Round Africa in 90 Days

Sojourn Day 35

Ilha de Mozambique January 3rd, 2025 The last time we had to take a tender ashore it was rough and getting in and out of the tender was quite an ordeal due to it moving up and down. No worries about that today, the sea was very calm. As soon as...

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Sojourn Day 34

At Sea January 2nd, 2025 Another calm, hot and humid day. We really are in the tropics now. I spent the morning indoors, appreciating the air conditioning. The highlight of the morning was the cooking demonstration where Chef Mario, who is...

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Sojourn Day 33

At Sea January 1st, 2025 Happy New Year! I do love the rose that appeared in our suite last night, and our little penguin is still celebrating the New Year. The New Year’s decorations around the ship have disappeared, but luckily the snowflakes...

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Sojourn Day 32

At Sea December 31st, 2024 How could it be New Years eve already? All around the ship New Years decorations were popping up, and anticipation was mounting for tonight’s celebratory dinner. For me, the best part was that the sun was finally...

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Sojourn Day 31

Durban December 30th, 2024 I watched us sailing in to Durban, trying to remember what it looked like in the 60s when we used to sail from Mombasa to Durban to see my grandparents. I remember tall buildings on the waterfront, but they didn’t look...

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Sojourn Day 30

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...

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Sojourn Day 29

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...

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Sojourn Day 28

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...

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Sojourn Day 27

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...

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Sojourn Day 26

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...

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Sojourn Day 25

At Sea December 24th, 2024 It’s getting to look a lot more like Christmas on the Sojourn. 14 amazing Christmas trees and Christmas decorations have appeared in the deck 4 atrium. They have all been constructed by the crew using items on the ship...

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Sojourn Day 24

At Sea December 23rd, 2024 Four sea days before we get to Cape Town. The excitement of the morning was the Great Cook Off. I love TV cooking shows so I got there early in order to have a front row seat. Three teams who were not from the food...

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