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This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Cindy Williams. I wrote about Cindy in my first cruising book, The Joy of Cruising amzn.to/2EAMddF, in a feature called, A Cruising Ministry. I have known Cindy, the epitome of a passionate cruiser, for virtually my entire life—we are related. However, when I started writing my first book about passionate cruisers five years ago, I hadn’t seen or communicated regularly with Cindy in decades. She moved away from New York City in her teens, and our interactions became minimal, and then when Cindy embarked on a career with the United States Army, I completely lost contact with her. It was during Cindy’s military career that her world traveler exploits began. During those years, Cindy and her husband Ken created an amazing cruising story spanning nearly the entire world. I found out about it by happenstance while I was writing The Joy of Cruising, and Cindy and Ken fit perfectly as prolific cruisers with fascinating stories, and I gladly asked them to be in the book.

Funny story…when I told Cindy of my plan to write a cruising-oriented book, Cindy sent me, unsolicited, an itemized list of hundreds of destinations around the world that she and Ken had visited. Virtually every corner of the planet was represented: every major island in the Caribbean; China; Australia; New Zealand; Iceland; Sweden; Russia; France; UK; Scotland; New Guinea; Chili; Peru; Ecuador; Dubai; Egypt; Israel; Alaska; Hawaii; Cuba; and more!

Today I am excited to share with The Joy of Cruising Podcast listeners, Cindy’s reflections on an amazing cruise. An Africa journey is at the very top of my bucket list. It won’t match Cindy and Ken’s though—a 73-Day Grand Africa Voyage onboard Holland America Line Zuiderdam! The cruise departed from Fort Lauderdale; the entire itinerary is too lengthy to detail, but I can highlight a few stops: Canary Islands; Casablanca, Morocco; Petra, Jordan; the Seychelles; Zanzibar, Tanzania; Mozambique; Capetown, South Africa; Namibia; Ghana; the Ivory Coast; Gambia; Dakar, Senegal. I’ll post the complete itinerary in the show notes.

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I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Jared and Jordan, creators of the popular JJ Cruise 60k member YouTube channel, blog, Facebook Page and Instagram.

From JJ Cruise https://lovelandandsea.com: Jordan and Jared are a married couple who LOVES CRUISES! They are the co-founders of the popular YouTube channel, JJ Cruise where they give tips, tricks, and insider information on the cruise industry. Collectively they have spent more than 400 nights at sea on over 75 cruises. They have cruised around the world exploring destinations including Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, French Polynesia, Alaska, Iceland, Europe and the Caribbean. Some of their favorite itineraries include our time spent on repositioning cruises such as transatlantic and transpacific cruises.

I have long enjoyed watching JJ Cruise videos. They told me they are on ships 75% of the year—I can’t wait to chat about that! It is now my pleasure to bring their story to the listeners of The Joy of Cruising Podcast.

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I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest, Damon Williams, a legendary comedian, actor, host, writer, and producer. He is a native of Chicago who has become a household name in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. Williams' journey to stardom began as a young entrepreneur, owning a Subway sandwich shop in the early '90s. However, he caught the comedy bug, and since then, he hasn't looked back. Over the years, Williams has worked with some of the most iconic stars in show business, too many to mention. He has performed stand-up comedy on several networks, including numerous television appearances. Williams' reputation as a highly sought-after comedian led to him earning the opening spot on the legendary Kings of Comedy Tour. I first got to see Damon live in 2018 when we sailed on Celebrity Equinox for Festival at Sea, the 35-year-old perennially sold-outAfrican-American Cultural Cruise. I wrote about Festival at Sea in The Joy of Cruising http://amzn.to/2EAMddF. This is what I wrote about Damon: “The nationally known comedians on the cruise included Damon Williams, featured performer and cruise host from the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show; Damon has been a featured performer and host on Festival at Sea since 2006…”

I recently learned that we will experience Damon live again in a few months. We are booked on the Soulful Epicurean French River Cruise on AmaKristina with Friends of Festival at Sea, a luxury cruise affiliate of Festival at Sea. For the full-ship charter, Friends of Festival at Sea will bring its own Comedian Host, Damon, as well as featured Friends of Festival at Sea jazz instrumentalist, dance instructor, and resident DJ.

By the way, The Joy of Cruising Podcast hosted Patricia Yarbrough, Founder of Festival at Sea in August, Podcast Episode

Today we are delighted to welcome Damon Williams to The Joy of Cruising Podcast.

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