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MALÉ, MALDIVES
The tiny island of Malé is the most densely populated city in the world. But it sits in the middle of a beautiful blue ocean and the country boasts more than 1200 islands with powder sand beaches and luminous blue water and apparently luxury resorts. You can understand why over a million visitors a year…
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SEYCHELLES
We have left East Africa behind and we are sailing across the Indian Ocean toward the Seychelles & Maldives. As I mentioned, we are under Pirate Watch again as the area we are passing through is considered HRA – High Risk Area for Piracy. The ship will be in permanent contact with an International Navy…
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MOMBASA, KENYA
Just to give you an idea of location, Kenya shares its borders with the countries of Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. Mombasa is an island connected to the mainland by a bridge and a causeway. It has an important port which serves Kenya and the countries of the interior. The Portuguese first came to…
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DAR ES SALAAM & ZANZIBAR TANZANIA
For my money we could have skipped Dar Es Salaam or Zanzibar, made up the lost time by doing that, and not missed Madagascar. But I’m not the captain. So instead we got an extra sea day where we made up the time with parties and art classes, and since we are back on Pirate…
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MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique! Madagascar! Tanzania! Kenya! The names roll off your tongue and conger up images of romance and intrigue from old film and movies, of lemurs, and the Serengeti, the Masai and Mount Kilimanjaro. On the other side of the world we hear most often about Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas. But here…
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DON WATT
You think this man isn’t with me much of the time? Just walk into a Loblaw’s, Metro, Wal-Mart- (US & Canada) – LCBO or Beer Store at home and there he is. And now I have travelled half way around the world to Africa where I find him again in the stores he worked with…
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HERE AND THERE…
After Cape Town, we had stops in Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban & Richards Bay. PORT ELIZABETH found Clyde, Will & Pat hiring a cab again. Since we did not have a tour booked, we decided to go to the Kragga Kamma Game Park. We are lucky and find a great driver again. The…
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WALVIS BAY NAMIBIA
STILL CATCHING UP Coming into Walvis Bay in Namibia is really something. The town is built along the water and some parts are actually below sea level. Hence it is protected by a dike against flooding. But most astonishing is the backdrop of the huge sand dunes and the Namibia Desert that come right…
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SAO TOME & PRINCIPE – PLAYING CATCH-UP
I am behind with this blog and I apologize. Anyone who thought spending six months on a cruise ship would be boring after a while, with time to spare, and not knowing what to do with oneself, has no idea!! The days fly by with such speed, it’s hard to keep up with which…
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LIFE ON BOARD
Monday February 19, 2018 is an idyllic day. The sun, and part cloud, and the seas are like glass. There is little or no wind and it is a sea day. Not all of our sea days have been this wonderful. Many have been rocking and rolling, but thank God, so far, I do not…
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