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Takoradi, Ghana--I Like Water

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Art is anything you can get away with.  Every Meal is a story- reads the banner, Once upon  e coli, for instance?   I Love Water reads the T-shirt. Me too, Know where I can find any clean H20 

Togo-or not to go

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Lome, Togo Where there's a Will, there's a play. Like Dubai or not Dubai, Togo or not Togo, I read Shakespeare instead of visiting this port of call .Actually had to work on a  show.If work is prayer, then I am going to heaven.

Principe- It's a Jungle Out There

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In the Guinea Islands off the west coast of Africa

96 Days @ Sea

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The Map Is The Territory

3 Days @ Sea-Then Africa's Eden

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São Tomé and Principe's Bom Bom Island Smiles, everyone... smiles!  My dear guests! I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome... to Fantasy Island! Ze plane! Ze plane...

Namibia-Desert Rain

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Hadaee mada tawilaWa/ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti...I dream of rain...and we had it.. Awesome-The oldest Desert in the world is also the most beautiful.

Cape Town-Swimming With The Sharks

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Police Chief,  Scientist, and a Grizzled Shark Hunter  Ed Reif sets out to kill a shark that is menacing the seaside community of Cape Fear, er I mean Cape Town Used a zebra as chum, to attract the lions last week, so I figured the  great whites would like it too-NOT Name: Castle Beer Country of origin: South Africa Beer type: Lager Alcohol content by volume: 5% Taste: Full-flavoured and thirst-quenching

Fish Hoek-Old Dog New Tricks

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 Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend  On my way to Fish Hoek-Northern Bay---the views from all over are absolutely priceless Calling on Cape Town- The winds are high, and after an overnight delay, we finally docked in this  beautiful port city. Spent the day driving around, and seeing  the sites in this  coastal suburb of Cape Town. “This cape is the most stately thing and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth.” – From the journal of Sir Francis Drake, on seeing the Cape for the first time, 1580

Kapstadt, Südafrika-Blowin' in the Wind

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A Room With A View The winds are 55 miles per hour- We cannot dock yet. makes me think of Bob Dylan's song... The answer my friend....

South Africa-to London, England (23 Daze left)

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Final Leg World Cruise - Cape Town to London ⚓ 🚢 Final Leg of World Cruise Table Mountain, Cape Town '"> Final Leg of the world cruise starts from here tomorrow Apr 15,16-17 🏛️ Cape Town, South Africa (overnight) With majestic Table Mountain as a backdrop, Cape Town occupies one of the most dramatic locations in the world. Its eclectic mix of architectural styles reflects the tastes and dictates of the past, in tandem with the 20th century's more functional demands. Edwardian and Victorian buildings have been meticulously preserved and there are several outstanding examples of Cape Dutch architecture. Cobble-stoned streets, mosques and the flat-roofed pastel houses of the...

Lalibela Game Preserve, South Africa-Elephant Man

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High Fiber Bran Muffins are everywhere Meet Your Meat- Impala, it's not just a car made by Chevy but an important part of a nutritious breakfast Com pani ons-Breaking bread

Eastern Cape, South Africa Safari -The Big 5

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Africa’s Big 5-elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard on the horizon

Durban, South Africa-ImagiNATION

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If you build it they will leave. The streets of Durban are deserted, except for this White Elephant  Sailing into Durban this morning was peaceful  A bouquet of barbed wire awaits the visitor to Durban. Power Verses Force-Fear is a misuse of imagination, but you don't need to be a  Walt Disney Imagineering Intern to figure out, that when the hospital has barbed wire around it, in fact, the whole town is full of these thorny fences, these PPL are crazy delicious over using  barbed wire like  a bikini-just enough to protect the "property" without obstructing the view.   The FEAR acronym is at work- False Evidence Appearing Real-- except for the fact that the locals tell me it is TEAR (True). Soon I'll be in Cape Town or  will it be Cape Fear? There are over 530 patented barbed wires,  and I counted at least  2,000 variations of them  used here in town. All that's missing is the guard towers and the machine guns and we could all go o...

Africa to Europe

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Voyage 7 April 17 to May 8, 2011

3 Days at Sea- Then Durban, South Africa

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Durban Sugar Cane Plantation

Réunion, Africa-Oh La La-Big Fish

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Big Fish Little Pond   Réunion is a mini- Hawaii, blessed by nature. It's a  wildly tropical Island with spectacular scenery.

Mauritius-Following The Equator

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  "You gather the idea that Mauritius was created first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius". Mark Twain There is life after luau. It's about being better than I used to be, not being better than you.

Indian Ocean-The World According To Google

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The Map Is The Territory Pulp-Free Fiction  A live viewof Me and this blog from the Computer University@Sea  I am a bibliomaniac. I love libraries and books- but Google seems to shatter time and space as Conan The Librarian. You can swim all day  in the sea  of Google and still come out completely dry. A drift for 3 more  day at  sea with a great internet connection. In the middle of nowhere, and the center of everything, this is my  definition of "location independent". Home is not where my heart is , it is where my computer connection is. Does that make me a Mouse Potatoe. Who needs rote memorization. Knowledge isn't the answer, it is knowing where to find the answer. " Why should I remember anything if I can just look it up(on Goggle)?" said  Albert Einstein. A Live Bridge View From Crystal Serenity A Live View of Starboard

4 days at sea in the Indian Ocean, then Mauritius

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The  beaches of Mauritius-Africa Write? Right! Blogging is literature in a hurry. Tourists    generally, don't see a country as it is, they   see them as theirs is.This requires expending tremendous amounts of energy to have so called    “normal” experiences    on vacations;  where taking a safari is actually seeing all the caged stuffed animals in the zoo. Travelers have occurrences, while abroad. They cannot be created,   they    undergo them.   They are somatic and     visceral and in-your-face. Too bad my videos don’t include SMELL-avision. The stench to my olfactory is awesome! without imitation, without precedent.   For these occurrences     to become an adventure,    however, it is necessary to recount them later at a cocktail party or blogging about them. Should I kill myself, or have a cup of   Starbucks coffee? When I travel these unusual places of poverty and despair, ...