by Safarigal | Jan 18, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea January 15th, 2025 After the excitement of the past 3 days, a sea day was a welcome respite. The sea was calm, the sun was shining, it was hot, but there was a cooling breeze. It was a perfect sea day. Nothing much was accomplished; a lot of food was consumed....
by Safarigal | Jan 17, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Praslin, Seychelles January 14th, 2025 We dropped anchor just off the island of Praslin at about midnight. No cargo port for us today, we were going to brave the tenders. Actually, the sea was perfectly calm, and it was easy to disembark when we reached the jetty on...
by Safarigal | Jan 16, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Mahe, Seychelles January 13th, 2025 How can this be day 45 of a 90-day cruise? How can we be halfway through? Things are just going way too fast. This may be day 45 of the cruise, but it is also day 2 on Mahe, and we arranged for our driver to pick us up at 10:00 and...
by Safarigal | Jan 15, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
Mahe, Seychelles January 12th, 2025 If it is Sunday, it must be Victoria. Sure, enough when I opened the curtains, there was the port right in front of us. Another cargo port, but at least it was a prettier one this time. We ate breakfast on the terrace outside of the...
by Safarigal | Jan 15, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea January 11th, 2025 We continued to be speeding again today. I must say I do like it when the ship goes at a decent pace rather than chugging along, which is what it has felt like for the past few weeks. The reason for our accelerated speed was revealed by...
