Wednesday 13th January The alarm was set so that we could get up in time to see our arrival in Porto Grande, the port of Sao Vicente, in the Cape Verde Islands (pronounced cap verd) . The islands are almost in a horse shoe shape lying on its side. We were going to the second most populated island of the group. The dawn broke and it was just like a sunset over the dark craggy mountains of the island - beautiful! The bay of the port is part of a sunken crater s...

Monday 11th January A quiet day at sea after the drama of yesterday. The decks were full of people enjoying the sunshine, but we managed to find a spot to sit and read in between eating, sneezing, blowing my nose and napping. When I was in today's Photography Lecture (Photographing Architecture) Martin was lucky enough to hear the shout of 'dolphins' and saw a pod of dolphins riding the bow wave of the ship. There are a few passengers who stand for a lot of ...