Articles by Nancy B. Alligood, CTC

The mighty Amazon River, the greatest river in South America, is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world. It begins in the Andes Mountains of Peru and flows west to east [Read More…]

Expedition cruising is much like traditional cruising but with more emphasis placed on the experience ashore, excursions and ports of call — many of which are much more off-the-beaten-track than mainstream cruises. The focus is not about [Read More…]

Nurturing my wanderlust for many years, I have traveled to many exotic and beautiful destinations around the world. Since I have never traveled to the Arctic Circle, I decided to explore this region of the [Read More…]

Antarctica, the southernmost site of the South Pole, is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. No humans live there permanently in the way that they do in the rest of the world as it has no [Read More…]

No matter where you have traveled in this big wide wonderful world, there is always another destination on your bucket list. For me, Quebec City, Canada, was one of them. Quebec City extends back thousands [Read More…]

If you have visited Rome, Florence and Venice but not Milan, this city should be high on your list. It is a city that defines romance, where fashion, art, music and architecture create an indelible [Read More…]

Budapest, Hungary, was a bucket list trip of mine for many years. Although I had cruised the beautiful Blue Danube River several times, I had never made it to Budapest. I had heard about this [Read More…]

Last year, I had the unique opportunity to escort a group of Warwick Travelers on an Eastern Mediterranean River Cruise on the lower Danube River, disembarking in Bucharest, a part of the world I had [Read More…]

Last year, my travels took me to the exciting city of Dubai, along with a group of Warwick Travelers. We were on our way to Southeast Asia and made a stopover in Dubai for a [Read More…]

River Cruising in Europe is as popular now as ever. There are more destinations, choices and levels of activities that appeal to all ages. In August, a group of Warwick Travelers cruised on the lower [Read More…]

Konnichiwa—Hello! My recent travels took me to Japan, “The Land of the Rising Sun,” a name chosen more than 1,800 years ago because the country was so close to where the sun rises. Japan is [Read More…]

Mingalarbar—Hello! What an awesome adventure I recently experienced with a group of Warwick Travelers on the alluring Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma), a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, [Read More…]