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April 2, 2023 Early this morning we sailed into the harbour of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife.Santa Cruz has a population of around 210,000 and the whole Island has a population of 1 million. The Island gets around 4 million yearly visitors. For today we have a visit planned to the pyramids of Guimar.Continue reading “Santa Cruz, Tenerife”

March, 31,2023 Good Morning, early this morning we sailed into Dakar, SenegalDakar is a city of 3.3 million in the country of Senegal with a population of 18 million.Senegal is well-known for its French-african cuisine and its vibrant music scene.Sailing in this AM, we could see the island of Goree in the distance. We bookedContinue reading “Dakar, Senegal”

March 30, 2023 Good Morning, Early this morning we coasted into Banjul, GambiaOn our way in, we noticed another one of the so called power ships moored near the shore. We’ve seen those ships now in several of our last stops. These ships are often supplied by a gas line or the ships have LNG onContinue reading “Banjul, Gambia”

March 26, 2023 Hello followers, this morning we arrived in The City of Abidjan, a city of over 4 million in the country of Ivory Coast (30 million). Ivory Coast is a former French colony.The water route into the harbour is quite scenic. We moored at a brand new section of dock. There was totallyContinue reading “Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire”

March 25, 2023 Today’s port Takoradi, GhanaFor this port we hadn’t booked any tours. The plan was to go to town to the market with the shuttle bus which was provided. Today’s temperature was very hot and humid. Having breakfast outside on the back deck at 6:30 this morning was nearly unbearable. We got outsideContinue reading “Takoradi, Ghana”

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 theContinue reading “Luanda, Angola”

March 18, 2023 After a St Patrick’s Day party last night and a nights cruising we arrived in our second stop in Namibia in a City called Walvis Bay. Walvis Bay is a port city of 80,000 people. Main industries are fishing, tourism. It also has a large container port, besides importing and exporting forContinue reading “Walvis Bay, Namibia”

March 17, 2023 Happy St Patrick’s Day to all the Irish readers Today’s town, Luderitz Namibia. Namibia a country of 2.5 million citizen. Namibia was a German colony from 1880 until 1919 when it became under South African rule.After lots of resistance in the 70’s and 80’s it became independent in 1990.English is the officialContinue reading “Luderitz, Namibia”

March 14, 15, 2023 Today we’re visiting Capetown in South Africa.The City started as a Dutch settlement in 1652 mainly to supply the passing ships from the Dutch East Indies Company with fresh food.Since then the City has grown to 440000 in the City and 4.7 million in the Metropolitan area.The legislative government of SAContinue reading “Capetown, South Africa”

March 12, 2023 Hi you all,Gqeberha or previously known by the name of Port Elizabeth. It has a population of 1.2 million. The main industries are automotive, with plants of Ford, Volkswagen, Isuzu and a few Chinese manufacturers. Besides vehicles, there are also numerous vehicle parts and tires manufactured in the area.Today we are allContinue reading “Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) South Africa”