Our last few days in Suriname were nice and I was surprised to find the fancy relays I needed to fix our davit winch motors. I replaced all four and all is working well again. I hope to have that repair last until we sell the boat.I was fe…
Archive | Emily Grace RSS feed for this section
Charollesville, Tobago
Our last few days in Suriname were nice and I was surprised to find the fancy relays I needed to fix our davit winch motors. I replaced all four and all is working well again. I hope to have that repair last until we sell the boat.I was fe…
Flutter: My Tropical Pet – by Emily Lawler
When at the Neotropical Butterfly Park, our guide gave us a chrysalis to take home. We decided to glue it to a jar lid with a hot glue gun, and when it was ready to hatch we would hang it to the ceiling. For two days it hung there, then on the third da…
Flutter: My Tropical Pet – by Emily Lawler
When at the Neotropical Butterfly Park, our guide gave us a chrysalis to take home. We decided to glue it to a jar lid with a hot glue gun, and when it was ready to hatch we would hang it to the ceiling. For two days it hung there, then on the third da…
Neotropical Butterfly Farm
With our rented air conditioned car we visited the Neotropical Butterfly Farm in Lelydorp, a village near Paramaribo. Back in 1996, Amira Mendieta-Eriks, who originally comes from Ecuador, and her husband Ewout Erik, started the butterfly busin…
Neotropical Butterfly Farm
With our rented air conditioned car we visited the Neotropical Butterfly Farm in Lelydorp, a village near Paramaribo. Back in 1996, Amira Mendieta-Eriks, who originally comes from Ecuador, and her husband Ewout Erik, started the butterfly busin…
Domburg, Suriname
We had a calm one day passage after a rocky start in Kourou. When we tried to lift the dingy on the top deck, the winches again failed to work. I had two spare solenoids aboard and replaced them only to find the other two (of four total) s…
Domburg, Suriname
We had a calm one day passage after a rocky start in Kourou. When we tried to lift the dingy on the top deck, the winches again failed to work. I had two spare solenoids aboard and replaced them only to find the other two (of four total) s…
Kourou, French Guiana
As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration. Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…
Kourou, French Guiana
As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration. Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…
