Scrabble across the Indian Ocean
April 3, 2025
Mark and I played 29 games while on Réunion, Mauritius, during the cruise of the southern Indian Ocean and in Cape Town. Mark played exceptionally
Mark and I played 29 games while on Réunion, Mauritius, during the cruise of the southern Indian Ocean and in Cape Town. Mark played exceptionally
I bought twelve books at Clarke’s Bookshop. I liked the upstairs area the best, as it housed the language section, Africana, and the out-of-print and
The view from our apartment window this morning (March 14): Mark went on a second walking tour on our final morning in the city, while
Today was our bus tour down to Cape Point. We walked to the City Sightseeing tour office at 81 Long Street to wait for our
The cruise ended–for us–in Cape Town. The Norwegian Dawn had a final port of call in Lisbon, and some passengers, Larry included, were cruising from
Our cruise had three ports of call before we disembarked in Cape Town, and we enjoyed day trips in each of Richards Bay, Port Elizabeth
Our first port of call after departing Port Louis, Mauritius was Antsiranana, Madagascar on March 4. We arranged with Larry’s cabinmate Marc to hire a
Mark and I took a cab from our hotel to the cruise check-in point at the Port Louis harbour. Our ship was the Norwegian Dawn,
I bought three books in Mauritius at Bookcourt, a store in the Caudan Waterfront mall. The other was a freebie I took from our hotel’s
Mark and I had originally booked our tour of Mauritius for Thursday, February 27, yet understandably it was cancelled on account of tropical cyclone Garance.