If you want to go on holiday but don’t want to leave your internet service behind you should consider a cruise holiday. The cruise ships of today offer internet service, cell phone service, HDTV, and satellite radio and television that will make you feel like you never left home, at least until you go up on deck and see the swimming pool and recreation area they also have. Once there you might wonder why you even brought your computer with you.
Cheap cruises, like river and lake cruises, may not offer the same level of luxury but they still don’t require that you leave the world of modern technology behind. Your personal communications devices will work just fine in most parts of the world and the same GPS technology on your mobile phone will help your boat captain know where he is going and what lies ahead. Additional gadgets on board ship will ensure you get there safely.
You can choose to go to a tropical paradise on your cruise or you can go with something a little different. From ports in Africa and South America you can visit the ice covered continent of Antarctica and from Norway, Iceland, or Alaska you can go to the northern seas above the Arctic Circle. Both of these are unique and different experiences that can be educational and rewarding for the whole family.
The ancient wonders of the world are available for viewing at ports-of-call that cruise ships on the Mediterranean and the oceans surrounding Europe, Africa and Asia stop at frequently. There are also river cruises available on the Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Danube, and the Rein, all providing you pieces of culture and history that have helped to form the modern world that we live in today. You can even cruise along the Tiber or the Thames and view the seats of two empires.
South and Central America offer some of the best coastal and interior cruises in the world. The Panama Canal, Rio de Janeiro, and Amazon River cruises all have a certain allure to them. The Amazon offers perhaps the best natural tour of a region where the presence of man is not readily seen, though his impact has definitely been felt. See the tropical rain forest and stay at a rain forest lodge along the way if you’re looking to get in tune with nature. There’s no place better than the Amazon to do that.
Sarah Van Rensburg is a travel lover and avid writer, focussing on a number of topics including cruises.
