re: Around the World Cruise

Is sea sickness generalized? Meaning I had never got sick sick then boom out of no where I did..

Are the wristbands with the plastic white bead still the best preventative?

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Is sea sickness generalized? Meaning I had never got sick sick then boom out of no where I did.. Are the wristbands with the plastic white bead still the best preventative?

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I have been on many cruises and also have been fishing a number of times and never have been seasick. One of the people we met on the cruise had never been seasick either his entire life and about a month ago started getting seasick. Someone had the wristbands and he started wearing those and has been doing much better.

He developed a dental abscess and I wonder if f this is creating his seasick issues.

Spent today in Maputo, Mozambique. Again, surprised by a port as we were expecting something much different. Sadly, the rain caused us to miss things and return back to the ship earlier than we wanted.


Maputo, Mozambique

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With those sea days starting out, I’d be on a first name basis with all of the blackjack dealers within days.

Then they’d probably never see me again after the first few weeks because I either ran out of spendable money or was forcibly stopped!

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Sadly, no craps table on the ship, but then again, I might be broke by now. There are two blackjack tables running at $25 a hand so the tables are usually empty.

everything is working

I am retiring in about eleven years and you seriously have me thinking about a cruise like this. I just don't if I could go this long though. Myself and the wife love our animals too much. I am enjoying your write ups and updates on here though.

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am retiring in about eleven years and you seriously have me thinking about a cruise like this. I just don't if I could go this long though. Myself and the wife love our animals too much. I am enjoying your write ups and updates on here though.

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Thank you for following along. We certainly understand about the pets. We had four dogs and have had three pass in the last two years ages 18, 18, and 17. We have one left age 16 and have a house sitter who cares for the dog.


The cruise has past quickly and we are approaching five weeks to go. We have enjoyed it enough to seriously consider booking again in 2027. I think we will pull the trigger and get it booked on one of the upcoming sea days.

Just curious, you still hanging occasionally with Verne?

Completed a couple more blogs. These two are for Luanda, Angola and Sao Tome. We had short excursions for both of these countries and enjoyed both days. It is sad to see poverty, which is what we expected doing western Africa due to the Middle East itinerary diversion. But although there is poverty the people in these cities are always smiling and happy to see us visiting their cities. It is like they are poor, but don't know it?

I hope both posts came out okay as I attempted to add videos to both. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

Luanda, Angola


Sao Tome

Falling behind in keeping up with the blog as the Wi-Fi (Starlink) was almost non-existent in western Africa. Tomorrow in Lisbon and then a couple of sea days to try and catch up.


Funchal (Madeira) Portugal

We were in Lisbon yesterday and ventured outside the city to visit a midevil town before returning to Lisbon for a visit to the monastery, the discovery monument and a Paistes de nata.


Lisbon, Portugal