Early this morning we docked in Durban. The heavens opened up and big angry clouds spat down torrents of rain. It reminded me of last night’s unforgiving swells, and sliding around the outdoor disco deck cradling just one last Pina Colada. Mozambique had long disappeared in our wake and the frothy azure seas were replaced [...]
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Day 3 MSC Sinfonia: Destination Bazaruto
Early this morning we anchored off the Mozambican Island of Bazaruto – a quintessential tropical paradise of powder white sand and warm azure waters. The weather finally decided to perk up, overnight force eight gales transformed into flat velvety seas and I woke to find pods of nosy dolphins swimming below my balcony. My cabin [...]
Welcome aboard: Day 1 & 2 MSC Sinfonia
It has been two days and I’m so overwhelmed I can hardly write. In fact, right now, I’m staring out to sea with a really dumb expression on my face. Surreal is a word used far too liberally, but really, there is no other word to better describe this experience. I’m about 40 nautical miles [...]
All aboard
Gaudy cabaret shows, stale midnight buffets, inebriated singles hankering after an on-board romance. These are all the things I expect from a cruise. One big floating gin palace. Lost at sea with nowhere to go. The very thought gives me cabin fever and makes me cringe. MSC Sinfonia – the largest and most modern liner [...]
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Hope for the Future: dramatic scenery and ‘the day with the sunrise’
