We chose to do this mostly for the freedom it gaves us whilst aboard, granted we were still a ‘captive’ audience and we had to make our own entertainment, however I wouldn’t change teh way we did it at all.

We had 9 other passengers, all of whom were interesting and all like minded, all keen to try different things – one is riding his motorbike through South/Central/North America, Russia and finally to Southern Europe. Others are taking their cars to the back of beyond – all had interesting stories and was a pleasure being with them.

We also got to see a lot more in the sense that we were part of the ships crew, we had many a party with the fillipino crew and will remember these nights fondly.

Our only negative point being that on a couple of occasions we were not allowed ashore due to a political situation and maybe a shorter time ashore in certain places though for the fact that we had free reign of the ship, visiting the engine rooms, spending time on the bridge, being shown how to make pasta by the chef certainly made for a memorable experience.

Hasta Pronto!

Then this summer I took an Alaska Princess cruise, and it was incredible because you saw amazing scenery from the ship. The day at sea wasn’t spent doing cheesy stuff, it was spent looking at glaciers and searching for wildlife. Even when it wasn’t officially “scenic cruising”, there was almost always great scenery. So, if you’re ever brave enough to try a cruise again, I’d recommend Alaska.

I loved the Alaska cruise I took because you saw incredible scenery from the ship

I suppose that getting a good travel planner to select exactly the right cruise is quite important.