November 14 - December 04, 2023; 11733 nm and 1719 days after departure from La Rochelle Oui très bien! Yep, you guessed right! We made it to a French island. We were back in Saint Martin. The paradise for cruisers who have been away from European groceries for a loooong time. There the (food addicted, …
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Our arrival day and first steps ashore arriving at Aruba and heading to the customs dock we made it to the dock, fortunately there was no wind so the approach was easy in heavy winds it's a challenge to dock here even though it looks super easy, there were reefs very close by and it …
October 20 - November 14, 2023; 11164 nm and 1699 days after departure from La Rochelle Yeah, well, sometimes plans changes, don't they? Thanks to a huge tropical disturbance (initial stage of a potential hurricane) which seemed to head right in our way we ended up in Aruba. Who would have thought. It's the most …
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A few pics from Paris and of a Banksy exhibition we visited. (Banksy is a British graffiti artist considered one of the greatest exponents of street art.) the feature pic and this one from Galeries Lafayette- always a spectacular decoration decoration at Printemps we happened to run into a classical Parisian street market while strolling …
August 14 - October 20, 2023; 10522 nm and 1674 days after departure from La Rochelle. Even when I keep repeating myself... but boy time is flying, ain't it? Five weeks in Europe - gone just like that! Four weeks back in Panamá passed within a wink. Does aging make us feel that time is …
a nice catch the day we arrived at the pool typical weather in rainy season, the main shore was not visible and often overcasted we met Uschi and Albert from USI, Albert took the pic and Anne and Reinhard could have been the day of our first encounter with a Culo de pollo and all …
June 26 - August 13, 2023; 10424 nm and 1606 days after departure from La Rochelle. Funny names for adverse climatological episodes in San Blas. Fortunately in general those episodes are not common but can happen once in a while. At least so it was said in the books. I don't know if we just …
The huge calm bay of Cholon Sunsets were always sooooo nice I could even catch the full moon with my new iPhone 💪 Dulce de panela- so yammi mad by a local who passed by; dangerous stuff as you can get addicted it was amazing that this boot was still floating El Capitano needs a …
May 31 - June 26, 2023; 10347 nm and 1558 days after departure from La Rochelle. Off we were again. The second time we left Cartagena. Who would have thought that a year ago? Certainly not us! Anyhow, we enjoyed Cartagena again very much but after 5 weeks of bustling city life we were ready …
The anchorage and some pics from the walled town arriving at Cartagena finally at the anchorage in the bay of Cartagena /Bahia de las Animas, looking south looking north to Torre del Roloj the bay of Cartagena, pic taken from the agency office dinghy dock at Club de Pesca the club to the other side …
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