“the Big One”! World Cruise on Sojourn

[shark b8]

A drive up to Monte Verde, the highest point on this island (São Vicente), provided a spectacular view, although the haziness didn't help.   Yes, the Sojourn is in the harbor there, but hard to tell.

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

23 minutes ago, SLSD said:

Wow.  What a heroic sculpture--but it does have the "communist" look to it.

 

Yeah, I thought so too.  “Workers, unite behind us as we march ever onward to greater glory” kinda stuff.

[shark b8]

24 minutes ago, SLSD said:

Do you think you could just stay onboard indefinitely and keep us informed and entertained?

 

Willing to work with anyone who can make this happen.  😉

 

Truthfully, my usual modus operandi is to go into a funk about a week before a trip ends, and there is some of that melancholy here, but…..five months is a long time.  I’m looking forward to the usual stuff we all talk about - sleeping in my own bed, showering in a space more than 8” wider than I am, etc. 

[shark b8]

26 minutes ago, galeforce9 said:

Which tour was this please (Mindelo)

 

It was called “Discover Sao Vicente”.

 

 

 

[galeforce9]

23 minutes ago, shark b8 said:

 

It was called “Discover Sao Vicente”.

 

 

 

Thank you 

[SLSD]

32 minutes ago, shark b8 said:

 

Willing to work with anyone who can make this happen.  😉

 

Truthfully, my usual modus operandi is to go into a funk about a week before a trip ends, and there is some of that melancholy here, but…..five months is a long time.  I’m looking forward to the usual stuff we all talk about - sleeping in my own bed, showering in a space more than 8” wider than I am, etc. 

I get it--as I am already sad that our upcoming cruise is only 14 days.  I mentioned to Mr. SLSD just today that our next one needs to be at LEAST 21 days to make the whole thing worth it.  He agreed with me.  This is our test cruise post pandemic.  

[shark b8]

Sailaway from Mindelo.  That strange rock thing on the way out is a lighthouse.  And the sailaway music was my kinda stuff - ancient, musically-jaded curmudgeon that I am.   🙄

 

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

46 minutes ago, SLSD said:

…. our upcoming cruise is only 14 days…. This is our test cruise post pandemic.  

 

We EXPECT reports on this forum.  🤞

[shark b8]

Don’t know any details about this - and perhaps guessing it has long-since been brought up on CC in a thread I missed - so, ignore if so.  Elon Musk (love him or hate him), can you further improve Seabourn connectivity?!

 

 

 

[shark b8]

Also Mindelo.  For the dog-people among us, the Cape Verde island dogs seem pretty happy - too skinny perhaps, but always approaching us in definite waggy-mode.

 

 

 

 

[SLSD]

1 hour ago, shark b8 said:

 

We EXPECT reports on this forum.  🤞

I will give live reports---wifi willing.  

[Mycykfamilytime]

On 5/16/2023 at 4:10 PM, shark b8 said:

We took a ferry from Dakar to the île de Gorée, which is now a charming little island village (no vehicles) but which is yet another historical example of the horrors of the slave trade.  Next to last pic is entitled “The Door of No Return”.  (re the last pic:  the ferry sailed by the Global Mercy, a large floating hospital.  Full disclosure - I’ve done a monthly donation thing to this organization for years, they perform surgeries on people of little means, who would otherwise never be able to receive them.  As the CC Guidelines correctly warn against blatantly soliciting for third parties, I’ll merely say that this organization….exists).   😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

My best friend spent a year volunteering on Mercyships. It was a wonderful experience.  

[SLSD]

9 hours ago, Mycykfamilytime said:

My best friend spent a year volunteering on Mercyships. It was a wonderful experience.  

The headquarters for Mercyships is just a couple of miles from our farm, deep in a rural landlocked area Texas.  I've always found that surprising.  The also run a catering opeation!

[Mr Luxury]

20 hours ago, SLSD said:

The headquarters for Mercyships is just a couple of miles from our farm, deep in a rural landlocked area Texas.  I've always found that surprising.  The also run a catering opeation!

Medical operations and catering operations.

Mmmm

[SLSD]

1 hour ago, Mr Luxury said:

Medical operations and catering operations.

Mmmm

  I know.  It's off topic, but a bit interesting.  The rural area around our farm in deep East Texas is rife with religious organizations.  If you drive through the back roads of the area, you will see them everywhere.  I have always been a bit suspicious of them and thought they might just be "money making" organizations disguised as religious charities.  The headquarters for Mercy Ships is on one of these back roads.  I was suspicious of them as well--until a physician we know (a classmate of mine from childhood)  told us that he had volunteered on one of their ships and that they do good work.  We went to this same physician's wedding and the reception afterwards --which was catered by Mercy Ships!  I went into the kitchen and talked to some of the catering staff and they told me that they also work on the ships.  Their food, by the way, was quite good. 

 

OK. This is the end of a terribly off topic comment--brought on by a photo of a Mercy Ship ship off of the coast of Africa.  

Edited May 20, 2023 by SLSD

[shark b8]

This is welcome, as lately we’ve been trying to be careful & count our kilojoules.

 

[shark b8]

Never stops for these guys.

 

[shark b8]

Singaporean tonight, from the best table on the ship.  Nice work, if you can get it.

 

[shark b8]

The Opera House in Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria, with its view down the beach.  (The last one’s for you Lynn, a bit of distance away, near the beach, is this statue of Alfredo Kraus).

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

The little  village of Arucas was celebrating “Piedra y Flor” (stone and flower) with elaborate displays around town.  It’s a late May festival and I think I’ve already forgotten our guide’s further explanation of it.  😳 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

Provisioning going on, when we returned to the ship.  So for anyone boarding in Barcelona….fear not, there will be champagne.  

 

[shark b8]

It wasn’t Indian Market Dinner last night, just Indian-themed night. And vindaloo curry will do quite nicely, thank you very much.  (Don’t forget the mango chutney)

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

I want to ride one of these.  Not getting much cooperation from the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

[cruiseej]

7 hours ago, shark b8 said:

Provisioning going on, when we returned to the ship.  So for anyone boarding in Barcelona….fear not, there will be champagne.  

 

 

I figured that was just to get you through the last week of your cruise! 😀 Hopefully we'll get more when we board in Barcelona on Saturday. 

[shark b8]

3 hours ago, cruiseej said:

 

I figured that was just to get you through the last week of your cruise! 😀 Hopefully we'll get more when we board in Barcelona on Saturday. 

 

Ok, I take that as a challenge.  But we’ll leave you….some.