Gliding through New Zealand’s majestic Milford Sound is the awe-inspiring highlight of a leisurely trans-Tasman cruise with Holland America Line, writes Susan Skelly.
Whether snaking through clutches of pretty small towns, winding the entire length of countries or docking on the shores of the world’s biggest cities, travelling over water is both relaxing and thrilling.
As the former Burma emerges from its decades of isolation Rob Ingram finds that a river cruise on the Irrawaddy is the ideal way to experience the charms of old Indochina.
A small luxury riverboat expedition follows this most famous of waterways from the Mekong Delta to extraordinary Angkor Wat. Rob Ingram tests the waters, flavours and sights along the way.