The tourist board of the Faroe Islands blocked me from accessing its Twitter page "Visit Faroe Islands" (@VisitFaroe) a couple of years ago after I pointed out that the cruise industry still sails its ships there despite the cruel tradition of slaughtering hundreds of pilot whales a year. I’m still blocked today by
Violent Protests Disrupt Cruises to Acapulco
The last time that I wrote about Mexico I’m sure that I angered the tourism representatives there: Three Cruise Lines Plan to Return to Mazatlan: Will They Provide Bullet-Proof Jackets to Passengers?
Taking your family to a place like Mazatlan, Acapulco or most any port in Mexico seems unnecessarily risky to me. Admittedly
It’s Murderous in the Bahamas: Homicides Expected to Exceed 2013 Rate
The headlines in the Nassau, Bahamas newspapers over the last 24 hours are ominous – Man Shot Dead in Home Invasion, Shot Dead Defending Parents and Fatal Shooting in Fox Hill.
These murders take the number of homicides in the Bahamas to 96 and 97 for the year.
The Nassau newspapers
U.S. State Department: Crime and Violence in Honduras Remain Critically High
The Department of State in the United States issued another warning about the high crime rate in Honduras, saying that "the level of crime and violence in Honduras remains critically high." You can read the June 24 2014 warning here.
The last warning from the U.S. state Department was issued on Christmas Eve, December
Love Letters from Roatan
This year I have written a dozen articles about the high crime rate in Roatan Honduras.
The purpose of my blog is to report on "everything the cruise lines don’t want you to know."
So if there is a destination which the cruise line and tourism officials market (for profit) as a "tranquil" and "peaceful"
Murder in Roatan: A Peaceful, Tranquil Paradise?
Roatan Honduras came onto the radar of Cruise Law News in January of this year when a U.S. family who took a Carnival cruise to the island was robbed at gun point while driving in a rental car. The bandito shot the car up, terrifying the three children in the car as well as
Roatan: The Irresponsibility of Travel Writers
The last two weeks has been an eye opener for knowledgeable tourists thinking of traveling to Roatan. A cruise line employee was gunned down near the port. The bloody death was widely reported in the local newspapers which published gruesome photographs of the dead crew member.
As a result, a major cruise line temporarily pulled
Disney Ready to Start Inaugural Season from Miami, While Questions Remain About Disappearance of Disney Youth Counselor
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Disney Cruise Line has kicked off its promotion of the Disney Wonder cruise ship sailing from Miami starting December 23, 2012.
Fort Lauderdale’s Sun Sentinel newspaper reports today that "Captain Mickey Mouse officially kicked-off the countdown for the arrival of the Disney Wonder to PortMiami with a Disney-style unveiling of a larger than life
Will the Juggernauts of the Seas Ruin Venice?
The Telegraph in the U.K. has an interesting article this weekend – "Cruise Ships Could Be Shut Out of Venice Over Erosion Fears."
The article points out that environmentalists and heritage groups have long complained that mammoth cruise ships plow through the shallow Venetian lagoon and damage the fragile canal banks, wooden piles and mud