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BANNER BANNER A look at the cruising and travel scene The more I cruise, the more I realise just how retirees love to take "many" vacations on the high seas. Sandra, my wife, and I have just returned from a fabulous Kimberley cruise, getting on and off rubber Zodiacs each day, climbing mountains, going on helicopter fl ights and to my amazement, most of the passengers were older than I. That means, like me, they all had "seniors cards". These passengers, some with walking sticks, put the younger ones in the group to shame, which means that growing older does not mean more time in the rocking chair. It has actually spurred me on to do even more, despite a few creaky bones. We are off in a few weeks for an APT River Cruise through Cambodia and Vietnam, then later in the year we will be cruising on SeaDream from Malaga to Morocco, Canary Islands then to Puerto Rico. I keep abreast on everything to do with cruising, so here are some recent items that may be of interest to those of you who love cruising. ORION doubles fleet Sarina Bratton, founder and managing director of Orion Expedition Cruises, recently returned from Curacao for document signing and offi cial hand-over of the 100 passenger all-suite luxury expedition cruise ship, Orion II. Prior to commencing its inaugural voyage from Vancouver to Otaru, Japan, Orion II visited Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. While in Seattle there was an offi cial naming ceremony for Orion II with three Godmothers, all past passengers of Orion. 120 THE RETIREE SPRING SeaDream Yacht Club's boutique vessel has made an historic fi rst ever sailing up the Thames, where Tower Bridge was opened for her passage at the end of a 15-day crossing of the Atlantic from the Caribbean by way of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. There were 80 guests and 95 crew on the crossing that re-positioned SeaDream I for dry-docking in Germany before a northern summer season in the Baltic, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. SeaDream I features just 56 all ocean-view staterooms, 5-star gourmet dining with wine at lunch and dinner, drinks from the open bars, nightly cocktail gatherings, a 30-course golf simulator, power and sail watersports and mountain bikes for shore exploration. Highest hotel The recently opened Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong dominates the