Norwegian Dawn Ports Review.17 Nights Middle East and Africa Cruise. Part 2
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We sold everything we owned to retire early and travel the world full-time.
The highlight for me was Mombasa, Kenya. Even though we only got to do a safari for three hours, it was worth every single penny that we paid and more.
Norwegian would not be our first choice of cruise company.
This itinerary was pretty spectacular despite the changes.
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We leave Doha and sail on Norwegian Dawn to Mauritius on our 17 night Middle East and Africa Cruise. In part one we look at the ship, cabins and restaurant. In part two we look at the ports of call. We take you around Abu Dhabi and the Grand Mosque, we have 2 stops in the Seychelles in Victoria and La Digue. We stop in Mombassa in Kenya and have 2 stops in Mauritius, Nosy Be and Antsiranana. This itineracy changed frequently and we lost Oman, Tanzania, Reunion and Nosy Be before Nosy Be was reinstated. Norwegian provided discounts off a future cruise for the inconvenience and we ended up on another cruise for $1000 instead of $6000. Check out part one of our cruise: https://youtu.be/kSMC5jjzid8 Check out our Nomadversary video: https://youtu.be/kVJnDu3DnVI Check out our top 10 tips for full time retirement travel: https://youtu.be/tJYCKzp8Q0I Contact for our tour in Mombassa Kenya: Komora +254 729 437347 www.tanasafaris.co.ke Contact for our guide in Nosy Be Madagascar: Roclin +261 32 63 733 07 Contact for our tour in Antsiranana Madagascar: Bruno Madagascar Tours +261 34 74 884 94 #abudhabi #grandmosqueabudhabi #seychelles #victoriaseychelles #ladigue #mombassa #kenya #madagascar #ambermountain #lemurland #baobabtree #nosybe #antsiranana #doha #dohaqatar #qatar #travel #norwegiancruises #norwegiandawn #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad # digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:18 The Itinerary and its many changes 04:25 Abu Dhabi and the Grand Mosque 09:08 Dubai - We stayed onboard and visited to Doctor 10:13 We crossed the Equator 10:47 Victoria Mahe Seychelles 15:04 La Digue Seychelles 17:59 Mombassa Kenya and a Safari 30:55 Nosy Be Mauritius and Lemurland 39:10 Antisanana Madagascar, Amber Mountain and Baobab trees 44:43 Reunion is cancelled due to a Hurricane 45:39 Summary and highlights 47:12 Thanks for Watching Hi we are James and Helen and we are Global Nomads. We are a pair of British Expats that decided to retire in our early 50’s to travel the world full time. In 2004 we left Leicester in England to live in Davenport Florida and set up a Flower Shop. We brought our 2 Rottweilers along for the ride and they had a great life in the sun. Through all of the trials and tribulations that involves (Recession, COVID, Hurricanes, Inflation and everything else) in 2023 we sold that flower shop, our house and our car to become nomadic. We sold everything we own aside from some items in our storage unit mainly photos and a few keepsakes. We made the decision to be carry on only so while we do swap out our clothes dependent on the season and where we are going we travel light. In April 2024 we set off with 10 million credit card points and the money we had saved to become Global Nomads. We plan to use the credit card points to travel until they run out and will then start to spend our money on accommodation. So in the first 2 years or longer we will primarily be in Hiltons, Hyatt’s, IHG and Marriotts as we have Hotel status with all 4. We are not budget travelers and will fly first class if it is affordable or we can get it for points. We will take cruises to help us go from a to b or geoarbitrage as it is now called and because we want great deals with special experiences plan 18-24 months out. We then fill in the gaps as we get nearer to the time. Helen has an autoimmune disease which makes walking hard and accessing doctors and bloodwork were a major concern on our travels. We will document the process of appointments, prescriptions, bloodwork and keeping on top of all of that when you are thousands of miles from your primary care Doctor We love Formula 1 so will be at races if they match our dates and plans. Helen travels with a Nikon camera so wildlife photography is definitely a passion, as with all photography it comes with a lot of heavy gear that takes up valuable space and weight! Life is short, we intend to see everything we can while we are young….ish We are here for a good time, not a long time. https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNomads93/ https://www.instagram.com/globalnomads93?igsh=emg1ZzkybnJyOXZv Email: globalnomads93@gmail.com