Tag: Food & Drink

Jan 03

Princess Cruises Debuts New Wine List

One of the most important factors people consider when booking their cruise vacation is the food and drink offerings on board the ship. From a main dining room with rave reviews to speciality restaurants with a wine list as diverse as the passengers, cruisers want options in order to take their cruise experience to the …

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Dec 24

For Shore: Your Daily Tot on Tortola

If you’re going ashore in Tortola, why not go rum hunting? The Caribbean has the perfect climate to grow sugar cane, and during the colonial period plantations sprouted among the islands. It wasn’t long before someone noticed that the byproducts of the refining process – molasses – fermented in the sun. From there, distillers began …

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Dec 04

Five Fave Adventure Tours in Southeast Asia

As if travel to Southeast Asia isn’t exciting enough, there have been enormous strides to develop shore excursions that appeal to the adventurous spirit of both young and old intrepid travelers.  Entrepreneurs from around the globe have created ingenious activities deviating from traditional, “follow me” guided sightseeing tours.

Dec 03

Create Your Own Whisky Blend Aboard Carnival

Hundreds of years ago in a peat bog somewhere in Scotland, Friar John Cor distilled the first batch of scotch whisky. It probably wasn’t the best-tasting spirit, considering it was the year 1494, but thanks to hundreds of years of refined distilling, scotch whisky has grown into one of the most popular drinks at bars, …

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Nov 28

Delicate Features – Face Plates as Fine Art

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