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TRINIDAD TO VENEZUELA
Thursday, August 7, 2008. June to July 2008. To view Albums and Films scroll to end). You have no idea what a relief it was to have all the boat work done and being able to live a normal life again. Although I don’t think we were quite ready to leave. Of course just about 20 minutes before we headed out of the slip the wind started to blow with strong gust. Minute longer, you have to leave. We went ashore and joined all the other cruisers, 3 French boats with Swiss people aboard, 2 Canadian, 1 Argentinea...
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Venezuelan Outer Islands
Saturday, April 24, 2010. February - April 2010. To just view photo stories scroll to end). Alarm was set for. And what a surprise to see our neighbors Debi and Rob already sitting in their cockpit waiting for us to get up to send us off. We sure had a good time with them, especially Debi and Manuela with shopping trips. They planned to finish up their work and follow us a few days later. At. Carnival started so everybody was off and joined us at the remote island. To ourselves. We walked along the b...
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BONAIRE
Friday, August 13, 2010. April - September 2010. At 10 in the. A bit down but. Fishing pool set up. We had a bite. 8217;t even in the. A man of war jelly. On top of the. On top of the. Wind was a steady. Last leg in 15 knots with. Trip was 42 miles. We had met them. Built a house and. Check in. We headed. Station. We ended. I was starving and. 8217;s Bar where. Had run out a long time ago. Store made me feel. House “Villa Blue. 8221; Wow, what. A computer program and. Single room as those. A tour of the.
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SANTA MARTA TO CARTAGENA
SANTA MARTA TO CARTAGENA. Tuesday, June 7, 2011. March - June 2011. It’s safe to walk around anywhere, the shopping is great, the dollar goes a long ways and to Sid’s. Liking they sell box rum! Everybody is super friendly though even the horny taxi drivers and best yet they do not cheat us on the fair because we are tourists, there is a flat rate of 4000 peso. S about US$ 2 in town and to Rodadero or Taganga neighboring villages 8000. And travel in the country. Thanks to President. We’ve been walki...
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SAN BLAS WITH GABY
SAN BLAS WITH GABY. Monday, January 2, 2012. Finally went to the airport to pick up Gaby and meet her after 35 years; that was exciting. She likes roughing it so I took her back on the chicken bus and man did they pack it full again, but she survived and loved it. Gaby and I had having a wonderful time catching up and especially talking about our childhood, so many things we forgot have come in to our minds again. It was really good to have her here. What is a mola? This was the first day we did not rece...
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La Paz to Puerto Vallarta
La Paz to Puerto Vallarta. Sunday, January 22, 2006. December to May 98/99. To view Album scroll to end). The next morning around 11 am we departed Partida for the 235 mile sail across to the mainland. Going through the Channel towards Isla Ceralvo, we caught a sierra and a nice yellow fin tuna and while Sid was cleaning the tuna I was sitting up on deck with Wasabi and Soya sauce already and Jeanette was drooling in the cockpit, waiting for the Sas. On arrival Sid noticed that we had a problem with the ...
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ROUND TRIP COLOMBIA TO PANAMA
ROUND TRIP COLOMBIA TO PANAMA. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. September to October 2011. For photo story scroll to the end). We did not know what to expect this time in Cartagena, our last visit left a bitter taste in our mouth. One reason we came back was for some unfinished business with our buddy boat Wind Shear who most of you know was confiscated in Cartagena last April. I will bring the whole story eventually to the light but not until all is behind us. PSA blood test 28, Cholesterol blood test 5.60.
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CLOD LIFE IN PANAMA
CLOD LIFE IN PANAMA. Sunday, December 9, 2012. January - February 2012. Photo by Dan Heinrichs. Photo and film stories are at the end). We are definitely doing the CLOD life. CLOD. We are a happy family. At Binnie’s and we are sure glad we could join this year. What an incredible fun event. An amazing amount of preparation went in to this deal. Jim, Heather and Cindy worked all week on this, we helped getting the tables set up and with other odds and ends; it sure was fun. When all guests had arrived we ...
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CLOD LIFE PANAMA 2
CLOD LIFE PANAMA 2. Tuesday, August 6, 2013. MORE CLOD LIFE IN PANAMA. Photos and Film are at end of report! CONGO CARNIVAL IN PORTOBELO. Portobelo is famous for the Black Christ Festival and also for the Congo Carnival a most unique and colorful folklore. The traditional dances and the interpretation of the Afro-American culture are expressed with the Festival of dances of Devils and Congos of Colon. These dances have great historic value in the Afro-Panamanian culture. It was an interesting cultural th...
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Costa Rica
Sunday, January 22, 2006. April to August 2000. To view Album scroll to end). Costa Rica is a small mountainous country on the narrow Central. Yeah, we’re in Costa Rica! Our first stop in Costa Rica and we had visitors already. I never told you the story when we met Manana in Z-Town. When they found out that Sid was a retired cop, they told us that they only knew one other cop, they met him cruising and his name was Bill Jones. BILL JONES! One early morning Reliance and us decided to go for a monkey walk...
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The Turtle Eyed Girl
Qui est la Turtle? Lundi 6 octobre 2014. La rencontre avec Sally! La Turtle a fait une rencontre bouleversante ce week-end, celle de Sally. Une amie aimée et aimante, perdue puis retrouvée, mais dans quel état? Elle l’a observée de loin, durant de longues minutes. Puis elle a pris sont carnet et l’a posée sur le papier. Ce monde fou n’a pas détourné son coeur de l'essentiel mais ses yeux sont bien tristes de voir ce que ce même monde fait aux plus doux. Dessin d'un poisson pas farouche! La Coquille fait ...
