by Safarigal | Feb 8, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 6th, 2025 A sunny day at last. We are clearly away from the treacherous Skeleton Coast, and now in the pirate infested Gulf of Guinea. Well, it’s not pirate infested as such, but the risk does seem to be out there. In today’s daily program, the Herald,...
by Safarigal | Feb 7, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 5th, 2025 The cloudy, hot, muggy weather persists as we head towards the Gulf of Guinea at a snail’s pace, Still, life is fun on board and the champagne continues to flow. Out reconstructed elephant (it fell apart during a move) still graces our suite,...
by Safarigal | Feb 7, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 4th, 2025 The highlight of the morning was the Teddy bear tumble, where an unsuspecting little bear is cast into the abyss of the atrium, with the goal of ending up in what looks like a garbage can. It’s actually a lot less tacky than you would think,...
by Safarigal | Feb 7, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 3rd, 2025 This is the first of 6 sea days. That’s like doing a transatlantic crossing! Still, Nick and the team are going to keep up busy. As I went past the atrium this morning a noisy game of Baggo was underway. There were 4 talks during the day – we...
by Safarigal | Feb 7, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Walvis Bay, Namibia February 2nd, 2025 Our stay in Walvis Bay was an overnight one, so we were still there in the morning. It was hard to decide how to spend our day. I hadn’t booked a tour as I thought we might be exhausted after our safari, and I was also...