If visiting Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for a day on a cruise, there is simply no better way to see the island than to rent a car whilst you are in port. Driving in Tortola is very easy and it does not take long to get anywhere on the island so you can see a lot of different places and various beaches in your own time. It is also an incredibly affordable way to explore Tortola (especially if there is a group of you) rather than pay for an overpriced organised tour. (more…)

When we booked our recent Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy, we originally had another stateroom on Deck 8 booked. However one night when wide awake and suffering the effects of jetlag from another trip, I was looking at our booking online when I noticed that stateroom 8188 was showing as available. I knew that this was one of the cabins that have a giant oversized verandah so I moved our reservation to it there and then – it made sense to given how much we both loving having a verandah on a cruise. (more…)

It had been some time since my last visit to a character cafe in Hong Kong so when I found out there is now a B Duck Cafe located in the New Territories, I quickly added it to my list of plans for my next trip to the city. There is not much English information at all online about the B Duck Cafe – all I really knew was that it was located in the Yoho Mall in Yuen Long close to the border with Mainland China. (more…)