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Our first stop in Namibia was Luderitz where we visited the wild horses of the desert. The Namib Desert is one of the oldest and harshest environments on Earth, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers along the Atlantic coast of Namibia and Angola. The Namib’s, as the free horses of the Namib Desert are called, live onContinue reading “Nambia, Luderitz and Walvis Bay”

In Durban we visited the Valley of a Thousand Hills…and had a dance performance of the Zulu tribe! The tribe demonstrated how a man could ask a woman to marry him…well sort of. The day was beautiful along with the vistas. Up next after the Zulu dance was a walk across the parking lot toContinue reading “South Africa, Durban, Gqeberha, and Cape Town”

We were into Port Louis the last day of February – or we were suppose to be. Cyclone Garance got us within 100km’s of the port as the swells were so high near the port, no vessel could go in or out. Therefore we turned around, went north and made random patterns to come backContinue reading “PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS AND THE CYCLONE GARANCE”

The first port was on the west side of the Seychelles archipelago in Praslin (silent S). We started our day in Praslin visiting Vallee de Mai which is an incredible World Heritage Site which has the fabled Coco de Mer palm forest. The Coco De Mer is known as the world’s biggest and heaviest seed.Continue reading “Seychilles, Praslin and Mahe”

The Maldives are considered the smallest country in Asia but it is also one of the world’s most spatially dispersed sovereign states. It only has a little more than 500,000 people and is the second least populous country in Asia but at the same time it is the most densely populated. It is the worldsContinue reading “Mahe, Maldives”

The first stop in Sri Lanka was Trincomalee, which is on the eastern side of the island of Sri Lanka. The first excursion was to temples and sites of the city. First up was the temple, Koneswaram inside Fort Frederick. It was a Hindu temple complex found BCE, described in 400-100 texts. It was destroyedContinue reading “Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, Hambantota and Columbo”

Phuket was not at all the port I remember stopping at when Larkin was five. So…our chosen excursion was to visit Phang Nga Bay was exciting as we took a high speed boat through the 150 sq mile bay in the Andaman Sea which is between the island of Phuket and mainland Thailand. Since 1981, an extensive sectionContinue reading “Thailand, Phuket”

The magic of lights in the Garden by the Bay for Haru. When we arrived in Singapore, we left the ship with Chris and Lucy who wanted to show us Chinatown. Blessings – Chris figured out how to get the four of us to Chinatown from the port via the subway! It was so muchContinue reading “Singapore”

After our New Year celebrations, Ha Long Bay was explored via a junk out to the beautiful carsts. If you have seen the magical Chinese paintings that show carsts like these erupting from out of solid ground, you will realize they truly exist – especially when you see them here rising out of the water.Continue reading “VIETNAM – North to South”

Blown away at the top of Victoria Peak! Another bus, another day, another fun trip with our new friends, Paul and Sherrill. Our actual first stop was the Stanley Market where Michael and I always enjoy traveling to every time we came to Hong Kong. From our berth in Kowloon, the bus took a tunnelContinue reading “HONG KONG and LUNAR NEW YEAR”