Travel
Cape Town waterfront, day three
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
An excursion to Cape Point, day two
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
Back in Cape Town, day one
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
Ports of call in South Africa
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
Antsiranana, Madagascar
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
Cruising the southern Indian Ocean
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,
A tour of Mauritius
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.
Welcome to Mauritius. The country is closed.
We were lucky that we were able to fly out of Réunion as the approach of tropical cyclone Garance forced the cancellation of all later