Quick trip to West Africa – 9 – Togo Fire Dance & Border Crossings
14.12.2018 I did not sleep well last night, but was up for our 07:00 breakfast. It was good breakfast with croissants, juice, eggs and good jam. We left on time…
Quick trip to West Africa – 10 – Kumasi & the Akwasidae Festival
16.12.2018 The party had been going on long last night - I only noticed peripherally when I turned the TV off. But I slept well and went down for breakfast…
Quick trip to West Africa – 11 – The Atlantic Coast & Slave Castles
17.12.2018 07:00 was breakfast today and it was not as busy as yesterday, however, it was slightly better than yesterday. But Oliver made some blahblah with the waitress because he…
Quick trip to West Africa – 12 – The last day!
18.12.2018 The N 1 road to Accra was a main highway and rather busy. There was a lot of traffic of any kind. But I took my afternoon nap for…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 1 – The Sunderbans
14.10.2018 Working the "exotic" cruises - that is what the company calls any river cruise outside of Europe - is somewhat like vacation. Usually I have at least 140 guests…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 2 – Reaching Kolkata
16.10.2018 I slept early every night here on board – by 22:00 latest I was out! There is no TV in the room and it is dark outside. The windows…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 3 – Kolkata – City of Joy
18.10.2018 Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, which was the official name until 2001, is the capital of West Bengal. Situated on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 4 – Colonial history & Ganga Sunset
19.10.18 Like always I got up very early to enjoy the view and do some "paper work". Breakfast as usual and then we took our country boat across to Chandannagar…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 5 – Temples, dung cakes & markets
20.10.2018 Same as every day I got up by 05:30, opened the window and did some "work". Do not get me wrong, normally when working on a ship, I have…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 6 – Mughal Heritage & no AC
22.10.18 My every-morning-ritual got interrupted this morning .... Well, maybe not really, though. Every 6 or 12 hrs or so the generator get changed - one goes off and the…
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