by Safarigal | Mar 2, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Melilla, Spain February 26th, 2025 Our final port was to be Oran, Algeria. We had never been to Algeria, and I was very excited to visit Algeria’s 2nd largest city. It looked like a fascinating port, with an exotic old part of the city. However, like many things on...
by Safarigal | Mar 1, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 25th, 2025 The Herald said we would be in the Strait of Gibraltar today. Well I would have thought we went through the Strait yesterday. I looked outside, and it looked like we were indeed not in the Strait but were passing a rather impressive mountain...
by Safarigal | Mar 1, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Gibraltar February 24th, 2025 Some times when you need a sea day, they just don’t give you one. Today we are in Gibraltar. Back in Europe again, we are gradually leaving Africa behind. Nick had tried to plan a special treat for the Grand Voyage folks. We would watch...
by Safarigal | Feb 28, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Casablanca, Morocco February 23rd, 2025 Yesterday Ilise had texted us about her arrangements to fly to the US, and had mentioned that there would be a time change at midnight. This seemed to be very strange, as it was the end of February, so it was unlikely to be a...
by Safarigal | Feb 26, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Casablanca, Morocco February 22nd, 2025 When I looked at my phone this morning there was a text from Ilise. David’s brother was seriously ill so they were making arrangements to fly back to the US. This was so sad, and a horrible way to end what had been a wonderful...
