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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 128. The Ghost Town Kolemanskop

The Adventures of Prince Diamond:

Exploring the eerie, abandoned diamond mining town near Lüderitz.

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A road trip to the country south-east of Lüderitz. Incredible heat once we're away from the coast! The hilarious Canyon Roadhouse bar. The Fish River Canyon. Matt jumps over the edge. Gondwana Canyon Village. A "rock hyrax" up close!

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 126. On to wonderful Namibia!

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Prince Diamond leaves South Africa and runs the 500-odd nautical miles up the coast to Luderitz, Namibia. It's a cold, damp trip! The American sailboat Liberté is towed into harbour with a steering problem.

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YouTube video by Let's see Canada, eh! 082 British Columbia... Muncho Lake to Fort Nelson

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Waterfalls, folded mountains and wild rivers. Muncho Lake, glacial moraines, Stone's sheep. Summit Point, the highest elevation on the Alaska Highway. A bear almost becomes a hood ornament. The Fort Nelson Heritage Museum astounds with everything.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 125. Prince Diamond is hauled out

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Prince Diamond is hauled out and painted at Royal Cape Yacht Club. Flying high!

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 124. Cape Town Hop-On-Hop-Off tour

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Table Mountain cable car. Two Oceans Aquarium. Cape Town harbour tour. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. World of Birds and Monkey Jungle.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 123. Zimbabwean cultural tour and Boma Drum Show.

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The international bridge to Zambia. The Big Tree. Tourist market. Hilarious automata. Victoria Falls Safari Club vulture feeding spectacle. Ramona rides a Segway! Tea at the Victoria Falls Hotel. A Zimbabwean subsistence farmer's kraal.

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Flying to Zimbabwe from Cape Town to see Victoria Falls. Spectacular! And an evening dinner cruise on the river above the falls, watching hippos and crocodiles. One of the most enjoyable excursions in town!

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 121. Safari!

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Ramona and Brian take a safari to Botlierskop Game Preserve and Bufflesdrift Game Lodge. African animals up close! Interacting with elephants.

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A tour of the Constantia Glen Vineyards with the Ocean Cruising Club. Lunch at the Royal Cape Yacht Club. New Years Eve at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. A beach south of Cape Town. Motorcycle touring to Cape Point.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 119. On to Cape Town

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Rounding Cape of Good Hope en route to Cape Town, a 50 nautical mile day-sail. Hitting a dead (?) seal with the keel. Avoiding floating kelp fronds. Spotting 2 orcas hunting for seals.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 118. On to Simonstown.

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Fascinating Simonstown! More dolphins. South Africa Naval Museum. Distant gunfire. Hiking up Red Hill. Visiting the Signal School. The grave of Royal South African Navy's sailor Just Nuisance. Who?? Penguins!

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 117. On to Mossel Bay

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Hitting speeds of 14 knots in wind of 30 knots! Delightful Mossel Bay. Invited onto historic Fleur de Passion. Maritime Museum, Bartolomeu Dias, 500 year old Post Office Tree and Diaz's spring, flowing since before 1512!

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Lots of dolphins! Night arrival at East London. Rotten old wooden wharf. Braai at the Buffalo River Yacht Club. Drink and firefighter tattoos, is there a link?

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 115. On to Durban

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Vervet monkeys in Richards Bay. Drinks meeting at Dros Restaurant. Leanne takes Carol's place temporarily, as we continue along the African coast for Durban! Royal Natal Yacht Club. Port Natal Maritime Museum. Beachfront Durban.

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Meeting with our weather guru, Des Cason in Kloof. Then a braai, as gunshots echo in the distance... uh oh! To St. Lucia for iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Hippos are the most dangerous animal in Africa, and kill about 1000 people annually!

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The history of the fierce Zulu people. Fort Nonqayi. At Shakaland-Zulu Cultural Center live demonstrations of ancient Zulu ways, including fighting, sport, foods and Zulu beer! An energetic show of dancing and singing!

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YouTube video by Let's see Canada, eh! 081 The Yukon... 100,000 signs, bison and steam

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Yukon Motel's superb dioramas. Watson Lake's Signpost Forest. 2 massive bison herds across the highway. Smith River Falls. Liard River Hot Springs. Liard River Bridge.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 112. To Richards Bay, South Africa

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WIND!! Prince Diamond makes use of a short weather window to dash to Richards Bay. The strongest wind of our entire circumnavigation. 2 accidental gybes cause damage. We surf... 15.8 and 16.3 knots! A spectacular thunderstorm.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 111. The southern Mozambique Channel

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Provisioning at Bazaruto. Departing shallow Bazaruto en route to Cabo Inhaca, dodging strong wind as much as possible. Matt catches another wahoo at dusk.

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Having trouble with the wind and getting nowhere. Concern about how to avoid a southern "buster". Sheltering behind Ilha Casuarina. Feeling our way behind Bazaruto. Running aground! A walking tour to the Bazaruto sand dunes with Tomás.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 109. Moramba Bay to Baly Bay

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Sailing along the north-western coast of Madagascar and getting ready to leave for Africa. The crew barely avoids a live chicken!

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Sailing south-west along the north-west coast of Madagascar to Moramba Bay. Hellville. SV Brick House. SV Peristera. The village at Moramba Bay and their lemurs.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 107. Lemurs, lemurs, lemurs!

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Seeing the lemurs and ylang ylang factory of Lemurialand, and a visit to the "lemur island", Nosy Komba. It's cuteness overload!

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The Adventures of Prince Diamond:

Up the eastern side of Madagascar and over the windy Cap d'Ambre to the Nosy Hao archipelago and on to the main tourist area of Nosy Be. We almost hit a whale... again! This strike would have been catastrophic. Daresalama and Crater Bay.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 105. The Pirate Cemetery and Ile aux Nattes

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We visit the only pirate cemetery in the world. While fascinating, it has to be taken with a grain of salt. Very little seems to be known about the people buried here. A visit to Île aux Nattes, an island of resorts and sandy beaches.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 104. Nosy Boraha

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Our first taste of Africa. Brian, Carol and Matt arrive at Ambodifotatra, Nosy Boraha, Madagascar. A jeep tour of the island with Augustino. A piroque ride to a beach.

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 103. Departing Réunion for Madagascar

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Carol and Brian visit the Musée d'Orsay in Paris during a stop-over in Paris. They return to Prince Diamond and make a hasty departure with Matt Ray towards Madagascar. Big swells are a-comin'!

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YouTube video by The Adventures of Prince Diamond 102. HMS Protector

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Why are Jack Tars so Jolly? Invited aboard the Royal Navy's research ship HMS Protector at Réunion for a short tour. Much appreciated! Britannia rules the waves.

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