Category Archives: April

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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Sanctuary Chief’s Camp, Botswana

Posted on April 11, 2023 by patmathews

April 5-7, 2023 We had an early morning in Cape Town to make sure we were all packed and ready to go for our flight from Cape Town to Maun International, the airport where we got the small charter flight … Continue reading →

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Cape Town, South Africa

Posted on April 10, 2023 by patmathews

April 4, 2023 Here is a picture of “the usual suspects” in the casino. We will miss Leah, the dealer in this picture, who gets off in Cape Town. We arrived in Cape Town and after the face to face … Continue reading →

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Luderitz, Namibia

Posted on April 3, 2023 by patmathews

April 2, 2023 This is our last port in Namibia and our second time here.  The coastline here is very rocky and there isn’t a huge harbor.  Here are some pictures from our sail in.  We arrived at 10 AM, … Continue reading →

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Walvis Bay, Namibia Day 2

Posted on April 1, 2023 by patmathews

April 1, 2023 What a wonderful day we had!  It has been on the cool side here (in the 60s) so we dressed in layers for our Seal and Pelican Adventure.  We did a similar tour 8 years ago and … Continue reading →

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Leaving for home

Posted on April 14, 2022 by patmathews

April 14, 2022 These evil warm freshly baked sticky buns called my name every day at breakfast and I resisted. But we are leaving today. So does that make it net zero with my usual fruit? Servers and wait staff … Continue reading →

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