Sea Day # 2 Atlantic Ocean

March 29, 2025

Today begins our long voyage up the coast of Africa. It is 3000 nautical miles until our next port which is Cape Verde. We should arrive on April 4 per Captain Frank. Today we passed the infamous “Skeleton Coast” where apparently there are countless shipwrecks where the usual group of invaders fell afoul of very dangerous waters over hundreds of years. Apparently the area is still restricted by Namibia and it is only accessible by plane. They limit visitors to only 800 per year.

Most if not all of the Aussies and Kiwis got off in Cape Town, about 400 in all and only 50 some people boarded. It’s like being on a wonderful new cruise! Not that there was anything wrong with the previous time but everything seems so much calmer and staff are falling over themselves to be of service because they have so much time on their hands.

I had a nice long walk on the Promenade Deck and Tod hung around with his feet up to hopefully finish off this cold he’s had. I’m shocked and so happy I didn’t get it but I guess there’s still time. Let’s hear it for massive doses of Vitamin C!

The weather is warming up as we approach the Equator which should help. And what’s also great is since we are on the port side of the ship, we’ll have sunsets for many nights to come!