December 19,2020 My dad has always been very supportive of my projects even if sometimes they could sound a bit crazy. He grew up in Bogota at an altitude of 2600 m and has lived there for all his life, 74 and counting!! He had no interest in sailing until 2008 when I decided toContinue reading “A very special guest”
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Good Bye Bonaire. Where to next? Yes, Colombia!
December 6, 2020 On November 30th we were sailing with our friends from SV L’alchimiste when Francois told us about an announcement on facebook confirming that Colombian sea borders would open on 1st of December. With so many delays, I was very reluctant to believe it. It was just a post on the Cartagena ClubContinue reading “Good Bye Bonaire. Where to next? Yes, Colombia!”
Diver’s Paradise!!!
November 26, 2020 Bonaire is called the Divers paradise!!! Lots of divers from all over the globe come here. The island has all the facilities to receive divers by thousands. Most dive sites are clearly mark with a yellow buoy on the sea and if arriving from land, there is a yellow stone marking theContinue reading “Diver’s Paradise!!!”
Bonaire!!
November 6, 2020 With all the change of regulations and the opening and closure of different countries, it is now possible to visit Bonaire specially from Curacao. After almost a year with COVID around the world we have been very lucky not to catch it and never had the need to be tested. However, toContinue reading “Bonaire!!”
Dive, kite, hike, eat, sleep, repeat!
November 1st, 2020 We are still waiting for Colombia to open its borders. The airport is open, the country is re-opening business and a lot of activities after a long 6 month lockdown. However, the maritime border is still closed. Latest news was they would open first of November but it did not happen. SoContinue reading “Dive, kite, hike, eat, sleep, repeat!”
Time flies when you are having fun!
October 15,2020 It’s already been a month since we landed in Curacao. We have been busy celebrating my birthday, repairing the things that broke during the Martinique-Curacao crossing, sharing time with some other sailors in the anchorage, a little bit of kitesurfing and the main activity of all diving, diving an more diving. Making repairsContinue reading “Time flies when you are having fun!”
One more loop around the sun
September 14, 2020 At some point I thought my birthday was going to be in quarantine somewhere isolated. This 2020 with its coronavirus has turned everyone’s plans upside down. But, instead we managed to clear in, anchored in a nice safe place in Spanish Waters in Curacao. So the Capitan was confident in leaving HappyContinue reading “One more loop around the sun”
Finally we are in Curaçao!
We spend a couple of days in Klein Curaçao in a Chillaxing mode as my nephew would say, which means chilling out and relaxing!! Klein Curacao is a small island, 12 nautical miles from the Main island. It is almost inhabited with a couple of houses only for the locals to host one restaurant forContinue reading “Finally we are in Curaçao!”
Sailing from Martinique to Curacao
September 5,2020 It is always good to have a plan but one must be “agile”, ready to make changes. And even more so in this pandemic times. Our next destination was going to be Aruba. We have planned this at the end of May when we left Dominica. We even paid a deposit to goContinue reading “Sailing from Martinique to Curacao”
Is there anything else left to do in Martinique?
August 30, 2020 Well, after Killian left, the plan was to go straight to Aruba. Martinique is south but still not south enough to be safe from the hurricanes. But Aruba was not very clear in their entrance procedures. They are officially open and they are receiving flights and the rules for people arriving byContinue reading “Is there anything else left to do in Martinique?”
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