Click logo to return to www.greatriver.com ...Steamboats, houseboats and fantastic sunsets offer only a peek at life along the Mississippi River valley! Small boat cruising is king along the river. Small boats include paddlewheelers, houseboats, and day cruising. There are few overnight cruises available, but several of the small cruising boats offer overnights in hotels along the river. Check out the JBS, the Twilight, and Celebration Cruise Lines. 
  RIVER CRUISING

CONCISE INDEX to TRAVEL INSIGHT FEATURES for the MISSISSIPPI RIVER and other great world waterways.
Waterway Cruise Reports by Pat and Richard Middleton

ALASKA   FRANCE   GERMANY   CANADA   SOUTH AMERICA and GALAPAGOS ISL.,
UNITED STATES MAINLAND
CHINA   MEXICO, CARIBBEAN   
SPECIALTY TRAVEL: BIRDING   TRAIN JOURNEYS   HIKING   FERRY TRAVEL  
 

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 Cruising the Irish Heartland on the SHANNON RIVER
with the Shannon Princess

 

 

 

The Strait of Georgia, Desolation Sound, Howe Sound, and innumerable inlets and islets make British Columbia's Sunshine Coast a signularly scenic and soul-satisfying journey. The BC Ferry System makes possible a fascinating road trip along the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia's breathtakingly beautiful Sunshine Coast. "10 Best Bets" and a sample itinerary!

 

 

Luxury River Cruising with AMA WATERWAYS through
"Europe's Heartland"   

With our Mississippi River cruising steamboats inexcusably shut down for the moment, the European waterways have been teasing me to come explore a few more of the world's most renown rivers.  In this Waterway Cruise Report we explore the Mosel, Rhine, and Main Rivers!

 

 

  Alaskan Adventure... Small Boat Cruise with DISCOVERY VOYAGES on Prince William Sound!  

Sometimes words are not adequate to tell a story! Our Prince William Sound Cruise on the small explorer boat, DISCOVERY, was that kind of trip. We have tried something new... our new Photo Art Site to tell this story.

 

 

 

Click photo to see review by Alan Fox of his trip to Cairo, Egypt and Cruising the Nile

 

 Cairo, Egypt, and Cruising the Nile River!
    (Click photo, left to see stories)

We'd been traveling for nearly 24 hours since leaving Savute Elephant Camp in Botswana, but our excitement at finally reaching the Land of the Pharaohs was impossible to contain. Ahead of us that great, ancient city was coming to life as it had every day for more than a thousand years.

ALASKA   FRANCE   GERMANY   CANADA   UNITED STATES MAINLAND
CHINA   MEXICO, CARIBBEAN and SOUTH AMERICA  
SPECIALTY TRAVEL: BIRDING   TRAIN JOURNEYS   HIKING   FERRY TRAVEL   RIVER CRUISING

PHOTO JOURNALISM GALLERY

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