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There and back to see how far it is: A tour around the South Island and the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand - driving round-trip from the far north down to Bluff in May 2022


A tour around the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand - driving round-trip from Napier in March 2021


A tour of the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand - driving from Christchurch to Nelson in October and November 2020


Islands of Vanuatu cruise on Pacific Jewel in June 2018 »


North Queensland and a Solomon Sea Cruise aboard Pacific Eden from Cairns to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in October 2017 »


A Half-world Cruise on Dawn Princess in July and August 2014 from Southampton to Auckland : Part Two - South Pacific »


A Half-world Cruise on Dawn Princess in July and August 2014 from Southampton to Auckland : Part One - Atlantic Crossing »


A River Cruise from Vienna through Austria, Slovakia and Hungary in June 2014 on MV Beethoven »


A Northern Fiji Discovery Heritage Cruise on Captain Cook's Reef Endeavour and a stay on Denarau Island in April 2013 »


A 'Golden Triangle' land tour in Northern India followed by a cruise from Mumbai round the bottom of the country to Chennai via Goa, Kochi, the Maldive Islands and Sri Lanka on Azamara Journey in November and December 2012 »


A month in China and South-East Asia in March and April 2012 on land and on Diamond Princess »


Fiji and Tonga with the family at Christmas 2011 on Pacific Pearl »


Southampton to New York via Norway, Shetland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Canada in September 2011 on Crown Princess »


From Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco through the Panama Canal in April 2011 on Sea Princess »


Vancouver, Toronto and an Alaska Cruise on Celebrity Mercury in May 2010 »


A visit to Cambodia and a cruise from Bangkok to Sydney on Diamond Princess in November and December 2009 »


Around the top of Australia from Fremantle to Sydney on Sun Princess in August and September 2009 »


Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile on Star Princess in February and March 2009 »

For more about southern Chile and Argentina see Southern Chile and the Chilean Fjords : November 2007.


Images of French Polynesia on Tahitian Princess in May 2004, October 2006 and December 2008 »


Around the North and South Islands of New Zealand, Tasmania, Melbourne and Sydney on Holland America's Statendam in January 2008 »


Southern Chile and the Chilean Fjords on NCL's Norwegian Dream in November 2007 »


In and around Perth, Western Australia in October 2005 »


Images of Northland, New Zealand : 2003 - 2012 »