Random thoughts from the sea
Day 95, Grand World Voyage Saturday, April 8, 2023; Málaga, Spain. Jo: My pre-knee-injury plan for today in Málaga, Spain, was an all-day trip to Grenada – not to the Alhambra, which I visited in 2011, but to the Albaycin Quarter opposite the Alhambra. According to the tour description, it
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Day 94, Grand World Voyage Friday, April 7, 2023; Tangier, Morocco. I was looking forward to returning to Tangier, Morocco. I wanted to go back and wander through the souq, or market. In 2011, we ended our overview tour there but were rushed through its winding walkways by our guides.
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Day 93, Grand World Voyage Thursday, April 6, 2023; Casablanca, Morocco. Today I am thankful for several things. Foremost is that I am still sailing along on this amazing cruise, even after injuring my knee. I’m thankful that my knee isn’t dislocated and I’m not spending today on shore for
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Day 91, Grand World Voyage Tuesday, April 4, 2023; Agadir, Morocco. In what was a new shore excursion experience for me, I saw the treetops of Agadir from my gurney in the back of an ambulance. I was off to the Clinique Al Massira, a local hospital, for an MRI
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Day 90, Grand World Voyage Monday, April 3, 2023; Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. I won’t bury the lede, to use a journalism phrase. I had a great day here in Lanzarote, until I overlooked a step and took a face-dive onto a terrace of pumice-like rocks. At the time
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Day 89, Grand World Voyage Sunday, April 2, 2023; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. After a number of West Africa ports, it was refreshing to step off the Zuiderdam today in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Not that I am complaining about Africa. I did
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Day 86, Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 30, 2023; Dakar, Senegal. As we waited in one of the lounges to disembark in Dakar, Senegal, on a private tour, the voice of the captain came over the public address system. We would not disembark in this port. The news was full
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Day 85, Grand World Voyage Wednesday, March 29, 2023; Banjul, The Gambia. In 1977, more than half of the U.S. population at the time watched the TV miniseries “Roots.” I was just out of college and remember being mesmerized by the story about the young African Kunta Kinte, who was
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Days 81 and 82, Grand World Voyage Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26, 2023 Takoradi, Ghana, and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Between them, the west African countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) account for about two-thirds of the world’s cocoa production. Yet less than 6 percent of the global chocolate
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Day 80, Grand World Voyage Friday, March 24, 2023; Null Island, South Atlantic Ocean. We had finally arrived. Hundreds of smartphones confirmed it. Latitude 0 degrees. Longitude 0 degrees. But where was that dang island? Actually, as we all scanned the water’s surface, we weren’t looking for an island, but
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