Introduction

When we were first married, long, long ago we were living in Cape Town. At that time the Suez Canal was closed and all the cruise ships used to have to round the Cape of Good Hope to get from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Many of the travellers on these ships were what are now politically correctly termed "senior citizens". Back then we just thought they were old; so old that they couldn't even get off their vessels to see the magnificent scenery that is the Cape Province.

We decided then and there that we would try to travel when we were young and could enjoy the experience, leaving later years to look back on our adventures. Forty four years later, we're still travelling and enjoying it. Although if truth be told, there have been a couple of occasions of late where we have taken a day off from the excursions on a cruise. It's not that we're ageing, just a little tired sometimes.

I don't know how this will work out, but I thought I would try to start with our current plans, so here goes.