European cruises

Thinking about a cruise in Europe? Check out my feature on NCL Epic and Cruise & Maritime Voyages, which were both published in the Mail on Sunday recently. Also keep an eye out for my Philippines feature, which should be going in this Sunday!

Canada

I've been in Vancouver a month now and as well as sorting out somewhere to live and all the practicalities of moving abroad I've also been lucky enough to travel to Whistler, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories on work assignments.

My website at http://www.amywatkins.com and my new blog at http://eatsshootsandleaves.com are being updated and will be fully live by July.

While I've been away my features on Disney Fantasy and my Caribbean P&O cruise - including my video report - have been published in the Mail on Sunday.

Epic adventures

Time flies... I'm moving to Canada in less then two weeks and have just got back from a four-night Med cruise on Norwegian Epic. This week I'm off to Antwerp on a mini-cruise with Cruise & Maritime Voyages. Just had to squeeze in one last cruise before I head off to Vancouver!

Caribbean catch-up

I'm just back from four fun-packed days in the Caribbean on P&O's Azura cruise ship. We had a lovely film crew with us, who have put together a video of my trip and I'll post a link here as soon as it's live. It'll feature me snorkelling with turtles in Barbados, zip-lining in St Lucia and kayaking in Antigua!

I was really pleased to be shortlisted in the recent inaugural PSA cruise journalism awards and congratulations to all the winners.

At the moment I am getting ready for my big move to Canada, but I'll be going on a Med cruise and mini-break to Antwerp before I head off for a year.

I have my flight to Vancouver booked for May 11th and in June I'll be travelling up to the Yukon and Northwest Territories. I'll be relaunching my website before I go and also announcing a new blog.

New York, New York

I've just got back from a trip to New York to get a sneak peek at the Disney Fantasy cruise ship. Next week I'm off to the Caribbean with P&O and in the meantime I've been working on some features for Telegraph Create, Selling Long Haul, Room for Romance and Co-op's Traveller.

Recently my piece about an Arctic cruise in Canada was published in the Mail on Sunday, I'll add a link when it goes online.

Oh Canada!

Sorry for the silence - I am relocating to Vancouver for a year from May so have been busy sorting out visas in-between writing about Ottawa, the Caribbean and several cruise features for various publications. Good news is that I now have my 12-month working holiday visa for Canada and also have my i-visa for the USA (this just means I can go on press trips there).

Before I head off to my beloved Canada I have some trips to NYC, the Caribbean and the Med, which I'll be writing about on here.

I'm also re-jigging my website at www.amywatkins.com and will be launching a new blog about my life in Canada so watch this space...

Monkeys and Malaysia

My feature about a cruise around Borneo onboard the newly renovated Orion II was published here in last week's Mail on Sunday.