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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 reached the jetty...

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 pick us up at 10:00...

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 terrace outside of...

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 speed was revealed by...

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. The boats were...

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 easier. With no tree to...

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 fishing boats as they...

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. We drove along the...

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 next challenge 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 and then a religious...

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 clear that the rest of...

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 we and our friends...