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March 11, 2023 Today’s stop is East London.This is a City of 270,000 people on the East coast of South Africa. It is well known for its beautiful sandy beaches and sand dunes, also well known for world surf competitions. Today’s program is a visit to the Inkwenkwezi game reserve. Carol have been looking forwardContinue reading “East London, South Africa”

March 10, 2023 Howdy, when I woke up this morning,we were already docked in the port of Durban. Durban is the largest port in the African Continent. It is home to nearly 3.1 million people and is the second largest City in South Africa after Cape Town. Languages spoken are English, Zulu and Afrikaans. WithContinue reading “Durban, South Africa”

March 8, 2023 This morning we arrived in Maputo and we set foot on African soil for the first time in our life’s.Maputo has a rich colonial history going back to the 17th and 18th centuries being occupied by the English and Portuguese. They also had there share of civil wars over the years. CurrentlyContinue reading “Maputo, Mozambique”

March 3, 2023 Good Morning, Overnight we cruised from Mauritius to Reunion Island. Reunion Island is part of France. So going from driving left in Mauritius to driving on the right side in Reunion. Reunion has a population of 900,000. It has a live volcano standing 2632 meter tall. and there is also a massiveContinue reading “La Possession, Reunion Island”

March 2, 2023 This Morning we arrived in Port Louis  Mauritius. Mauritius is an Island in the Indian Ocean with a population of 1.2 million.Mauritius is a former UK Colony which gained independence in 1968.Mauritius is famous for Beach holidays because of its variety of beautiful beaches.  Today we didn’t book any tours. We decidedContinue reading “Port Louis, Mauritius”

February 26, 2023 Hallo All, Today we are in the middle of Seven seadays. Cruising from Perth Australia to Mauritius on the Indian Ocean. Almost every night we have to set our clock back one hour. Slowly we are claiming back that day we skipped in the French Polynesia. We are keeping ourselves busy with activitiesContinue reading “Seaday”

February 21&22, 2023 Good Morning, this morning we sailed into Fremantle. Fremantle is a port City approximately 22 km. from Perth. Freo as the Aussies call it has a population of 32000. Freo has a lot of heritage buildings, lots of small stores and eateries and also houses a lot of drinking facilities like microContinue reading “Perth/Fremantle, Australia”

February 17, 2023 This morning we woke up moored in a small Bay at Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Isl. has a population of about 4000. It is 100 Mile long by 35 mile wide. The economy consists out of farming, fishing, tourism and the odd winery. Two years ago they had a bad bush fire what killedContinue reading “Kangaroo Island, Aus”

February 15, 16, 2023 Howdy, this afternoon we arrived in Port Adelaide. We were anchored in the container port. Port Adelaide is located 15 km from the main city of Adelaide. Adelaide has a population of approximate 1.4 mill. it is the 5th largest City in Australia. It is the Capital of South Australia. TheContinue reading “Adelaide, Australia”

February 13, 2023 Hi all, last night we docked in Hobart. Hobart a city of 210,000 people on the island of Tasmania. Hobart is also the capital of Tassie. The whole of Tasmania has approximate 575000 residents. Main industries are shipbuilding, agriculture, wineries and tourism. Hobart is a very nice City on the water. AContinue reading “Hobart, Tasmania, Aus.”