Los Tortugas islands lie off the north coast of Venezuela.
Los Tortugas islands lie off the north coast of Venezuela.
Another group of islands off the north coast of Venezuela – Les Aves…
… a good anchorage in heavy winds.
A local boat being rescued.
A Red-Footed Booby.
The old slave huts near the salt mines on Bonaire (the ‘B’ of the ABC islands).
This photo was taken looking over the side of Poco at anchor! (Sergeant Majors waiting to be fed…)
Charles from yacht Blue Moon – Keith’s diving buddy. Bonaire has some of the most stunning diving in the world.
Some of the fantastic underwater sights of Bonaire.
Christmas Eve…
Cruisers Christmas Dinner …
The hollowed out watermelon Christmas Tree contained fruit salad!
Jackie and Brian from Songster at the Boxing Day dinghy drift.
Willemstad 0 capital of Curaçao – the ‘C’ of the ABC islands – Aruba is the A.
A stall selling the local Christmas speciality – Oliebollen…
… and the delicious product!
Dinner with Tanya and Brent from Wild Wind.
Curaçao goes mad with fire crackers on New Years Eve – to scare off the evil spirits…
Strings of 10,000 fire crackers are set off everywhere…
… and the next day the streets are covered with the mess!
Emanuel and Bigna hitchhike with us to Colombia – Emanuel takes the helm.
Monjes del Sur – an outpost of Venezuela occupied by the military…
…we stop to make repairs to the gennaker.
We coastal-hopped along the coast of Colombia – stunning fiords next to the Andes.
At anchor in Guayraca Baie …
… we enjoy lunch with Reinaldo at a local family restaurant while waiting for the wind to abate.
Bigna partying with the local holiday-makers.
Taganga – a lovely harbour along our way.
Punta Hermosa – a local seaside resort where we enjoyed lunch ashore…
… and were threatened by the local bad guy we named ‘Jabba the Hut’ due to the resemblance!
Approaching modern Cartegena…
… and the old Fortress San Felipe.
… and the old Fortress San Felipe.
Enjoying dinner ashore with Peter & Toni of Tigger and Nils & Marit of Checkmate.
‘What colour would you like your flowers?’
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
The walled city of Cartegena – third of the Spanish Main cities we have visited.
