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James and Claire Short, Adventures at Sea!
26 February, 2017
San Juan

Despite getting caught up in a student protest and taking ages to find somewhere to park we had a fabulous day in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. The old town is just gorgeous with its blue cobblestones streets, colourful houses and its castles. We walked miles following the walls of the city, exploring […]

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25 February, 2017
Into the hinterland

What a great day. We drove a fair few miles deep into karst territory, up hill, down dale, along windy roads with bamboo towering over us, rain forest vegetation on both sides and pot holes beneath us. Our first stop was Cueva Clara in the Parque Las Cavernales Rio Camuy. This cave system is home […]

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24 February, 2017
Poncey Ponce

We have wifi on the boat and the American influence is everywhere - so it's big cars and shopping malls. The only similarity between the countries we have visited so far this season and PR is the language - Spanish is spoken! Gone are the small smiling people in national dress and the funny little […]

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20 February, 2017
It's been a real slog

We've taken 12 days to sail/motor from Santiago de Cuba to Ponce, Puerto Rico with a two day stop at Isla Beata to shelter from the storm and a night at anchor off Isla Saona just to break the trip and have a swim! A total of 860nm of which 35 hours were spent motoring […]

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19 February, 2017
Drama on the high seas

It's feast or famine this year. Either no wind or too much which is turning our passage back to the Eastern Caribbean into something of a marathon. We plan a passage and then find ourselves at sea for twice as long as expected; however, the latest little adventure was to catch a heavy duty nylon […]

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18 February, 2017
Ferried out of Cuba!

Awoken from a deep sleep by the constant sounding of a klaxon, we peered out of our cabin to find the local ferry virtually parked against our bow with a fairly irate immigration official on the front, gesticulating at us, wanting to know when were we leaving: first light, we replied, as agreed when we […]

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