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Recife and Olinda

We are enjoying Recife.  There is an active fresh market which is a $4 bus ride away and a large mall that is also $4 by taxi.  The passion fruit and tangerines are the size of softballs and juicy and sweet. We can get shelled Brazil nuts fo…

Recife and Olinda

We are enjoying Recife.  There is an active fresh market which is a $4 bus ride away and a large mall that is also $4 by taxi.  The passion fruit and tangerines are the size of softballs and juicy and sweet. We can get shelled Brazil nuts fo…

Passage to Recife, Brazil

The passage from St Helena to Recife Brazil was the most comfortable 12-day, 1700 mile trip we have taken thus far.  Winds were mostly 10 knots and less and always from behind and seas were small.  We had a few minor drizzle type rain storms…

Passage to Recife, Brazil

The passage from St Helena to Recife Brazil was the most comfortable 12-day, 1700 mile trip we have taken thus far.  Winds were mostly 10 knots and less and always from behind and seas were small.  We had a few minor drizzle type rain storms…

St Helena

The passage was pretty good from Walvis Bay, Namibia to St. Helena.  It took us almost exactly 8 days and only the first day and a half was bumpy.  The rest of the trip had less than 2 meter seas and 15 to 20 knots from the aft port quarter….

St Helena

The passage was pretty good from Walvis Bay, Namibia to St. Helena. It took us almost exactly 8 days and only the first day and a half was bumpy. The rest of the trip had less than 2 meter seas and 15 to 20 knots from the aft port quarter. We had our…

Quad Biking in the Namib Desert

The Namib Desert stretches for more than 1000 miles from the southern border of Namibia, the Orange River, up to Angola north of the Kunene River, the northern border of Namibia. A variety of landscapes such as huge sand dunes, beautiful mountains and …

Quad Biking in the Namib Desert

The Namib Desert stretches for more than 1000 miles from the southern border of Namibia, the Orange River, up to Angola north of the Kunene River, the northern border of Namibia. A variety of landscapes such as huge sand dunes, beautiful mountains and …

Namibian Safari

We got the name and phone number of the man who assigns the moorings for Walvis Bay Yacht Club from a hotel manager in Luderitz, so we called ahead of our arrival.  Just as described, we found two mooring floats to the west side of the anchorage a…

Namibian Safari

We got the name and phone number of the man who assigns the moorings for Walvis Bay Yacht Club from a hotel manager in Luderitz, so we called ahead of our arrival.  Just as described, we found two mooring floats to the west side of the anchorage a…