Hi everyone from South Africa, Actually we left Cape Town last night and are just sailing past Port Elizabeth. Our arrival into Cape Town was delayed 30 hours because of wind. The entry to the port is only about 50 feet wider than the ship so it was too dangerous. Many people missed trips they had planned because of this. We barely made our plane to Port Elizabeth. We had 4 days of wonderful times with Ada, John and Joyce. Many of you met them when they were i...

Our time in Ghana was amazing. Kwame, our newest foreign grandson met us at the port and spent four days with us. He is 24 and taking an accounting course in hopes of becoming a chartered accountant. He is very good looking, smart, polite and gentle. He has had a very challenging life but it does not affect his outlook for the future.He took us to meet his mother and sister.They all live in a two room house with no running water and not much to eat. It was o...

On February the Sea Olympics were held on the ship. Our team name is the Sea Salts. The photo above is our syncranized swimmers. They were such good sports. The one on the left is 86. Gary and I participated in the Relay of dress in a crew uniform and run to a destination, run back, get out of uniform and pass to the next of six team members. There was also our wonderful tug of war team, wheelbarrow, basketball, volleyball, card towers, hula hoop etc. It was...

This parrot says "HI" from Brazil. There is no way anyone can imagine the size of this river without being here. We traveled about 1,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to Manaus. Then if you look at a map and see how much longer it is and all its tributaries, it is amazing. More amazing is that is rises over 20 feet at the height of the rainy season. Manaus, itself is not too exciting. It heyday was during the rubber boom in the late 1800's. It is ...

Hi all, We had a nice said from Nassau to Roseau, Dominica. We spent two days there. Gary was coming down with a cold so we stayed close to the ship. We did go on a tour and took a tram over the rainforest. It was beautiful and virgin. The next day we walked around the little town 2 hotels, 3 dining spots, several bars and a couple of touristy stores. Oh I almost forgot 2 jewelry stores. Dominica, a Caribbean Island, is 754 sq.miles, It is a mountainous vo...