PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — It’s hard to imagine this place was a prison, until you experience its contents. Once, it was a school. Then came the Khmer Rouge. Classrooms became cells and torture chambers. Fencing installed for the safety of students was replaced by electrified barbed wire to keep “prisoners” from escaping. In its lifetime,… Continue reading Killing Fields A Chilling Experience
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Friday File: All Cruisers On Deck
In case you think a pool deck is a pool deck is a pool deck…well, it’s not true. Cruise aficionados who spend a lot of time soaking up the rays or jumping into pools large and small — or both — believe part of the appeal of a cruise ship is its pool deck. While… Continue reading Friday File: All Cruisers On Deck
Friday File: Always Five O’clock On Ships
We have no problems with spending time at bars on cruise ships — it’s just something we’ve never done a lot. So today’s glimpse of some of the facades and ways that cruise lines try to encourage passengers to visit their “neighborhood” bar, or one of them, is hardly the work of experts. It’s just… Continue reading Friday File: Always Five O’clock On Ships
Friday File: Women Of The Sea
This week, Kate McCue was chosen to become the first American woman to captain a cruise ship for one of the mainstream lines. Next month, she’ll slide behind the wheel (or joystick) of the Celebrity Summit to break yet another gender barrier. That is the ultimate position for a woman on a cruise ship, of… Continue reading Friday File: Women Of The Sea
Allure of the Seas…More Alluring?
When we heard that Allure of the Seas was going in to be refurbished, our initial reaction was: What could be better? It is a rite of passage that cruise ships are refurbished every five years or so, even when they’re the biggest and arguably best of all mainstream ships. Until Harmony of the Seas… Continue reading Allure of the Seas…More Alluring?