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January - July 2023
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary ... We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us! Read more
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    Our Last Sunrise in Africa- SEYCHELLES!

    April 18, 2023 on the Seychelles ⋅ 🌙 82 °F

    The look of the sky varied in a beautiful range of colors as it appeared so differently within the half hour of sunrise between 6:00am and 6:30am this morning. All these photos were taken during that window as the day opened!Read more

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    La Digue, Seychelles - 1 of 3

    April 18, 2023 on the Seychelles ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    The third most populated island of the Seychelles, La Digue was discovered in 1768 and has a population of 4,000, mostly working the copra (the white meat) from the coconuts and harvesting vanilla. With no airport, it tends to be a beautiful but quiet island. Interestingly, it is more expensive to live here than Mahe (yesterday) since it is difficult to get supplies (80% of everything is imported) here as well as expensive utilities. The island is mostly traveled by bike (we saw a lot of them) since it is only 4 square miles.

    Our tour took us on a colorful ride of La Digue in an open truck to the southern end of the island. We arrived at L’Union Estate where we learned (everything about) coconuts. Here we learned about the three different types of coconuts which are green, orange and yellow but of course are called blue, red and white. Either way they look different and taste different. The copra is not easy to get to. The husk is removed (see my video on how easy it was), the actual coconut is broken open and then it’s put in wood fired heated room to dry so the copra comes out easily (or do it the hard way by cutting away the shell). From this you get the coconut milk, actual meat to eat, coconut oil and fibers for rope. We saw two mills, one which was not used any longer and was pulled by ox and the other was by machine.    Read more

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    La Digue, Seychelles - 2 of 3

    April 18, 2023 on the Seychelles ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    We saw the Takamaka evergreen tree that is very shady with its wide leaves and is used for timber, medicines, and the resin is for treating wounds. Not to mention, it is used to make overproof rum which is 69% alcohol (70% is the cutoff for being able to ship it). We also saw the large shady Terminalia Catappa, otherwise known as Indian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree, or Java Almond tree.

    We visited the old Creole plantation house where Rassool Hossen (once President) lived in made of beautiful woods (many different ones) and build in French colonial architecture.

    The next stop were the giant Aldabra tortoises. WOW, they were big and old and hungry for Karen’s star fruit. There are more tortoises than people here so they are not endangered. These outdoors tortoises were over 90 years old, some up to 250 years old. We saw a small caged in area for those small ones that still have soft shells and need to be protected for the first 10 years of their lives.    Read more

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    La Digue, Seychelles - 3 of 3

    April 18, 2023 on the Seychelles ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    We then reached the highlight, which was Anse Source D’Argent beach. The whitest beach we ever saw with a beautiful view of boulders on the shore (meaning we took our phones in the water to photograph). The desire to live among the Coral Reefs (with 652 sq miles of coral, 174 species and 7 species of mangroves) the white beaches and incredible scenery here are what attracts the Seychelles and has made it most prosperous nation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Great day and Karen’s #1 bucket list item did not disappoint!    Read more

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    Change in Plans

    April 19, 2023, Indian Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F

    4-19-23
    We officially received notice today that Yangon, Myanmar (planned for 5/10-5/12) has been cancelled due to the civil war there and therefore safety questions. Instead, 5 days need to be changed to accommodate the travel changes.

    If you’re looking at a map, on 5/9 we will now be in Port Blair, India (instead of at sea), 5/10 at sea, 5/11 Sabang, Indonesia, 5/12 Langkawi, Malaysia and 5/13 Phuket, Thailand.    Read more

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    Ship Stats on our way to the Middle East

    April 19, 2023, Arabian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    Now that we have completed Mexico, Central/South America and Africa, here are some stats:
    - 578 guests. (532 are repeat customers of Oceania), 380 ATW and 198 just on this segment)
    - We have guests on the ship from 21 countries, and 409 crew from 36 countries (of which 71 women 338 men)
    Interestingly, 36% from the Philippines, 19% from India, 15% from Indonesia, 4% Honduras, and 10% from Romania &US plus 30 other countries
    - Drank 822 bottles of wine (plus maybe another 3000-4000 brought on by guests in SF), 240 bottles of champagne, 347 bottles of spirits and 2992 beers
    - KAREN and I HAVE TAKEN 22,189 photos and 756 videos !!!    Read more

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    Around The World brunch #2

    April 20, 2023 on the Seychelles ⋅ 🌧 81 °F

    Another spectacular event with lovely and tasty foods and eye popping presentations!

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    Salalah, Oman

    April 22, 2023 in Oman ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F

    Salalah, the third largest city in the Sultanate of Oman has a population of 448,000. The climate of this region and along with monsoon season allow for the growth of vegetables and fruits like coconut and bananas. There are many beaches and waterfalls to see here during the Khareef (monsoon) season.

    As the capital of Dhofar, it became a wealthy nation beginning in the 13th century due to trade. Between 1932-1970 it was the residence of Said bin Taimur, the Sultan of Sultanate of Oman (where the palace still remains). When acceded to his father’s throne, Sultan Qaboos, moved the capital to Muscat, where he was for the 50 years until he died in 2020. Haitham bin Tariq Al Said his cousin has been in power since 2020. The government has no national taxes due to the its vast mineral resources. It has been 12 years since the original Arab spring, and its follow-up Arab Spring 2.0 in the past few years. This nation, that was always an “Oasis of Peace” has gone through some change due to these uprisings. Rising unemployment and the need for economic reform has pushed the government for recent changes. With that, there have been many positive improvements.

    We went to the end of the port and followed the long pipelines of gas. When we got there we decided not to go into the main part of town where the Mosque, Palace and shopping is. We were here in 2015 and had a very interesting time learning about the Westernization of this Country and the young people’s outlook toward the future (not very different from the U.S but very different from past generations here). We noted that everything, including the Mosque and most shopping were closed today since Ramadan ended yesterday. Similar to our Thanksgiving, the day after Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr is celebrated totally at home as a day off to spend with family and enjoy. Eid al-Fitr is a festival of the breaking of the fast, I hear the feast is bigger than can be imagined … even by Oceania Chefs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr    Read more

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