Cape Town
Jun 4–5 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Flew in with Delta from Atlanta. Business Class with a door in my cabin that did not work. Arrived 605pm but it was dark by the time we exited the airport. A lot better service at this airport thanRead more
Walvis Bay Namibia
Jun 6–7 in Namibia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Pronounced "Valves bay". The W as in Dutch V.
Pam and I took a birding tour. First we visited the city sewer where they put the water in open ponds with reeths that changed it to grey water goingRead more
Luanda Angola
June 10 in Angola ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Arrived in Luanda Angola June 9th. Had a highlights bus tour and drove around by the beach. Very poor country torn by their civil war 1975 when they got their independence from Portugal to 2002Read more
Sao Tome & Principe
June 12 in São Tomé and Príncipe ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Very poor, ex Portuguese, group of 2 islands that got their independence in 1975. Used to have sugar cane and now cocoa plantations but not much exports
We took the tender to port and shuttleRead more
Porto Novo, Benin
June 14 in Benin ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
It rained all day. Not a fun tour
The dance show got rained out even that we got off the bus and got soaking wet
So I spent the time on the bus figuring out how to use the edit features on my camera.Read more
Takoradi, Ghana
June 15 in Ghana ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
In the morning I took the shuttle to downtown. Pam slept in. It turned out everything was closed because it was Sunday. Scott Sweetow, that has 3 girlfriends, was there so we walked around. He wasRead more
Abidjan Ivory Coast
June 16 in Ivory Coast ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Hiked the Bosco Forest Park. Lots of poverty on the way there.
2nd stop the CAVE, independent artist market. I had a local beer called Bock and a fish with potato greens over couscous, which wasRead more
Dakar Senegal
June 19 in Senegal ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The boat was running late because of head wind so all tours, including my Gore island tour, got cancelled.
Not a fun place. Pam and I took the cruise shuttle to Independence square and immediately gotRead more
4 days at Sea
Jun 21–25 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Had 4 days at sea because it was too windy and we did not stop at Cape Verde as scheduled
Played bridge with Jan Holowinski from Poland. Excellent bridge player.
Danced every night with Derek and hisRead more
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands
June 24 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The best stop so far. Took a tour in the morning to visit the island volcano de San Angelo. One side of the island is very lush and the South very dry and airy. They have their special pine trees thatRead more
Sal Island Cape Verde
Jun 25–26 in Cape Verde ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Flew here from Gatwick. The most touristy of the 10 Cape Verde Isles, so it was the best connection I could get in such short notice. Had to fly from Santa Cruz de La Palma to Tenerife and then toRead more
Lisbon Portugal
Jun 26–27 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Flew in from Sal island, Cape Verde and took pictures from airplane including the Cruise ship. Took a taxi to the boat and got rid of my carry on.
Walked around downtown old Lisbon just off the cruiseRead more










































































































































