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Cape Town to Singapore to Bangkok
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12/24/15 03:16 AM
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We boarded Voyager on Monday and it's great to be back! We've missed her and her outstanding crew! So nice to see some familiar faces among the crew. We were a day late leaving Cape Town and missed our first port. There was a low pressure system causing 21 foot swells, so the Captain decided to stay in Cape Town overnight. The next morning, swells were down to around 12 feet as we sailed around the Cape, and there were a few on board that were not feeling so good, but we did fine. Today we have our first port of call at Durban. We enjoyed a pre-cruise safari at Kapama River Lodge at Hoedspruit. The lodge was not so great, but we had some good game sightings (at least for us since this was our first safari!). Here are a few photos.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Cape Town to Singapore to Bangkok
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12/24/15 03:20 AM
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Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Cape Town to Singapore to Bangkok
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12/24/15 08:50 PM
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Great pictures! Kapana is in a great area for game. Northern Sabi Sands. In the end the game is what it is all about. There are fabulous lodges in that area with a much higher price tag. However you have some great sightings, to see a nice male lion and some little cubs that was great lion for sure.
Makes me want to go back but I have to wait until July.
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12/27/15 02:29 PM
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Nice pics, and the lions look very healthy.
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Re: Cape Town to Singapore to Bangkok
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01/02/16 02:44 AM
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Sorry I haven't posted much here! I tend to post most of my updates and photos on Facebook, as I like to be able to share pictures with the crew. We have been enjoying being on the ship and having fun with the outstanding crew onboard. Ports we have made so far include Durban, South Africa, Richards Bay, South Africa, Maputo, Mozambique, and Madagascar. We didnt do a tour in Durban as they brought a priest on board to celebrate Christmas Mass in the late afternoon, and we wanted to be there for that. In Richards Bay we did a tour to the wetlands and saw some hippos. Maputo was not a very enjoyable stop not a port we would want to visit again! Loved Madagascar. It is a beautiful place and would have liked to have spent a little more time there (only there for about 6 hours). We did a tour to see the lemurs. The tour itself was a bit disappointing. We did see a few lemurs, but there were way too many tour groups and too few lemurs. By the time our group got there, they werent very hungry anymore so we couldnt coax any of them to come sit on our shoulders. We didn't do a tour in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Most of the tours were quite long so we just stayed onboard. Quite a big New Years Eve celebration onboard!
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/02/16 02:49 AM
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At Zanzibar we had a very well done tour to the Jozani Forest. Got to see lots of Colobus monkeys up close and personal. And the mangrove walk was interesting. Had a very good guide. Today we are in Mombasa, Kenya, and we have a tour this afternoon. One evening we had our waiter Sugi plan an Indonesian meal for us so we could sample dishes from his home country. It was quite delicious!
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/02/16 01:51 PM
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Great pictures Cindy. Love the Colobus monkeys !
Marcie
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01/06/16 07:40 AM
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Lot's of sea days on this itinerary and we are enjoying them! Yesterday we were in the Seychelles - our first time there and it was quite beautiful - but unfortunately the ship only stayed there a few hours! We did a catamaran boat ride and I did a little snorkeling.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/06/16 02:28 PM
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Loved reading your post Cindy and really enjoyed the pictures. The lemurs are precious and we only saw a few as well. I think if we go there again we are going to go to the zoo like park where they have a lot of lemurs. Not the same experience you have in the wild but we have had that now. Just want to see more lemurs. Did you see the chamelions? I thought they were amazing.
We like the Seychelles as well.
Keep having fun will check back here and thanks for taking the time to also post on LCT.
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01/07/16 12:19 AM
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Our guide told us about the zoo park as well, and if we had been there longer we would have gone - he said they had several different types of lemurs there. Maybe next time! We enjoyed the chameleons as well - there were lots of them and very entertaining!
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/07/16 01:07 AM
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For those of you coming onboard in Singapore, here is an FYI of officers and staff:
Currently: Captain is Daniel GM is Frank CD is Ray F&B Manager is Marcel, Asst is Michelle Dining room manager is David Dusin (sp?)
Effective January 18 GM Michael Coglin
Effective February 3 CD - Lorraine Captain - Felice
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/07/16 12:26 PM
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Thanks Cindy, see you soon. So glad Ray will still be on for a while after we get on. Tell him hello for us!
Peggy
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01/08/16 01:19 PM
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Cindy - I sure am enjoying all your posts and photos. Do hope there are more to come.
Betty
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01/08/16 02:20 PM
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Oooh, Captain Daniel!! He's very easy on the eyes (especially when he plays pool volleyball on sea days )
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01/08/16 02:36 PM
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Looks like a great line up!
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01/09/16 11:54 PM
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Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/10/16 08:57 AM
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What a nice gesture for those guys, Cindy, I loved the smiling faces!
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01/10/16 11:50 AM
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I have only seen the fund raising once. I loved it and so nice to see the $$ go into the crew fund. Wish they would do it more often. So much fun. Keep posting enjoying sharing your adventures with you.
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01/19/16 04:29 AM
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Havent posted much lately - internet has been slow or non-existent, or we have been busy onshore on tours. Anyway, heres where we have been since the last post... Stopped in Mahe, Maldives. Unfortunately, we did not get to go snorkeling here they only had 36 slots on the snorkeling excursions for a boat of over 700 passengers, and we didnt make the cut. Very disappointing as the water was beautiful maybe next time. We just did a short little walking tour around the town. Next stop was Colombo, Sri Lanka, where we did a city tour, went to a so-so museum and visited Gangaramaya Buddhist temple.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/19/16 04:38 AM
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Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/19/16 04:45 AM
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Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/19/16 04:51 AM
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Our next 2 ports were Penang, Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia. Since we are returning to both of these ports on the next cruise segment, we decided to stay on the ship. Well do the shore excursions when we return. We did have a great experience while we were in Port Klang. We got to have a private tour of the bridge (it was another of the While Elephant Sale prizes benefiting the crew welfare fund). We both enjoyed it, but David especially. He had a list of questions to ask and he got answers to all of them. Our guide was first officer Volodymyr Shushlyavin very nice young man.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/19/16 05:05 AM
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Yesterday was disembarkation day in Singapore for most passengers (only 37 of us stayed onboard for the next segment), and a new group will come aboard. The ship provided a tour of Singapore for our group who were staying onboard. We had a tour of the city and sampled the signature Singapore Sling at the legendary Raffles Hotel. Lot's of new folks came onboard. Saw Peggy and Jerry by the pool grill yesterday, and we met Cheron and Mark today. So far haven't seen Linda and Ron or met Olivia.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/22/16 11:16 PM
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Since we left Singapore, we returned to the ports of Penang, Malaysia and Sebang, Indonesia. We did a tour in Penang since we skipped the tour the first time we were there. Thai Buddhist Temple, Penang Reclining Buddha, Thai Buddhist Temple, Penang Burmese Buddhist Temple, Penang
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/22/16 11:22 PM
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Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/22/16 11:38 PM
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Last night was KLT cocktail party hosted by Linda. We are scheduled to arrive in Yangon this afternoon. Originally scheduled to arrive around noon, but now pushed up to 3:00pm. Several tours leaving after arrival and will get back to the ship late. Full day of tours tomorrow. This should be a really interesting port - new for most all of us.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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01/24/16 08:19 AM
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Great pictures Cindy, nice to see some familiar faces. Can't wait to hear about Yangon since that's such a new port stop. Looking forward to your seamail.
Marcie
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