May 29 - Luderitz, Namibia

I woke up this morning around 5ish to the sound of a horn. I figured we got into port a little early so I rolled over and went back to sleep. Well, every 3 minutes the horn blew, and it took me a couple of times to realize - FOG! My excursion to Halifax Island was at 7:15, so I might as well get up. When I looked outside the fog was so thick, I couldn't even see the water 8 stories below me. I turned on the map channel and saw we were still somewhat heading into the harbor, so I decided to get ready. However at 6:30ish we were now heading north again. Hmmmmm? I headed out the door at 7:00 and that's when the Captain announced we would not be stopping at Lüderitz as it was tender port and the fog was expected to be thick all day, which made tendering unsafe.

Tender Ports we have missed;
Devil's Island, French Guiana
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Punta Arenas, Chile
La Digue Island, Seychelles
Luderitz, Namibia 

We also missed Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Madagascar, because of a Cyclone.

Tender Ports we made it to:
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Moorea, French Polynesia
Bay Of Islands, New Zealand
Airlie Beach, Australia
Cairns, Australia
Beno, Bali
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Mossel Bay, South Africa

Ports where we were supposed to tender, but ended up docking;
Ushuaia, Argentina
Sydney, Australia

All in all, not bad odds

We also missed these ports due to civil unrest;
Russia
Ukraine
Manta, Ecuador 
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Tema (Accra), Ghana

We got rerouted from;
 Jordan
Jerusalem
Cyprus
Bulgaria
Romania
Israel
Egypt
Oman

We added;
Seychelles
Mauritius
Reunion Island
South Africa
Namibia
Angola
Ghana
Senegal
Canary Islands


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