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At Sea December 17th, 2024 Although we don’t actually cross the equator until the day after Sao Tome, due to the adverse weather forecast the crossing the line ceremony was held today. I first crossed the line by ship as a baby and there is evidence of this on 8mm...

Tema, Ghana December 16th, 2024 Whilst we traveled in luxury from Takoradi to Tema overnight, our guide Samuel and our driver make the 6-hour journey on the bumpy dusty road. We arrived in the early morning, with a trusty tug escorting us to the dock. Tema is...

Takoradi, Ghana December 15th, 2024 Yesterday we were in a new country for us, today it’s another new country, Ghana. Again, we are in a busy cargo port, but at least there were several stalls selling souvenirs on the quayside, making it feel less commercial...

Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 14th, 2024 We arrived in the middle of the cargo port, so there were no facilities there for cruise ships. We decided to take the ship’s tour to Banco Park. At the start of the excursion, we had a tour of downtown Abidjan. I had heard...

At Sea December 13th, 2024 A quiet day at sea. We attended several talks. I must say the standard of the “conversations” has been excellent, and the talks we may have missed are available on the TV in our suite, so we are getting well educated. Hopefully learning...

At Sea December 12th, 2024 As promised when we woke up this morning the ship had been transformed into a Christmas wonderland with Christmas trees and gingerbread houses popping up all over the ship. However, no Christmas lights yet, that will happen later in the...

At Sea December 11th, 2024 I stopped by Seabourn Square while Brian was at breakfast. I had forgotten what a lovely place it was. There were people there drinking coffee, reading, chatting, staring out to sea, and doing puzzles. It had a great relaxed atmosphere....

At Sea December 10th, 2024 Today we crossed the magnetic equator. What is this you may ask? Well, I must admit I had never thought about it before. Luckily there was a write up on it in the Herald. Another name for it is the aclinic line. Unlike the geographic...

Praia, Cape Verde Islands December 9th, 2024 This was our second port in the Cape Verde Islands. Praia is the capital and largest city in Cape Verde and is on Santiago Island. My first impression of Praia wasn’t that great Not a pretty harbor. We also seemed to be...

Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands December 8th, 2024 For our visit to Mindelo, we had initially thought that we would get off the ship and find a taxi driver to take us around the island, but then we thought that we would probably get more out of a tour, and sure enough...

At Sea December 7th, 2024 It’s hard to believe that had this been a 7 day cruise we would be disembarking today. I am only getting into the routine of life at sea, I would hate to have to disembark already. Thank goodness we have weeks of cruising ahead of relaxing...

At sea December 6th, 2024 At least today was less strenuous than yesterday. It was very cold in the Observation Bar this morning, so we chose to move to the Club. So instead of the view of where we are going, we had the view of where we had been. They look pretty...