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<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from Doug and Annette</description>
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                    <title>We Will Meet Again</title>
                    <description>Regent Seven Seas Cruises cordially extends A FOND FAREWELL TO ALL OUR REGENT SEVEN SEAS VOYAGERS at the end of this World Cruise 2010 A Global Voyage across the Seas on behalf of the Officers Staff and Crew aboard Seven Seas Voyager who hail from 32 different nationalities worldwide. We look forward to sailing with you again in the near future.THE CREWMEMBERS' SALUTE in alphabetica</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Fort-Lauderdale/blog-517649.html</link>
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                    <title>Grand Turk Turks  Caicos</title>
                    <description>Well we have reached our final port before Fort Lauderdale We arrived at our Grand Turk dock about 100 this afternoon and are scheduled to sail toward Fort Lauderdale at 645. Grand Turk is only 7 miles long and just over 1 mile wide and is the capital and seat of the Turks and Caicos government. It has been a longtime favorite destination for divers to explore the 7000 footdeep pristine cora</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-514935.html</link>
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                    <title>Tortola British Virgin Islands</title>
                    <description>We docked at Wickhams Cay Dock for our 2nd to the last port of this fantastic cruise this morning at 800. We were signed up for the Virgin Gorda and The Baths tour at Spring Bay which departed the ship at 830. The weather is again unbelievableThe British Virgin Islands are serene seductive spectacularly beautiful and remarkably laidback. Tortola the largest member of the chain d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-514320.html</link>
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                    <title>St. John's Antigua</title>
                    <description>We arrived in St. Johns about 100 this afternoon. Another short stay as we sail this evening at 700. We were signed up to for the Kayak and Snorkel Adventure. Annette decided to hang out on the ship. Doug was able to hook up with Andy as a kayak mate. We went to a place called Great Bird Island had a lot of fun kayaking and saw some great birds too.Annette and I have been to Antigua in the p</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-514032.html</link>
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                    <title>Bridgetown Barbados</title>
                    <description>During our sail toward Barbados we enjoyed a nice dinner at Prime 7 with our bridge instructors Michael and Cassandra. We have appreciated the difference in their teaching styles compared to Roseanne.After four days at sea we docked at Bridgetown at 900am today and will set sail again this evening at 600. The Bridgetown Port or Deep Water Harbor as its also known is the major port of e</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Barbados/Bridgetown/blog-513993.html</link>
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                    <title>Mindelo Cape Verde and More</title>
                    <description>The night before our arrival at Cape Verde we enjoyed a wonderful evening with our Cruise Specialists group starting with a fun cocktail party on the back deck of La Veranda Restaurant. Folks were encouraged to wear something that represented one of the countries along the cruise. We then enjoyed a great dinner together in La Veranda followed a fun evening of karaoke led by Jamie and Kevin. Dou</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cape-Verde/blog-513796.html</link>
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                    <title>Banjul The Gambia</title>
                    <description>Well we have spent 3 nice days at sea and arrived in Banjul about 1000am. A couple days ago the ship had an auction to raise extra money for the crew. There were tons of items donated by passengers and creative items that Jamie and other members of the staff put together. It was a resounding success They raised somewhere in the range of 30000 to divide between most of the 450 or so crew membe</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-505571.html</link>
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                    <title>Takoradi Ghana</title>
                    <description>We arrived about 800 this morning at another port on our visit to Africa the twin city of SekondiTakoradi capital of the Western Region of Ghana. It is Ghanas fourth largest city and an industrial and commercial center. The chief industries are timber cigarettes shipbuilding and railroad repair.Takoradi is the largest city closest to the Equator and the Prime Meridian making the city the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Western/Sekondi-Takoradi/blog-505077.html</link>
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                    <title>Lome Togo</title>
                    <description>Wow our last port was on the 19th in Walvis Bay. We were scheduled to stop in Cotonou Benin yesterday but due to a storm front that moved in as we were attempting to enter their harbor and a cargo ship that was delayed getting out of our birth the captain made the impromptu decision to skip the stop. However we did have several people getting off there as well as someone coming on so the ca</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Togo/Lome/blog-503516.html</link>
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                    <title>Walvis Bay Namibia Day 2</title>
                    <description>The Namib Desert is said to be the worlds oldest living desert and is what a real desert should look like. Some of the dunes rise over 1000 feet above the surrounding desert plains. There are crescent shaped dunes that migrate up to 2 or 3 yards a year covering and uncovering whatever crosses its path. There are fossil dunes that consist of ancient sand that solidified millions of years ago. </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Walvis-Bay/blog-501903.html</link>
