An African adventure - Whisper - Cape Town to Mahe

[Silver Spectre]

The first of our pre flight checks is complete, that’s todays negative PCR as required by South Africa and BA before we can fly tomorrow. Hoping the weather stays calm.

[Stumblefoot]

Have fun!
 

If you see that little bastard Duke drinking in the bar or out on the pool deck, push him overboard for a dear friend of mine.

[WesW]

Fari Winds and Following seas Mr. and Mrs. Silver.  Did you original itinerary include some Madagascar ports?  On the Explorer's Capetown to Zanzibar itinerary next month Richards Bay and four Madagascar ports were removed and additional Seychelles ports added.

[jpalbny]

Pleasant journey Silver! Have a great time, and looking forward to all the details of your trip!

[Silver Spectre]

14 minutes ago, WesW said:

Fari Winds and Following seas Mr. and Mrs. Silver.  Did you original itinerary include some Madagascar ports?  On the Explorer's Capetown to Zanzibar itinerary next month Richards Bay and four Madagascar ports were removed and additional Seychelles ports added.

Hi Wes, it did but they got binned some months ago along with the visit to Namibia. We are supposed to get more time in Zanzibar.

[Lois R]

Wishing you a wonderful cruise🙂

[Emtbsam]

Have a great trip.

[Silver Spectre]

Thanks all for your kind wishes. Mr VeriFLY has seen fit to give us the green ticks so we are good to go.

[les37b]

Best wishes for your flights and boarding in Cape Town. Fingers crossed you and fellow passengers all stay negative throughout the cruise and you all have a fantastic time.

 

 

[Silver Spectre]

4 hours ago, les37b said:

Best wishes for your flights and boarding in Cape Town. Fingers crossed you and fellow passengers all stay negative throughout the cruise and you all have a fantastic time.

 

 

Cheers Les.

Our flight was good, we left 20 minutes late and with fair winds arrived a little early. Food and service ok, entertainment system completely crap. Immigration was relatively painless, we gave our SA health forms in and had to show our 72 hour PCR certificate and there was only a very short line for passport check. Got all our bags pretty quickly and were met by our smiling driver who whisked us to the Table Bay Hotel at the end of the V&A Waterfront. Even though we were early our room was ready and here we are. We could see the Whisper as we came past the docks and the weather is a balmy 25c

[Silver Spectre]

Coming into land with a great view if Table Mountain

[Silver Spectre]

The first bid for our Trivia presence has been received, awaiting further interest. Up at the crack of dawn this morning for the mandatory 7am nostril excavation.

[Host Jazzbeau]

1 minute ago, Silver Spectre said:

The first bid for our Trivia presence has been received, awaiting further interest. Up at the crack of dawn this morning for the mandatory 7am nostril excavation.

Wait, what???  Was it mandatory at 7am?  That would be a deal-breaker!!!

[Silver Spectre]

32 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Wait, what???  Was it mandatory at 7am?  That would be a deal-breaker!!!

Mandatory! Don’t be a wuss, it’s just early!

[Silver Spectre]

Typical shot without tablecloth

[Host Jazzbeau]

5 minutes ago, Silver Spectre said:

Mandatory! Don’t be a wuss, it’s just early!

I don't like to get out of bed before all 4 digits on the clock are illuminated!

[Silver Spectre]

The tablecloth cometh

 

[Silver Spectre]

Arrived in Mosel Bay, where the Internet is finally fast enough to post. Yesterday it was so awful that it was impossible to load even the most basic web site. Quite frankly it was atrocious and the worst I’ve experienced in the last 5 years.

[Silver Spectre]

Slight correction, it’s Mossel Bay. At the Captain’s reception last night he announced that the mask mandate was being relaxed from today. They are still required in the Show Lounge, in Reception and one or two other places. It is advised that guests should continue to be sensible and wear them, and it will be interesting to see if there is still compliance.

[jpalbny]

Hope you enjoy Mossel Bay. There is a small museum in town where they have a replica sailing ship, which you can climb on and explore. The town itself wasn't much from what I remember; kind of quiet and sleepy. But the coast is beautiful and on the far end of town away from the tender docks there is a lighthouse that you can climb for the views.

 

Hope you can find enough bandwidth to post a few pictures.

[Silver Spectre]

We found a Hirex, or Dassie

 

[jpalbny]

Haha, ask and you will receive! Looks like you hit all of the places that I mentioned above. Plus the Post Office tree. Well done.

[Silver Spectre]

51 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

Haha, ask and you will receive! Looks like you hit all of the places that I mentioned above. Plus the Post Office tree. Well done.

Cheers JP, it was actually quite a good trip, not time enough to climb up to the lighthouse and we didn’t get tickets to climb onto the replica Caravel, but we did get a good snack lunch and some fast Wifi, so a result! Now time for a beer.

[Silver Spectre]

Today we have arrived in PE (not sure if it has a new PC name) and are heading to visit some elephants and maybe some other big beasties. The Internet has improved enough to allow text posting but not photos yet.

Edited February 27, 2022 by Silver Spectre

[Silver Spectre]

One of today's many, many elephants