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...
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...
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...
At Sea January 16th, 2025 The best talk of the day today was again by photographer Chris Fellows. This conversation was on how to get your best animal shot. I certainly need to learn that. He showed amazing photos he had taken of sharks, whales,...
Antsiranana, Madagascar January 17th, 2025 Due to the recent cyclone our scheduled stop in Mayotte was canceled, and we went to Antsiranana in Madagascar instead. I must say that Seabourn has made an effort so far when ports have to be canceled,...
Nosy Be, Madagascar January 18th, 2025 Our second port in Madagascar. This time it’s a tender port. The day didn’t start well, it was pouring when I looked out onto the balcony And it was still raining when I stopped by Seabourn Square. However,...
At Sea January 19th, 2025 Three days at sea before we return to Durban. The weather has been great, calm seas and brilliant sunshine as we make our way south through the Mozambique channel. Although it did cloud over in the afternoon just as I...
At Sea January 20th, 2025 I spent the morning in the Observation Bar as usual. There is a guest who spends the morning practicing the piano there. No one seems to mind, and as far as I am concerned when she is playing you cannot hear the usual...
Durban, South Africa January 22nd, 2025 This is our second visit to Durban. And a chance to get together with friends we had missed the first time we were here. When I tried to look out to see what the weather was doing outside, it was hard to...
At Sea January 23rd, 2025 It is still stormy, but not as bad as yesterday. However, the movement in the Observation Bar must be off putting to some, I had the Bar to myself this morning. No worries about piano practice and someone sitting where...
Port Elizabeth, South Africa January 24th, 2025 It was a very humid overcast day when we woke up in Port Elizabeth. We will be here for 2 days. I do love it when we have an overnight stay in a port, I wish we could do this more often. Although...
Port Elizabeth, South Africa January 25th, 2025 It was a lovely bright sunny morning. There were no fights at the port gate this morning, but it was still a challenge for Ian and Hillary to get in, but they eventually prevailed. This morning’s...
Mossel Bay, South Africa January 27th, 2025 We have never been to Mossel Bay before, but have heard about it for many years from our friends who have a home here. We were so excited to finally get to see their home. Mossel Bay is a tender port,...
At Sea January 27th, 2025 I heard our anchor on the move at 7:00, exactly when Captain Hamish said we would set off. I was expecting to experience rough seas and stormy weather, but although it was overcast, wet and windy, there were no huge...
Cape Town, South Africa January 28th, 2025 January 28th? That means we only have one more month on Sojourn! These past 2 months have just gone by way too quickly. I looked out of the window early this morning to check that we were no longer at...
Cape Town, South Africa January 29th, 2025 Today’s the day! We are off on safari again. When our request to leave the ship in Zanzibar, Tanzania and return in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was rescinded, I expected that our request to leave the ship...
Onguma Private Game Reserve, Namibia January 30th, 2025 We were up and ready for breakfast at 5:30. It had indeed been a very noisy night, but alas no lions roaring. However, any night in the bush is a good night, and I was eager to leave on our...
Onguma Private Game Reserve January 31st, 2025 This morning was our opportunity to check out the hide on the reserve. This was good in several ways, one of which is that we got to sleep in. A hide in a game reserve is a specially designed,...
Walvis Bay, Namibia February 1st, 2025 We woke up early for our final game drive. I know we have another 4 weeks in Africa, but it felt like this is our last day here. Our mission today was to find lions and elephants. We found neither, but it...
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,...
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...
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...
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)...
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...