Around the World in 128 Days - At Sea day 3 of 4 Off West Africa

 

 Travel Day 113 - April 25, 2024 - 10,429 Steps


Calm sea below a nearly full moon.





Closeup of the moon taken from the deck of the moving ship with my Nikon P950.


Oatmeal for breakfast, the first of the cruise.


The Chief Engineer was Kim's guest this morning.






The concept of nationalism arose with colonialism.






The second book in the series was as good as the first one.


Seafood was the order of the day at lunch.


Angola was what the Cold War looked like when it became a Hot War.


Really, it was more about oil than anything else. American oil companies paid taxes and fees to the communist factions so they could buy weapons from the Soviet Union and pay Cuba for the ten's of thousands of soldiers they sent to fight against the US government allied factions who were supplied money by the US government to buy arms to fight against the communist factions. And it that sounds crazy, it was.


Sunset over a still calm sea.


Real comfort food, a toasted cheese sandwich. Sometimes one needs a break from all the fancy food they have on the ship.


Another mystery towel sculpture to end the day. Actually it appeared yesterday, but I forgot to post it in yesterday's blog.

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