Cruising
Ocean Endeavour – Greenland & Canada
Greenland has about 150km of roads and none of them link any two towns. However, it has dozens of fiords and hundreds of waterways, meaning almost everyone has a boat. So the best way for […]
Articles by Caroline's Cabin Fever
Cruise Advice
Lights, action, sequins – shipboard shows sizzle
From Broadway razzmatazz to risque burlesque, cruise shows just keep getting better They say the show must go on and when it comes to entertainment on the high seas, it’s full steam ahead. A night […]
Ashore
Lombok – turtles, turquoise water and a touch of paradise
It’s the perfect time to visit Lombok before Bali’s little cousin loses its peaceful persona Spiritual experiences are often hard to come by although I was once moved to tears as the bells of Prague’s […]
Ashore
Venice citizens sick of cruise ships – a new ban is announced
Death in Venice – is the cruise ship industry loving Venice too much? Situated on the edge of the Adriatic Sea and surrounded by water, one imagines Venice as the ideal cruise destination. Well it […]
About Me
Welcome to my website and blog
Hi, I’m Caroline Gladstone, a long-time travel writer, freelance journalist and newcomer to the blogosphere. An Australian, living in Sydney, I write about all types of travel experiences and adventures, but my specialty is cruising. […]
Cruise Advice
Are balconies worth the extra cost?
People often ask: Are balconies worth the extra cost? A cruise is all about life on the high seas, so what’s better than being able to see that big vast ocean at any time of […]
Ashore
Motoring Women – Getting under that metal bonnet
I know very little about cars. However, after buying my adorable little Ford KA many years ago, I attended a free ‘motoring for women’ workshop, a benefit that came with Ford ownership. I do love […]
Published Stories
Venice – City of Lovers
ARRIVING in Venice by plane in the dead of night is a tantalising mystery. I was whisked from Marco Polo airport to the nearby pier in a matter of minutes by my ‘meet and greet’ […]
Ashore in Asia
Uzbekistan Adventure – mosques, madrasahs and mosaics
Travels of the exotic kind – following the Silk Route from Tashkent to Khiva CRIMINALS and unfaithful wives were thrown from the Kalyan Minaret in Bukhara, known as the Tower of Death. I look up at […]
Ashore in the Americas
San Franciso – Hippy Heaven
In San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district I went looking for the last rays of the Summer of Love. I’d missed the hippy revolution, being straight jacketed in a school uniform imprisoned behind Catholic school gates in […]