Luanda, Angola

March 21, 2023

Hi All, going back to our last stop in Walvis Bay, Namibia two days ago.You guys remember the great lunch we had at the German HumPaPa place, well by midnight that same night the dreaded Norovirus got a hold of us. We were very sick for at least one day, and the end result was that we got confined to our room for 2 day’s. We already decided not to go off board this morning. We both got the green light this morning to move around the ship again. We heard that over hundred people had fallen ill because of the virus. Stringent health rules were put in place, like mandatory handwashing when entering the dining area’s and any self serve area’s were temporary suspended.Today we were anchored in Luanda the Capital of Angola. Luanda, a city of 2.6 million. We were already warned not to walk by yourself or in small groups because of the very high crime rate. The country itself is one of the richest countries, but the majority of the people are extremely poor. We heard stories from people who went on tours, that the tour buses had police escort in the front and back. High procentage of kids don’t go to school, stories of people having wages as low as $15/month.Kids in school have to pay the teacher to go to the washroom.( crazy) I don’t think we missed much going not on shore.I still post some pics I shot from the boat.

Cheers