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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 backpack. Yay! One...

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 any ships go...

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 that can be...

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 department competed to...

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 Live Cooking” by the...

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 our suite was...

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 seems to have a...

At Sea December 19th, 2024 The crossing of the line ceremony had been switched to 2 days ago due to the risk of rain today. Well the weatherman didn’t lie, it was pouring this morning. However, it did clear up briefly so that the eagerly anticipated staff vs guests...

Sao Tome December 18th, 2024 It looked rather foggy this morning. However, it did start clearing up, And by the time the tenders had been launched, the weather was looking good. Sao Tome was our first tender port. No waiting around for a tender ticket before we...

At Sea December 17th, 2024 Although we don’t actually cross the equator until the day after Sao Tome, due to the adverse weather forecast the crossing the line ceremony was held today. I first crossed the line by ship as a baby and there is evidence of this on 8mm...

Tema, Ghana December 16th, 2024 Whilst we traveled in luxury from Takoradi to Tema overnight, our guide Samuel and our driver make the 6-hour journey on the bumpy dusty road. We arrived in the early morning, with a trusty tug escorting us to the dock. Tema is...

Takoradi, Ghana December 15th, 2024 Yesterday we were in a new country for us, today it’s another new country, Ghana. Again, we are in a busy cargo port, but at least there were several stalls selling souvenirs on the quayside, making it feel less commercial...