Around the World in 128 Days - At Sea off West Africa

 Travel Day 111 - April 23, 2024 - 6,428 Steps

Heading north along the West African coast.

Early Portuguese trade routes with wind and current directions they took advantage of.

Indigenous groups exterminated by the Portuguese or Spanish.

Never underestimate man's inhumanity to man, even one that lived hundreds of years ago.

Slavery traffic from Africa to the New World.

All these countries boundaries were the result of colonialism.

Two happy cooking demonstration attendees.

Things didn't go well today. Someone set up the mixer but forgot the beaters. Had to feel sorry for the guest chef.

Lecture on how the American Civil War resulted in South African song to be written that is still sung today. This is the Confederate raider CSS Alabama. The story of this ship was very interesting.

Unfortunately for the Alabama, the US ship Kearsarge finally caught up with her and destroyed her.

The biggest cart load of laundry I've ever seen on ship.

My latest book. When you find yourself repeatedly skipping sections of a book, the author has committed the ultimate writer's sin, failure to move the story forward. Then it ends in such a way that a sequel is all but guaranteed. I won't be any more books by this author.