by Safarigal | Dec 30, 2024 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea December 29th, 2024 We are heading north towards Durban, and must be in some sort of shipping lane as we have been overtaking ships all day. It seems that even at 14 knots we are the fastest ship around. On QM2 we would be whizzing past all other shipping, now...
by Safarigal | Dec 29, 2024 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea December 28th, 2024 It’s hard to believe that it has been a month since we arrived in Barcelona. So much had happened since then, but it has all gone by so quickly. This cruise is simply going by too fast; I want things to simply slow down. I haven’t achieved...
by Safarigal | Dec 28, 2024 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Cape Town, South Africa December 27th, 2024 I had meant to wake up early to see us sailing into Cape Town, but that didn’t happen. As it turned out it was a rainy, overcast morning with the mountain shrouded in low lying clouds, so the view would not have been that...
by Safarigal | Dec 28, 2024 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea December 26th, 2024 Today was the last day of team trivia for this segment. We had a good day and ended up coming in second over all for this segment, much to our surprise. Go Still Thinking! I was very chuffed with our prize – a Seabourn backpack. Yay! One of...
by Safarigal | Dec 26, 2024 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea December 25th, 2024 Seeing as we are at sea on Christmas Day in the morning, I was hoping to see 3 ships go sailing by. As I was getting ready to face the day I heard the sad sound of our foghorn. Well, that probably meant we wouldn’t see any ships go sailing...