Thursday, March 30. 22 C. Foggy morning. Day 86. Last West Africa port today.
Yesterday was a killer of a shore excursion. We ALL felt it even if some did not express it. Yesterday it was a seven hour trip, or supposed to be and would have been if we did not get stuck in the darn ‘Biggest Market in Gambia’ as our guide said. Did they not know the market was there when we started the drive back to the ship???
Today it is an 8 1/2 hour shore excursion. Thank heaven it is the last long one. We are too old to pretend we can take this type of stuff, we did that type of thing 20 years ago! I suppose our enthusiasm got in way of reality when we booked it last September.
Regardless, we are committed and ready for the day. Today at least we are not in an open truck for the entire trip, but, according to the schedule we do get into 4 x 4 trucks for a drive around a lake, that apparently is red. It has been on Jim’s Bucket List so off we go today.
I am looking forward to sailing away tonight and sleeping in tomorrow, [but, we won’t, I know], we will get up around five and go out on the balcony, have tea and coffee and count our blessings as we sail off to civilization and the Canary Islands. Two glorious Sea Days ahead!
News Bulletin: Now 8:30 am. Due to political unrest, we will not be getting off the ship in Dakar. We were expecting several containers of Food and other supplies but they did not show up as well. We sat here all day, waiting and sailed on schedule around 6:00 forThe Canary Islands. They are a two day sail away, just north of the Tropic of Cancer, so maybe we have seen the end of those hot and humid tropical days for this trip.
It Was Ok Today…
Another blanket finished today.
The main attraction today was watching that ship behind Fellette load and unload a wide variety of new and used cars, used construction equipment and containers. [The sun was in Fellette’s eyes at the time.]
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