Cape Town
4–5 Jun, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 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 thanBaca lagi
Walvis Bay Namibia
6–7 Jun, 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 goingBaca lagi
Luanda Angola
10 Jun, 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 2002Baca lagi
Sao Tome & Principe
12 Jun, Sao Tome dan Principe ⋅ ☀️ 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 shuttleBaca lagi
Porto Novo, Benin
14 Jun, 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.Baca lagi
Takoradi, Ghana
15 Jun, 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 wasBaca lagi
Abidjan Ivory Coast
16 Jun, Pantai Gading ⋅ ☁️ 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 wasBaca lagi
Dakar Senegal
19 Jun, 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 gotBaca lagi
4 days at Sea
21–25 Jun, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌬 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 hisBaca lagi
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands
24 Jun, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 thatBaca lagi
Sal Island Cape Verde
25–26 Jun, Tanjung 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 toBaca lagi
Lisbon Portugal
26–27 Jun, 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 cruiseBaca lagi










































































































































