Where Is Safarigal?

At Sea December 29th, 2024 We are heading north towards Durban, and must be in some sort of shipping lane as we have been overtaking ships all day. It seems that even at 14 knots we are the fastest ship around. On QM2 we would be whizzing past all other shipping,...

At Sea December 28th, 2024 It’s hard to believe that it has been a month since we arrived in Barcelona. So much had happened since then, but it has all gone by so quickly. This cruise is simply going by too fast; I want things to simply slow down. I haven’t...

Cape Town, South Africa December 27th, 2024 I had meant to wake up early to see us sailing into Cape Town, but that didn’t happen. As it turned out it was a rainy, overcast morning with the mountain shrouded in low lying clouds, so the view would not have been that...

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...