Posts by Mike Mikus
West Africa
Hello y’all. Thanks for coming back. Put on your seat belt, ‘cause it’s going to be a wild ride. Just kidding. You know me, “Mr. Positivity”. The truth is, our few weeks in West Africa were a bit rough. The seas on his side of the Atlantic are brown, cold, and shark-infested. The landscapes are…
Read MoreSouth Africa
Hello, and thank you for joining us. For the last week or so, we explored South Africa. Our first port of call took us to the city of Gqeberha. Now I know that some may think that I am a bit hoity-toity about explaining how to pronounce the names of the places that we visited, but…
Read MoreReunion Island, Africa
Hello, and welcome back. Today’s adventures took us to Reunion Island, Mauritius, Africa. While the island is a French territory, its citizens are made up of many nationalities. So many in fact, that it is sometimes said that it is one island instead of six countries. Or so they say. (Curiously, French law forbids its citizens…
Read MoreMauritius, Africa
Hello, and thank you for joining us. While we were greatly looking forward to our visit to a Mahé, Seychelles, followed by an event-filled day and night on Madagascar, we (unfortunately) ran into bad weather. Due to super high winds and 12 foot waves, we were unable to launch tender boats at our next stop.…
Read MoreShip Photo Gallery
Several folks have asked to see some more photos of the ship. Here are a handful of random photos we have taken around various areas of the ship. Hope you enjoyed. Thanks. – Mike“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams
Read MoreThe Seychelles, Africa
Welcome back! As you may already know, due to world events in the Middle East, our itinerary changed. Rather than traversing The Red Sea, we will sail to Europe around Africa. While we will miss the Pyramids and Petra, we will have a ~45 day immersive Africa adventures. Because of this change of plan, about…
Read MoreUAE
Hello, and thank you for checking in. Today is day 152. So far we have traveled 44,000 nautical miles, and boy is my rudder tired! (Sorry, just too easy…) Yesterday we arrived in The United Arib Emirates (UAE). A nice surprise to us, while it is hot here, it is much cooler than several other…
Read MoreThe Taj Mahal, India
Hello, and thanks for joining us for an update on our adventures. On Wednesday, Karen and I awoke in the seaport of Cochin, India. This city was previously known as Kochi, but after after World War II, India won their independence from British, and changed its name back to its indigenous pronunciation/spelling. This city was best known…
Read MoreSri Lanka
Hello again! Today we are visiting the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, whose jungles and rain forests offer visitors a wide variety of safari and other adventure options. While its 22 million residence are best known for their infectious smiles and hospitality, they are also known for their “waggle”, which is the name give to…
Read MoreMalaysia
Good morfternoonening. (Typo? New word? Or just another Mike-ism? Hmmm…) We have spent the last two days in Malaysia. It is very hot here, but throwing caution to the wind, we set out on our first excursion. Destination, the Batu Caves of Lumpur. This unique attraction is a large statue of a Hindu God near…
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