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...
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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...
Cruise Days 11 and 12 and Final Travel Day – The End of Our Antarctica Story!
Greetings, everyone! It’s time to wrap up this journey! We were told at the Recap and Plan Briefing on Jan 13th that the Captain expected our Drake Passage crossing to be pretty smooth until...
Cruise Day 10 South Shetland Islands
Greetings to all! It is Jan 13th, 2023, and we have started our return to Chile. As we trek north we have two stops today, first at Half Moon Island and then at nearby...
Cruise Day 9 Neko Harbor and Cuverville Island
Greetings, all! Today is 12 Jan, 2023. We are gliding through ice as we enter Neko Harbor. Schalk, the expedition lead, says this is his favorite place to land! The ice is thick in...
Cruise Day 8 Damoy and Port Lockroy
Greetings, everyone! It is 11 Jan, 2023, and we wake to snow! Snow! In Antarctica? Didn’t anyone tell Mother Nature it is summertime here? Wink wink! We sailed through heavy seas as we made...
Cruise Day 7 Detaille Island and Polar Plunge
Greetings, all, from south of the Antarctic Circle! It is 10 Jan, 2023, and we are at 66 degrees 55 minutes South latitude, the farthest south we’ve ever been, and may ever be! At...
Cruise Day 6 Pleneau Island and Petermann Island
Greetings, again, all! Today is Jan 9th, 2023! We have two excursions planned for today. The first is a zodiac ride around the waters of Pleneau Island, and the second is a landing on...
Cruise Day 5 Curtiss Bay and Spert Island
Greetings, everyone! Today is Jan 8th, 2023, and we have our next two excursions today – a landing in Curtiss Bay and a zodiac ride around Spert Island. As we glide into the bay...
Cruise Day 4 Antarctic Sound
Greetings, all! Today is Jan 7th, 2023, and we are in the Antarctic Sound. This is the area at the very north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. We wake to see our first real...
