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Surviving a Long Cruise

February 11, 2010

Say what? The words “survive” and “cruise” don’t go together. But you’d be surprised at how frequently Alan and I are asked about how we survive our long cruises. After the 52-day cruise from Vancouver to Singapore last year, many of our baby boomer travel friends were curious about spending that much time on the [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Polynesian Morning

January 9, 2010

On an early morning sail from Raiatea to Tahiti, the sun illuminated this church on Tahaa.

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Saturday’s scene: Shanghai’s City Lights

November 14, 2009

On a cruise to China, Alan captured the lights of Shanghai reflected in the Huangpu Jung River.

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What’s a Travel Blogger To Do?

November 10, 2009

Apologies in advance to my baby boomer readers. Sorry for deviating from My Itchy Travel Feet’s mission to provide you with information about active travel for baby boomers, mostly through my reports of personal travel experiences.
What’s Up? A social media storm is raging about a group of travel bloggers who are also active on Twitter. [...]

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Shipping Luggage To Your Cruise Ship

November 3, 2009

Are you a baby boomer cruiser who dreads dragging luggage through the airport? Do you cross your fingers once it’s on the conveyor belt, hoping that you and your clothes will make it to the cruise ship at the same time? I cringe when I read  cruise forums where baby boomer travelers report that their [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Cruising in Luxury

July 25, 2009

I couldn’t resist taking a photo of the Penthouse Suite when Alan and I sailed from Auckland to Los Angeles on Regent’s Seven Seas Mariner.

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Stopping by St. Helena

May 21, 2009

There are some places in the world, you should see just once. So it is with St. Helena.
Baby boomer travelers don’t exactly “stop by” St. Helena. The rocky island fortress, once Napoleon’s prison, sits all alone in the South Atlantic. At the time Alan and I visited, there was no airport, but a fight over one [...]

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Product Review: The Great Alaskan TourSaver

May 12, 2009

Another coupon book to give away at My Itchy Travel Feet this week, but first, let me tell you about it. If I were cruising in Alaska or taking an Alaskan land trip, purchasing The Great Alaskan TourSaver would be high on my trip planning list. The 2009 edition has 2 for 1 coupons on [...]

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Dreaming of Raiatea

March 19, 2009

Cruise visitors to French Polynesia usually find their adventure in the aquamarine lagoons of Bora Bora or Moorea. But itineraries that include Raiatea offer baby boomer travelers the chance to explore a lesser known tropical paradise.
When Alan and I visited, while on a Regent cruise from Los Angeles to Sydney, we opted  for the Faaroa [...]

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