Today is our seventh and final day at sea before our arrival in Nosy Be, a small island located at the Northern tip of Madagascar. There is no port, so we will anchor out and tender ashore, our first tender experience of the cruise. Once ashore, we plan to hire a boat to take us to a small nearby island where the Lemurs are said to be plentiful.
The days at sea have passed very quickly, with plenty to do every day. Aside from normal trivia challenges, bridge groups, and just laying out by the pool, we have had some excellent lecturers aboard, including John Maxton-Graham, an historian who has authored several maritime history books, many dealing with the old passenger liners, and the Atlantic crossings. He is a man in his 80s, but an spellbinding speaker, who never refers to notes.
The weather the past seven days has been excellent with the exception of a few showers yesterday. For the most part, the seas have been glassy calm. We crossed the Equator during the night on Sunday.
Our course from Dubai took us East of the Seychelles, approximately 700 miles off the coast of Somalia. We’ve not seen a ship or vessel of any sort since our first day out. We’ve now turned West toward Madagascar. So far, on this leg of the cruise, from Singapore, we’ve traveled a total of 7,018 miles, with about 2,000 to go before reaching our final destination of Cape Town. All told, we will have traveled more than 12,000 miles for the full 62 days.
Some have asked to see a few photos of our ship, so this seems like a good time to post a few. More from Nosy Be.
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