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    Some very sad news. Just prior to the time we were to anchor at Sao Tome, we were advised by the Maritime Authority of an incident that was taking place between Sao Tome and Principe. A ferry carrying both cargo and passengers was reported to have sunk with a large number of passengers on...
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    Day 109 Apr 25 Off Sao Tome We held a moving Anzac Day Dawn service this morning on deck. About 60 Australians, New Zealanders and friends attended. The wreath was thrown into the sea.
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    Day 105 April 21 Namib Desert, Namibia. This was a fantastic day. 12 of us headed off in a huge 4x4 van, which could have seated 25, into valleys and along dried river beds in search of desert plants and animals and views. This is one of the driest places anywhere. 10cm or rain is a good year...
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    Day 104 Apr 20 Walvis Bay, Namibia. In a majority of ports there is no Immigration inspection. Officers come on board, look at and stamp the passports in the office, and give the all clear. In some places, there is a face-to-face inspection in the cruise terminal and this can range from...
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    Day 102 Apr 18 Robben Island, South Africa. We’d been to Robben Island on a previous trip but decided to go again. It turned out to be a perfect day – not too hot but sunny. The island had been a prison of one sort or another for centuries and had even been home to lepers and the mentally ill...
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    Day 101 Apr 17 Paarl, South Africa (cont.) Lunch at the KWC Winery. Mosbolletjie Beskuit Bread. Cape Malay Bobotie Cigars. Klein Karoo Springbok Carpaccio Tygerberg Children's Choir.
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    Day 101 Apr 17 Paarl, South Africa. Having had experience of Cape Town’s main railway station when going to the cricket at Newlands I was a little apprehensive how 180 cruisers would deal with the very local railway station. It was one of the few places I’d felt intimidated in cape Town. The...
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    Day 100 Apr 16 Cape Town, South Africa (cont.) Zeitz M.O.C.A.A. was well worth a visit.
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    Day 100 Apr 16 Cape Town, South Africa 100 days since we left San Francisco and only 32 to go until we get to London. I can hardly believe it. Day 100 is the first of three days in Cape Town. It’s the first time of about 5 trips that I’ve been here, and the prime purpose has not to be to see...
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    And so ends Segment 7 of the cruise. Now it is on to Segment 8, the longest, with only one more after it to come. And it is goodbye to the Indian Ocean, hello to the Atlantic, and good morning to Cape Town. It was a chilly 12C as we came in but it turned out a very pleasant day. Three days...
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    Day 100 of the cruise clicks over today, so quite a lot!
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    Day 97 Apr 13 Durban, South Africa We have been to Durban quite a few times to watch the cricket at Kingsmead. We’ve also done most of the tourist things. There are quite a few here. Therefore, today we decided we’d just do a walk along the Promenade and have some lunch. The Promenade is 6...
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    Day 96 Apr 12 Richards Bay, South Africa We got to our first of four South African ports early in the morning then sat offshore. The Cruise Director advised that the Pilot boat had broken down and they were trying to source another. Two hours late the pilot arrived on a naval vessel so off we...
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    I think the advice not to photograph them was more for our own safety.
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    Day 95 Apr 11 Maputo, Mozambique Maputo, the former Lorenzo Marques under the Portuguese, came as a bit of a surprise. It was a busy, large city with lots of building underway. Their new pride and joy was a billion dollar Golden Gate-like suspension bridge linking one side of the river with...
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    And more Nosy Be, Madagascar No charge for the flies. To Hell and back. Lemurs Geckos Chameleon .
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    Theft on board

    I imagine it would be a bit uncomfortable trying to sleep with $346K in your jacket pockets but I guess I could learn to live with it.
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    Day 92 Nosy Be, Madagascar Nosy Be is a small island on the coast of Madagascar near the top of the main island. It is approximately half Moslem and half Christian with few inter-religion problems. It is, however, very poor. The reason for a cruise stop there is to access the lemur park a few...
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    Day 91 Mamoudzou, Mayotte After leaving Zanzibar we set sail for France. It only took us a day and a half to reach it. Mayotte is an island at the end of the Comoros Group to the north west of Madagascar within 10 degrees of the equator. It is as much part of France as the Seine being an...
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    On a quick search I can't say that he was born there but it looks like he lived there. Here is a quote from Lonely Planet: Freddie Mercury, the former lead singer of Queen, was born in Zanzibar in 1946 where his name was Farrokh Bulsara. His father worked for the British colonial service and the...
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