#606 The longest way round

As the crow flies, it's 4,274 miles between Cape Town and Buenos Aires.  If you're a crow hitching a ride on the MV Explorer, that trip will take about 12 days.  And that's just the way I like it.  

We departed Cape Town, the furthest point from home of our voyage, on October 30.  And tomorrow, we dock in Buenos Aires after traveling nearly 5,000 miles at about 14 mph.   

Like road trips in the US, traveling internationally by ship gives you time to think about where you've been and where you're going. You see things much better that way.

 

The long way around is the sweetest way home.

You see things much better that way.

No matter how far you may wander or roam,

The long way around is the sweetest way home.

- from Mirror of Remembrance

Yours in traveling the long way round,

Mary