Europe » Portugal Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more
Welcome to Jim & Colleen's travel blog for 2014, on Tuesday the 20th of May we depart on a 102 night cruise visiting many and varied exotic and not so exotic ports. We depart from Brisbane and return to Sydney on the 31st of August. One of the highlights of this trip will be meeting up with an old Navy mate in Mumbai. From there we head out to Agra for a visit to the Taj Mahal, which will be very exciting. It is a four day trip where we catch planes, trains, rickshaws, and get to spend much time with the locals. After visiting the Taj, we then pick up the ship in Duba... full info