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Namibia I
Preparing to travel to Luderitz next week to visit the newly opened (Sept. 2024) Namibian Maritime Museum, with an invitation from director Dr. Angel Tordesillas for a tour (and now, as it turns out we’re traveling on the same flight from Windhoek to Luderitz, an offer of transport from the airport and around town). Learning…
Missing Persons (II)
On the death of three naval officers (including the youngest serving woman) in September 2023: A navy source told City Press’ sister publication Rapport that many inferences can be made. “The submarine’s crew did not have enough sea experience because they cannot spend enough time at sea due to budget cuts. They do not receive…
Queen Mary 2, the cost of VOR, and stuff
No visits to Maker’s this week, as the cruise ships kept coming. On Wednesday (31 Jan), Queen Mary 2 (QM2). Slightly less boring, as she’s apparently the “only ocean liner in service in the world”. (Unlike “normal” cruise ships, ocean liners carry people, things, and mail. JR and family arrived in SA on one such…
Landmines and Diamonds
Watching Season 6 of The Crown (first 4 episodes dropped 16 Nov). It’s mostly about the crash – events leading up to, etc. – that killed Diana in Paris in 1997. People don’t love it. Bad writing, they say. And insensitive, some of the others say, to the treatment of its subject. But maybe it’s…