Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 21, 2022 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted February 21, 2022 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WesW Posted February 21, 2022 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted February 21, 2022 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Pleasant journey Silver! Have a great time, and looking forward to all the details of your trip! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 21, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted February 21, 2022 #6 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Wishing you a wonderful cruise🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emtbsam Posted February 21, 2022 #7 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Have a great trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 22, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Thanks all for your kind wishes. Mr VeriFLY has seen fit to give us the green ticks so we are good to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les37b Posted February 23, 2022 #9 Share Posted February 23, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 23, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted February 23, 2022 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 23, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Coming into land with a great view if Table Mountain 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 24, 2022 Author #12 Share Posted February 24, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted February 24, 2022 #13 Share Posted February 24, 2022 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!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 24, 2022 Author #14 Share Posted February 24, 2022 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 24, 2022 Author #15 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Typical shot without tablecloth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted February 24, 2022 #16 Share Posted February 24, 2022 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! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 24, 2022 Author #17 Share Posted February 24, 2022 The tablecloth cometh 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 26, 2022 Author #18 Share Posted February 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 26, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted February 26, 2022 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. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted February 26, 2022 #20 Share Posted February 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 26, 2022 Author #21 Share Posted February 26, 2022 We found a Hirex, or Dassie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted February 26, 2022 #22 Share Posted February 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 26, 2022 Author #23 Share Posted February 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 27, 2022 Author #24 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted February 27, 2022 Author #25 Share Posted February 27, 2022 One of today's many, many elephants 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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