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                    <title>Walvis Bay Namibia</title>
                    <description>After a relaxing day at sea and a fun Captains Party last night we arrived at Walvis Bay Namibia at noon and were signed up for the Dolphin  Seal Cruise that left the pier about 1245. We were bused a short distance to another pier where we met our tour boat. Namibia is a former German protectorate but has been independent since 1990. Namibia is often called The Land God Made in Anger</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Walvis-Bay/blog-501012.html</link>
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                    <title>Cape Town South Africa Day 2</title>
                    <description>Today we are signed up for the 8  hour Cape Peninsula tour that will take us to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope and to Boulders Beach to see the African penguins. Our last stop is the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. The Cape of Good Hope is the rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. There is a common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Sou</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-499645.html</link>
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                    <title>Cape Town South Africa Day 1</title>
                    <description>Still on our high from the fantastic safari we looked forward to our stay in Cape Town which is sheltered beneath the very recognizable shape of Table Mountain that we saw at last nights sundowner. Few cities in the world offer this beauty and style. Cape Town has three centuries of being the sea link between Europe and the East. The city has elegant Cape Dutch buildings characterized by lar</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-498481.html</link>
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                    <title>Mala Mala Game Reserve South Africa</title>
                    <description>Buckle up...this is a lot of photos In the couple days prior to our arrival in Richards Bay the arrangements for our safari were finalized. Once we docked in Richards Bay South Africa our group of eight was taken to the Richards Bay Airport where we boarded a 10passenger Cessna Grand Caravan for our 90minute charter flight to the Mala Mala Camp private airstrip. We were met by Ryan</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-495730.html</link>
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                    <title>Reunion</title>
                    <description>Continuing southwest from Mauritius about 120 miles we arrived at our 2nd unscheduled port Reunion this morning about 700am. Today we signed up for a 10hour tour called Volcano a trip to the La Fournaise Volcano so we had to get a quick breakfast and hop on the bus by 730 for a long ride. Reunion is a French island with about 800000 population located in the Indian Ocean east of Ma</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-494973.html</link>
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                    <title>Port Louis Mauritius</title>
                    <description>After two days at sea having left the Seychelles with a whole new direction and itinerary we spent time working out the details of a possible safari with Norm Pieters and the other six. It was a bit challenging for Norm as he was coordinating and putting everything together with his son in their Florida office via his phone texting and email. Things were coming together but he needed to be sure</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-494712.html</link>
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                    <title>Praslin Seychelles</title>
                    <description>Well today started out like every other day when we were in a port except when the captain came on the ships intercom and announced that because of the seriousness of the pirate situation including information he was receiving from the US State Department the recent attack a couple days ago involving a US Navy frigate in the Seychelles that for the safety of the passengers and ship that w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Praslin/blog-494553.html</link>
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                    <title>Port Victoria Mahe Seychelles</title>
                    <description>Well begin this episode by actually rewinding the clock back till the evening of March 31st as we are sailing the Indian Ocean about 24 hours from Port Victoria in the Seychelles. Were watching FOX News in our suite and an announcement comes on about the U.S. Navy capturing five suspected pirates off the Seychelles Islands after gunfire exchange. HOLY SMOKES The guided missile destr</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-494104.html</link>
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                    <title>Male Maldives</title>
                    <description>Well weve enjoyed 3 wonderful days at sea. Last night we were treated with an impromptu sundowner out on the bow. Drinks were served our resident guitarist Jerry Vasi played and it was an outstanding sunset. We anchored at Male this morning at 800am.The Maldives is one of a thousand tiny islands spread over 26 atolls straddling the equator in the heart of the Indian Ocean and offers some of</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Maldives/Male-Atoll/blog-493852.html</link>
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                    <title>Penang Malaysia</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Penang this morning about 800am and by 900 we were on a coach headed for our excursion Penangs Spice Trail. Locally Penang is known as Pulau Pinang and is the northern gateway to Malaysia. It is the countrys oldest British settlement. The word Pinang in Malay refers to the areca nut palm which provides the betel nut an essential ingredient in a delicacy chewed by m</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-493547.html</link>
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