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26 January 2024, 03:47 AM | #61 |
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27 January 2024, 10:35 PM | #63 |
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Ok so this was all we saw of Namibia this time due to visa issues. We had the new queen Mary 2 for company
We had a south African magic act who had me up on stage as his glamorous assistant. Bent a fork whilst it was actually in my hand. God knows how he did it. Totally got me baffled. Chatted to him in the bar next day. Nice guy He's performing again tonight. Durban tomorrow. I have bought airlo mobile package so hopefully can post some photos. Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk |
28 January 2024, 07:35 PM | #64 |
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Arrived in SA . Getting through passport control was a pita.
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28 January 2024, 08:32 PM | #65 |
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Downtown Durban busy Sunday shopping
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28 January 2024, 11:57 PM | #66 |
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Well maybe some of our south Africans can tell me what there is to Durban that's appealing as it's not hit any sweet spots for us.
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29 January 2024, 12:12 AM | #67 |
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On a lighter note, occasionally they have a small quiz in one of the bars. One was about an island we'd just visited.they start by saying "it's a bit of fun so no mobiles or devices"
Half way through the quiz l caught a guy on the next table googling one of the answers Called him out and it all got a bit tetchy. They were disqualified However the winner who sat in a corner on his own got 10 out of 10 which considering the runner up got 3 (yes they were that difficult) meant my guy wasn't the only cheater in the room People eh.. |
30 January 2024, 04:39 AM | #68 | |
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Oh full of incidents the past few days.
On the open deck they started to fence off some of the sun loungers. The management then started asking those sitting nearby if they knew who was on the loungers. Turns out someone had a unexpected bowel movement episode actually on a lounger and scampered off without cleaning up or telling anyone..! Incident number 2 The animation team organised a water basket ball game. Half way through one guy held a woman under the water so he could get the ball. She naturally panicked and got out quite upset saying he needed to calm down One of her teammates saw the incident and got a tad miffed went over to him and a proper fight broke out between them. ! Life at see : never a dull moment. :-) |
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It's half what we took last year.. and nearly one month in it's proving sufficient. I might buy a new pair of sneakers when we reach Miami as I only have one pair
Of course we could have brought loads more but we are on vacation so how much is too much. Like getting bigger and bigger houses you just expand to a point whereby it becomes pointless having rooms you never enter, we had clothes last year we never wore. |
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Sounds like a great trip apart from incident #1 above
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The mystery shitter reminds me of the movie Flight of the Intruder. Waiting for him to post his next strike.
Serves me right for thinking long sea voyages were boring affairs. This one seems like it has it all. |
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Sounds like a typical Carnival Cruise.
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1 February 2024, 08:34 PM | #77 |
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How exciting Richard!
There's obviously a Jonah aboard ship. You're not going anywhere near the Gulf of Aden perchance? "Beat to Quarters, Mr Bartlett" |
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At least Durban looked epic.
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Zanzibar today and Mombasa tomorrow. Pics to follow!!
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Zanzibar was always a bucket list of mine so whilst I was excited to go l was fully prepared for it to be a let down. Which it was in the expected way. But others it was as hoped Extremely dirty and full of poverty. Beautiful beaches. Nice friendly people
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Mombasa (and beyond)
Mombasa is a typical African industrial port city. Very hot, extremely dirty with rubbish and god knows what discarded at will everywhere. It's rich but extremely poor. We met a German doctor on 6 week mercy charity work less than 2 hours outside Mombasa he was highly shocked at how poor the conditions are for the villagers. No water little food and almost zero access to medical care. Hence him being there. However we decided to go out of the city as it's void of anything worth looking at. Again although Kenya has a bad rep the people we met were extremely kind and friendly. No issues there. Ironically we passed the hotel l stayed at back in the mid 90's on the beach front. China is building a massive new motorway and our driver said the Chinese are investing heavily in Kenya. USA and the west are fast losing any influence in Africa to the Chinese at an alarming rate. 3 days at sea then Seychelles..Attachment 1417467PXL_20240203_040344814.jpgPXL_20240203_044027047.MP.jpgPXL_20240203_095056457.jpgPXL_20240203_092224473.jpgPXL_20240203_093325035.jpgPXL_20240203_093609409.MP.jpgPXL_20240203_064533155.jpgPXL_20240203_094353320.jpgPXL_20240203_091702213.jpg Sent from my Lenovo TB-J616F using Tapatalk |
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Just to add we both joined the guests choir for a bit of fun. Did it last year too .
We only had 5 practice hours from formation to performance. So only two songs "Be happy" & "Amazing Grace" Over the next few months we intend to increase our repertoire for a full 30 minute concert. (We only gather during sea days so time is limited (that's our excuse!) But as l say it's only a bit of fun and we're just passengers after all Being 6'3" I'm at the very back of the stage.PXL_20240201_130848335.jpg Sent from my Lenovo TB-J616F using Tapatalk |
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Seychelles is truly amazing
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Just stunning
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Always wanted to go there. Looks amazing.
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Great pictures and wonderful to follow along, thanks Richard.
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Madagascar nice but very poor
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La reunion . Small french island
Very nice very impressive St Denis town Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk |
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Mauritius speedboat trip kinda went wrong kinda went right
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Looks like a great time. Keep them coming!
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