Hello stranger!

It's been a busy few months with exotic cruises in Borneo and Patagonia keeping me busy and an up-coming trip to the Philippines to plan for.

While I've been away I've had features published on Canada, SE Asia, New Zealand and a new ship review... links to follow soon.

I've also been shortlisted for two awards; one at the Travel Press Awards (Young Journalist of the Year) and one with the British Annual Canada Travel Awards (Best Media Coverage) - so fingers crossed!

Wine tasting and pizza making

I've just come home from a yummy cruise on the newly refurbished Grand Princess ship and had a great time wine tasting in Corsica and pizza-making in Naples.

The week before I was at the naming ceremony of Celebrity Silhouette in Hamburg - both features will be in the Mail on Sunday next month.

Check out Coast magazine this month (p114) to see my feature about the beautiful Isle of Bute!

Celebrity cruise

Also my feature about a Caribbean cruise with Celebrity is in this month's Cruise International magazine.

Celebrity cruise

Just back from a brilliant cruise around the Caribbean onboard Celebrity Equinox - reviews will be appearing in the Mail on Sunday and Cruise International magazine in 2010.

In the recent Cruise International magazine my features about river cruising and short cruising appeared and look out for more from me in their Feb/March issue.

Happy Christmas everyone! I'm looking forward to my trips to Vietnam/Cambodia and Holland coming up next year....