Praslin
A view of the gorgeous bay.Well, today started out like every other day when we were in a port, except when the captain came on the ship’s 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 we would be changing course and not going west to Mombasa, Kenya. He said we would depart the Seychelles and sail south to Mauritius and Reunion, and go around the southern tip of Madagascar to Richard’s Bay, South Africa, where we would pick up our normal schedule. Thus, we would miss Mombasa and Zanzibar. But wait…that’s where we are supposed to get the flight for our 4-day Maasai Mara safari. He apologized for the change of course and need to cancel any excursions and safaris booked from there, but necessary for safety reasons. He also announced that we had picked up 5 Israeli commandos that had come aboard to ensure our safe passage around Africa. Also, that Destination Services would be putting together a number of excursions as quickly as possible for

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