Some like it cold, some like it icy

ANTWERP - Some people rather spend their vacation completely cold and icy. Lately lots of seats have been booked on cruises to the coldest parts of the world. Not only Alaska, but even Antarctica appears on the notorious list of cruise itineraries.

Cruising to the pleasant warm waters of the Caribbean and Mediterranean doesn't find favour with its travellers like it used to. Nowadays people like cruise itineraries to colder parts in the world better than the usual warm ones.

Alaska has long been the leader of the popular cold-cruise destinations. But also destinations as the Baltic Sea, the northern reaches of Canada, Greenland and even Antarctica are starting to surface. According to the Antarctica Treaty Secretariat, there are more tourists visiting Antarctica for this spring and summer compared with the number of visitors during 1992. What used to be a number of 6.750 is now a number of more than 35.000 visitors.

Therefore some cruise lines heading to Antarctica have brought in some new itineraries to the cruise market. A few examples of such cruise lines are Crystal Cruises, Hurtigruten, Cruise North Expeditions, Hapag-Lloyd, Princess Cruises and Abercrombie & Kent.

Written by Laetitia Sabiti

24-02-2008, 23:02 geschreven door 1jouds  

Leisure : What to do?

People fill in their leisure time as they think is useful for them. I believe this may differ from one person to another. Depending on who is joining you in your leisure time and what kind of mood your in, here are some success-guaranteed solutions.

May it occur you don’t know what to do on your day-off, these things may help you decide.

Are you a sociable person and you want to relax? Go to a public sauna or get a massage!

Are you more of the sporting type? Organize your day off and rent a mountain bike! You can also go jogging for a while and afterwards relax in a hot tub!

Are you a vain person? Call your local beauty centre and ask for an all-in day-care program. A little short on money? No problemo! Buy all the things you need, claim your bathroom, light some candles, turn on your favourite music and do whatever you got to do!

Have you planned a weekend with your lover? Go somewhere else but home and leave your mobile phones home (or at least activate the ‘silent’-function). You don’t have to go to Paris to find romance, just rent a little cottage at the seaside, or in the countryside and make it romantic using candles, music, good food, wine…

Things you should avoid doing: being bored, not knowing what to do, not planning whatever it is you have in mind (you might come across ‘reserved’ places…) and stressing, the purpose of a day-off is, at least in my eyes, relaxing.

By Joke Frencken.

24-02-2008, 21:55 geschreven door 1jouds  

23-02-2008, 00:00 geschreven door 1jouds