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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...