At Sea December 20th, 2024 The highlight of the day was the pianist Panos Karan’s talk on “Music Beyond the Concert Halls”. Panos has been bringing music to children (and it sounds like some adults as well) in the Amazon, Japan, and Africa. He...
Luanda, Angola December 21st, 2024 When I looked out the window this morning, there was a very strange looking vessel there. However, we had moved on before I could take a closer look with the binoculars. Once we were in the port the view from...
Lobito, Angola December 22nd, 2024 Yay! It’s not raining today, although when I went to the pool the cushions were still very wet. I was excited to read in the Herald that at 9:30 to celebrate our sail in to Lobito there would be “Mimosas and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At Sea January 4th, 2025 This was one of those very lazy days at sea. The weather started out very sunny, but there were scattered downpours. We spent most of the day at the pool, managing to avoid the rain. When we went to team trivia it was...
Zanzibar January 5th, 2025 We had been expecting to tender in Zanzibar, but luckily there was a berth available for us in the cargo port, so this was our view at breakfast. Brian and I have 2 wedding anniversaries – we had both a civil ceremony...
Ngorongoro January 6th, 2025 Today’s the day! It’s been a while since I was in the crater. Almost 62 years to be more precise. That was the trip where the roads were all under water. After a very difficult drive to Lake Manyara from Nairobi our...
Zanzibar January 7th, 2025 We didn’t have to get up so early this morning, and we were able to have a leisurely breakfast looking at the scenery from Lion's Paw before putting our bags in the Land Cruiser and heading for Lake Manyara airfield....
Dar es Salaam January 8th, 2025 As we slowly sailed into the harbor in the early morning, so were the fishermen arriving at the fish market after what looked like a successful night. There were people everywhere busily unloading the little...
At Sea January 9th, 2025 I spent the first part of the morning working in the Observation Bar. The Christmas tree has gone, so I don’t have to unplug it surreptitiously in order to plug my computer in. I miss the tree, but it does make life...
At Sea January 10th, 2025 The float your boat boat competition was held this morning. We didn’t get around to building a boat this time, so we were able to sit back and relax, and enjoy seeing what had been constructed by our fellow passengers....
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...
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...