More on Cape Town really more!

  Cape Town is another place where the ship staff warned of street crime even in the central business district. Didn’t feel that way walking through a prosperous waterfront area back to the ship, except once when walking through a cloud of fragrant smoke. And we didn’t get a chance to try things out at night because we had to get back on board by 5:00 PM to sail at six - Not!


In the center of the photo you can see spray coming off the top of the white caps, an indicator of Force 8 near gale winds. No big waves because inside a protected harbor, but way too much wind for a 9 floor cruise ship. Even fully laden cargo ships struggled. 


So we waited 

All night. All the next day into night. And because of restrictive immigration rules, no one could get of the ship after having returned for the scheduled 5:00 pm back on board. Particularly hard on staff who could have had shore leave. 

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  1. gBrockelApril 17, 2024 at 4:58 PM

    Tom, You have a beautiful way of both describing what You see & putting yourself in the shoes of others!

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