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Queen Mary2 Day 17 Part 2

April 23rd, 2023 Southampton Well we are still on board. It’s weird, it’s almost like nothing happened. We had drinks with our friends who had been on the Queen Victoria world Voyage, and it was fun hearing about all of the excitement on their...

Apr 23, 2023 3 min read

Idube Day 3

There were the 8 of us on our game drive this morning, with the other 4 having a different agenda to ours. It turned out to be OK as our ranger disregarded our desires anyway, and zoomed around all over the reserve, neglecting to let us know...

Apr 5, 2023 3 min read

DAY 25

Monday April 15th At Sea 107th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic Well, I guess we’re not in the calm Mediterranean Sea any more. We woke up to a grey and wet day, with rough seas (5-meter swell) and a Force 8 gale...

Apr 17, 2019 6 min read

DAY 16

Saturday April 6th At Sea It was another very busy day at sea. I am beginning to think that I need port days to recover from the exhaustion from sea days. I am having ongoing issues with my craft project, but it was nothing...

Apr 8, 2019 6 min read

DAY 7

Thursday March 28th Salalah, Oman Coming face to face with a camel Having had a series of very hazy days, it was wonderful to wake up to brilliant sunshine in Salalah. We docked at about 7:00 AM, and while we consumed our...

Mar 29, 2019 5 min read

DAY 6

June 22nd Stavanger Yay, fjords again! What better place to be but northern Norway to experience the longest day of the year. We went out on deck in the early hours of the morning, and it was still light. It was magical. I know that this region...

Jun 25, 2018 10 min read

DAY 5

June 21st Flam Finally Fjording in Flam We were awoken this morning by the sun streaming into the cabin for a brief moment before it disappeared behind what seemed to be a mountain outside our cabin. Yay – we were finally in the fjords, and the...

Jun 24, 2018 6 min read

PROLOGUE

Anthony Bourdain encouraged us to visit new places, meet new people and try new foods. I did this with Japan earlier this year, loved the place, loved the people, but found the food to be a bit of a challenge. It’s not that I don’t like fish....

Jun 18, 2018 2 min read

DAY 15

March 25th At Sea On a Slow Boat to China We woke up to a totally calm sea, and thick fog. It was surreal. From our balcony I could see fishing boats appear out of the fog, and then suddenly disappear again. I hoped the captain could see where...

Mar 26, 2018 4 min read

Itinerary

In 1962 as part of our around the world escapade my parents and I spent a blissful 6 weeks in Japan. We had no set itinerary, and just went where the train took us. We spent a week on Lake Biwa, climbed the Japanese Alps, indulged in mixed...

Mar 10, 2018 2 min read

Prologue

It is time to go back to Africa. Our nephew Kevin used to live in Irvine, California, but after graduating from UC San Diego he left Newport Beach and Fashion Island behind, and headed off to South Africa to pursue his love of African...

Jul 2, 2017 1 min read

DAY 74 – March 20th

At Sea We spent most of the day sailing up the coast of New Zealand. It was a lovely sunny day, with light winds, and very calm seas. I went to the Pursers Office to change our left over Australian and New Zealand cash into US Dollars, and was...

Mar 21, 2017 3 min read