19 April – Day 105 - Praia, Cape Verde After our terrible experience in Dakar – we were a little apprehensive about our visit to Praia as it was one of the countries listed in the letter the ship sent us on April 9th. You can read a copy HERE I didn’t find anything of...
Day 104 - 18 April – At Sea After our disappointing port call to Dakar I was a little apprehensive about our port visit tomorrow in Praia, Cape Verde. This was one of the countries that was listed in the warning letter we received a week or so ago and I was not...
Day 103 - April 17th - Dakar, Senegal Yesterday was one of the highlights of the entire World Cruise. Interacting with local Gambian residents was at real joy and we enjoyed our time with Bina and learning more about how the average Gambian lives. Today we visited the...
Day 102 April 16th Banjul, Gambia Today was our first port after five days at sea. Due to the tides, our arrival into Banjul, Gambia, was delayed by an hour, from 8 AM to 9 AM. My research into Banjul before this cruise revealed that there weren’t many tourist spots...
Day 101 – At Sea - April 15th Pillow Gift Last night we received another pillow gift. This time it was TSA approved locking luggage straps and luggage locks. Here is a picture. You can find a list of all the pillow gifts for this cruise on the 2018 World Cruise...
Day 100 - At Sea - April 14th Culinary Operations Manager Florin was the Coffee Chat guest this morning. We learned that the Grand World Voyage is the only cruise where the ship plans the menus instead of the staff in Seattle. Every August, the Amsterdam team gets...
Day 99 – Crossing the Equator - April 13th The Crossing the Line ceremony was scheduled for 10 AM by the LIDO pool. I arrived at 9 AM to get a good seat to shoot video. I was in the second row. Here is a video highlight reel https://youtu.be/_sEQGZ97azA Michael,...
Day 98 – At Sea - April 12th 4 AM wake up call For the second time this cruise, we had an actual first stage alarm. You may recall that the first one was during our late seating dinner back on 10 March. That turned out to be caused by some residual smoke/fire from the...
Day 97 – At Sea - April 11th Today is the first of five consecutive sea days which we always enjoy. A big part of our World Cruise are all the activities that we take part in the ship. I was still feeling a little crummy from yesterday so I stayed in the cabin most of...
Day 96, April 10th - Luanda, Angola The city skyline came into view around 7 AM as we closed on the port and saw that it was surprisingly modern. A couple tugs that came out to greet us but we learned later the pilot was a no-show so Capt. Jonathan came alongside the...