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Cruise Port 15 – Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde

Ola! Today, May 18th, 2023, we are visiting Mindelo on the sleepy island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. This is one island we did not book a ship’s tour – they all go to...

Cruise Port 14 – Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde

Saudações e Olá (Greetings and Hello in Portuguese)! Today, May 17th, 2023, we arrive at Santiago, the first of two Cape Verde islands. The Cape Verde Islands gave Portugal a stepping stone to the...

Cruise Port 13 – Dakar, Senegal

Bonjour once again! On May 15th, 2023, we arrive in Dakar. This is a city I’ve been interested in seeing since hearing Ofeibea Quist-Arcton report from here many times on NPR radio! Joy and...

Cruise Port 12 – Banjul, Gambia

Bonjour! (Yes, they speak French as the primary language in this part of Africa. Creole is the native conversational language.) On May 14th, 2023, we arrive at the industrial port of Banjul. On our...

Cruise Port 11 – Lome, Togo

Kudo again! On May 9th, 2023, we find ourselves approaching Lome, Togo! Togo is a sliver of a country wedged between Benin on the east and Ghana on the west! On my first look...

Cruise Port 10 – Tema, Ghana

Kudo! Afo gangia! (Hello two ways in Fon) Today is May 8th, 2023, and we are in Ghana. The port is Tema, but the destination city is nearby Accra. We have a tour today...

Cruise Port 9 – Cotonou, Benin

Kudo and mi kwabo (greetings and welcome in Fon) from Benin! On May 7th, 2023, we arrive at the port of Cotonou in Benin. Benin is a sliver of a country along the Sea...

Point of Interest – Crossing the Equator!

Greetings from the Sea of Guinea! Today is May 6th, 2023. At 4:52 AM local time we cross the Equator at the Prime Meridian! That is 0 deg longitude, 0 deg latitude! This is...

Point of Interest – Bridge Tour

Greetings, once again! Today is May 2nd, 2023, and we’ve been invited to tour the ship’s bridge! Feel free to skip this blog if you have no interest. We enter the bridge through the...

Cruise Port 8 – Walvis Bay, Namibia

Greetings! On April 30th, 2023, we arrive at Walvis Bay. We are here for two days. We come in quietly through the fog. In the fog the seals dance for us! Hundreds of them!...

Cruise Port 7 – Luderitz, Namibia

Greetings! Molo! Today is April 29th, 2023. We are in Luderitz, Namibia, today! Short history – a German named Franz Luderitz persuaded the German government to place this area under German protection. The town...

Cruise Port 6 – Cape Town, South Africa

Molo! it is April 26th, 2023, and we will have two days in Cape Town, South Africa! Percy is a gentleman passenger on this cruise who is from South Africa. He lived near Port...

Cruise Port 5 – Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Imbuliso (Greetings), once again! Today is April 24th, 2023, and we will be in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The tour we have planned is to visit the Pumba Game Reserve where they claim to...

Cruise Port 4 – Durban, South Africa

Imbuliso! Molo! (Xhosa for “Greetings! Hello!”) It is April 22nd, 2023, and we arrive in our first port in South Africa, Durban. In this part of South Africa the top four languages are Afrikaans,...

Cruise Port 3 – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jambo! Today, April 17th, 2023, we make our first official landing on the continent of Africa!  Woo hoo! As we approach the port we are “racing” this fishing boat. The colors are fun and...

Cruise Port 2 – Zanzibar, Tanzania

Greetings, again! Jambo! (Hello in Swahili) It is April 14th, 2023, and we spend most of the morning approaching the island city of Zanzibar. I have the Billy Joel song “Zanzibar” running through my...

Cruise Port 1 Praslin, Seychelles

Greetings from Praslin! Before I move on to the first port of call I want to back up to yesterday’s boarding. After boarding we locate our stateroom. We are in Suite 829 on the...

Africa Cruise Travel

Greetings, again, everyone! Welcome back! We are now heading east to take a cruise around Africa on the Seabourn Sojourn! For those who closely watched our World Cruise last year you will recall we...