Over the next few weeks there are some great bargains to be found starting at prices in the early £400’s for 4 star cruises and there are great savings to be made on such luxurious ships as the Royal Viking in August for just £699 but later on in the season, (October and November) things are getting tighter with a lot of dates on some of the more popular ships getting booked up already.

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I read in last sunday’s Observer about Kate Pullinger’s latest novel which is set in 1860’s Egypt and based on the the life of writer Lucie Duff Gordon.

The article mentions that Kate was interviewed online by Sarah Hymas the poet.  If you visit Sarah’s excellent website you will be able to hear a reading by Kate Pullinger from her novel which is accompanied by a slideshow created by Sarah called “Night Views Over The Nile”.

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I am in the middle of changing the format of the Free Nile Cruise Guide to PDF. Doing this will enable the Apple users who want to download the Guide to do so without the problems they are facing with the current format.

It will also mean it’s easier to deliver “online”.

The Guide has been downloaded over 3500 times now but I’m sure if we change the delivery to a PDF file it will help a lot more people who a researching Nile cruises to download it more easily.

I’ve almost finished the re-write but I wonder if anyone could recommend the best software to actually create the finished format?

We have just added a new ship to our Nile Cruise Ships page for the Jaz Royale Nile Cruise ship.

Part of the Jaz Hotels and Resorts Group the Jaz Royale is a 5 star deluxe Nile Cruise ship with excellent levels of comfort and service.

We can arrange departures from Manchester and Gatwick on the Jaz Royale for a full board Nile Cruise with a full excursion programme.

To find out more about the Jaz Royale Nile Cruises please call either Barbara or myself, Colin, on Freephone 0808 1089 100.

I wrote last year about the marvelous Flip Digital Video Camera which I bought in August 2008.

It’s a brilliant piece of kit and as it’s the size of a mobile phone its’ something you can carry around with you in your pocket to make sure you dont’ miss videoing anything that catches your eye.

I bought mine to be able to take with me on our various trips so that I could record footage to add to the Nile Cruise website and here on the blog and also to start a “Nile Cruise Video Offer Of The Week” were one of us appears here on the blog in a weekly video telling readers about the best Nile Cruise deals we have available. Read the rest of this entry »