Category Archives: Africa

Casablanca, Morocco

Posted on April 14, 2024 by patmathews

April 13, 2024 Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and industrial center. When we arrived at the port, we saw that the Regent ship that has been either leading or following us had already arrived. It is another beautiful day, predicted … Continue reading →

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Agadir, Morocco

Posted on April 12, 2024 by patmathews

April 12, 2024 This is our first time in Morocco and is one of the main reasons we decided on this itinerary. Although we have been in several ports in the area, Morocco was never one of them. When we … Continue reading →

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Porto Grande, Cape Verde

Posted on April 7, 2024 by patmathews

April 6, 2024 After 4 days of crossing the Atlantic and three time changes moving the clock ahead 1 hour, we reached land in Cape Verde. The Atlantic crossing was relatively smooth which is not always the case. We had … Continue reading →

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Mahe and La Digue, Seychelles

Posted on April 19, 2023 by patmathews

April 17 and 18, 2023 When we were here in 2015, I wrote that I thought it was one of the most beautiful places I had ever seen.  It is still a very beautiful place.  We docked in Mahe on … Continue reading →

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Nosy Be, Madagascar

Posted on April 16, 2023 by patmathews

April 15, 2023 We stayed in port a few extra hours last night due to a medical emergency on board, but we still made it to Nosy Be on time. Nosy Be is an island off the northwest coast of … Continue reading →

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Mayotte, Comoros

Posted on April 14, 2023 by patmathews

April 14, 2023 I can’t believe it but we have reached the halfway point in our Around the World cruise. Tonight there will be a “Halfway There” party in Horizons. Yes, it is day 90 and kind of hard to … Continue reading →

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At sea in the Indian Ocean

Posted on April 12, 2023 by patmathews

April 12, 2023 Norm spotted this beautiful rainbow this afternoon as we sailed from Mozambique to our next port which we will reach on Friday – Mayotte, French Comoros. This will be a new port for us. The usual sea … Continue reading →

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Maputo, Mozambique

Posted on April 12, 2023 by patmathews

April 11, 2023 When we sailed into the harbor, we saw this former building first! It is an indication of how dilapidated some of the city is, but there are still many interesting and attractive things to see here. We … Continue reading →

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Richard’s Bay, South Africa

Posted on April 12, 2023 by patmathews

April 10, 2023 After an afternoon of travel – Kasane to Johannesburg and Johannesburg to Durbin, we arrived back on the ship last night, unpacked and had a quick bite to eat. When we arrived back at 7:50 PM (predicted … Continue reading →

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Chobe Chilwero, Botswana

Posted on April 11, 2023 by patmathews

April 7 – 9, 2023 After our morning game drive at Chief’s Camp, Chief and Sky helped us get our bags to the safari vehicles and on our Mack Air charter to Kasane Airport for our next adventure at Chobe … Continue reading →

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