Despite visiting Hong Kong more times than I can remember over the years, I had never visited Lamma Island until September this year.  Lamma Island is only located 3km from Hong Kong Island but is a world away from the Hong Kong we all know due to the fact it has no cars, no high buildings and a very small population.  I discovered that there is an easy hike called the Family Trail between the two towns of Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan so I made my plan to visit. (more…)

In November 2014, a bench in memory and honour of the late great Rik Mayall was unveiled in Hammersmith. The original bench was featured in the opening credits of the television series Bottom featuring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson and had been removed. However after an online campaign, a new bench was placed and unveiled as a tribute to Rik. (more…)

If you have read my previous two blogs about our staterooms that we stayed in on the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, then you might recall me saying that I would always book a verandah cabin on any future cruises we took as I would not want to sail without one. (more…)

Once again after not enough sleep, I woke up early about 6:30am. I wish I could have slept in later as I knew that the following morning when we disembarked would be another early start. Today was our last full day onboard and we were going to be at sea for the whole day. A better description would be that we were going to floating around like a cork with minimal engine power close to Freeport for the majority of the day before finally heading back towards Port Canaveral in the evening. (more…)

Once again on this trip, I woke up early just before 7:00am after not having a great night’s sleep. I’m not sure if I was overtired or just never had the chance to properly relax on this trip and indeed the whole cruise, but I was exhausted the entire time we were onboard. (more…)