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...
by Safarigal | Feb 24, 2025 | Round Africa in 90 Days
At Sea February 21st, 2025 120 people joined the ship in Las Palmas, so this was our first experience of what the ship felt like at capacity. It has never felt empty, even for the first segment of the cruise where we had a very low guest count, but it definitely does...
