It’s non-stop on this Nereids Rally! No sooner had we found our ‘feet’ than we were ashore for a welcome from the Adjunct of Awala Yalimapo, the next day we were ashore for some Amerinidian music, dancing and feasting, the following day it was a mad dash to Cayenne TV studios for Claire, Jean and […]
Well we’ve done it! We’ve sailed 467nm from Guyana to French Guiana (254 nm in a straight-line) and are now anchored in the Maroni River off the village of Yalimopo in the Awali Yalimopo region. The Atlantic Ocean was, at times, like being in a washing machine, at others it was just all-over bumpy …. […]
Well that is Guyana’s claim for Kaiteur. With a single drop of 741 feet, the waterfall is truly spectacular and when the river is in full flood (May) it would be an even more awesome sight. To get to the falls we flew in a little 9 seater island hopper following the Essequibo River to […]
One of the trips organised by the Nereid Rally took our group on a trip up the Mazaruni River to the Marshall Falls. Our excellent guide, Bal, arrived with his water taxi ‘Delta 2’ and whisked us off to show us the sights - the prison, quarries, dredging for gold, famous homes, forts – as […]
It’s not only a new country for us but a whole new continent. Not sure what we anticipated but what we’ve got is our idea of the Wild West - we keep expecting to see Clint Eastwood walking down the street. The town of Bartica, on the surface, is bustling with cars and people […]
A feeling of nostalgia overcame us as we entered the cappuccino-coloured Essequibo River. With deceptive sand banks, narrow channels and muddy swirling waters we could almost imagine ourselves back in the Bristol Channel – if it weren’t for the heat! We sailed 51nm up the river in a stately fashion – reminiscent of Out of […]
After a great send off from Chaguaramas, we made our way to the north-west corner of Trinidad (pausing for a last swim in the relatively blue waters of Scotland Bay). Then it was trade test time again for Ocean Rainbow, who once more did us proud and rose to the challenge. Against the equatorial current […]
This is it .... we are ready to go! The VHF aerial has been reinstated at the top of the mast. The fridge is working again - and more efficiently than before. We have rations to feed an army so all we need is some wind to push us through the current that runs […]
What is it about plans?! With only two days to go before our departure for South America ((Guyana to be precise) our fridge breaks down with all our precious supplies inside. James managed to get the fridge working again but with no thermostatic control. The only course of action was to return to Trinidad to […]