Category: Daily Posts

Today was Queen Anne’s maiden visit to Port Elizabeth also known as Gqeberha. Port Elizabeth is a major port in South Africa and is the gateway to the Eastern Cape’s safari tourism. On disembarking we found the port area exceptionally run down and many of the buildings have long been…

This morning we got up bright and early again and took a taxi to the Table Mountain cable car. Luckily we had booked fast track tickets for the cable car before we left home and when we saw the size of the queue, we were very glad we did! The…

South Africa is the southern most country in Africa with a land area of 471,445 square miles and a population of 63 million. The biggest city is Johannesburg with a population of over 1 million whilst Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is…

Formerly known as Southwest Africa, Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1989. With an area of 318,772 square miles, it is the 34th largest country in the world, but has one of the lowest populations with only 3.1 million residents. It has the lowest rainfall of any country in…

Well, today is the seventh of our 7 sea days en route from Cape Verde to Walvis Bay, Namibia. To say it has become something of a slog would not be an understatement! We have had a couple of fairly dull, flat days, when the idea of land seemed like…

The Cape Verde Islands are an island country consisting of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic, approximately 350 miles off the coast of Senegal and Mauritania, with a combined land area of approximately 1500 square miles. Together with the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Savage Islands, they…

Not much to report folks, other than our daily walks around the promenade deck, our painting class and, oh my goodness, the unbelievably talented guest performer, cellist Andrei Cavassi. His repertoire and talent were so overwhelmingly impressive that we went to both the early and late show. Every now and…

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and has the biggest population at almost 1,000,000 residents. The highest point is Mount Teide whose peak is at an elevation of 12,188 feet, which also makes it the highest peak in all of Spain. Mount Teide is also the third largest…

Today we arrived at our first stop Funchal, Madeira. We spent the morning exploring the old town, including Praca do Municipio, before having lunch at a very nice little fish restaurant in Avenida Santa Maria. Having already walked 10,000 steps and with Paul complaining of a sore throat, we headed…