Old habits die hard. Having spent my childhood and youth in the totalitarian Soviet Union, where foreign travel was effectively banned, I got addicted, to vicarious armchair journeys of imagination wi...

As the modern traveller evolves, they crave a unique, personal and luxurious experience. This is one of the reasons why barge cruises are growing in popularity. Primarily cruising on canals in Europea...

For those who want to experience the world's largest tropical rainforest, but without the inclination to trek through the jungle, a cruise down the Amazon could be the answer.​ The Amazon has a mythic...