours

Arrived in Sydney hours before your cruise? Once the luggage is sorted, Circular Quay's ferry network is an easy way to fill a few hours,...

Best Places to Work From Around a Cruise Ship

Your cabin isn't the only place you can get some work done at sea. These are the things I look for when finding somewhere around...

Computer Equipment Plugged Into Power Sockets

Cruise Ship Power Outlets & Charging: What I Pack and What to Leave at Home

Cruise cabins aren't always blessed with power outlets in convenient places. Here's how I keep our phones, watches, laptops and other devices charged onboard, what...