Latitude: 22° 40.6211′ S Longitude: 14° 31.4368′ E Day 5 brought the good ship Expedition to the port of Walvis Bay, Namibia. Walvis Bay is the most important port in all of Southwestern Africa. It not only is the primary port for Namibia, but also Botswana and parts of Angola, South Africa and Zambia. Formerly …
Latitude: 26° 38.4852′ S Longitude: 15° 09.2238′ E Today we made our first stop on the trip: Luderitz, Namibia. I had been looking forward to Luderitz for one reason: the Kolmanskopf Ghost Town. I had seen photos taken by other photographers that blew me away. Kolmanskopf is a German diamond mining town just outside of …
Latitude: 28° 30.4763’ S Longitude: 15° 34.7887’ E A day at sea for a passenger vessel is a challenge for the crew. You have a group of people who are stuck in a small space with nothing to do. There is no television. Internet and telephone connectivity is either non-existent or severely limited. On larger …
Latitude: 33° 54.2614′ S Longitude: 18° 24.9283′ E Checking passengers on to a ship is not the same as checking into a hotel. You can’t just have people check-in willy nilly over the course of a day. There are issues with security, immigration, and the port authority, so the first day is usually at a …
Latitude: 33° 54.2614′ S Longitude: 18° 24.9283′ E Today I begin one of my biggest adventures yet: spending one month sailing up the West Coast of Africa on M/S Expedition. We will be spending 32 days going up the west coast of Africa from Cape Town to Morocco. As a Wander in Residence for G …
This week’s guest Dick Jordan from Tales Told from the Road. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: Would you pay to cut in line for the toilets on a flight? ‘Do It For Denmark’ Video Urges Danes To Go All The Way : The Two-Way : NPR Picks of the week: Dick: Storehouse App …
I just finished up the most incredible week in #Detroit with the #AwesomeBlogger Media group where we learned about #blogging, #socialmedia and #monetization. We also got to visit one of the best cities in the world: #Detroit! The house was packed with an #All-Star line up of #Bloggers. The instructors were some of the most …