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We rented a 4x4 truck and took off for the day with Moody Mistress.   We first travelled north to Gotomeer to view flamginos, drove to Rincon (oldest town in Bonaire), visited the Cadushy Distillery and tasted their liqueur made from the Kardushi cactus (very medicinal taste, we didn’t buy any!), drove to the National Park […]

The water is so clear, the fish are numerous and the best snorkelling we have found is under our boat!   We arrived in Bonaire to a great welcome from cruising friends who were full of information and advice about how to make our stay in Bonaire a memorable one.    We’ve had a look around the […]

Exhilarating, scary, totally fabulous – a few words to describe our Aves de Barlovento to Bonaire trip.   Surfing down the waves at 10.2 knots was awesome.  We had our hearts in our mouths at times but Ocean Rainbow and Humphrey Hydrovane didn’t let us down.  As a result of the expert advice from Robert on […]

Spectacular is the only way to describe Los Roques and our 5 day stay in Venezuelan waters.   Some beautiful beaches, stunning crystal clear azure waters and amazing fish.  And, hundreds of boobies …. of the feathered variety!   What an amazing sight greeted us as we anchored in Isla de Barlovento - boobies at all stages […]

At last we think we are ready!!   Silent Wind is now generating power. What a brilliant response from Head Office in Portugal who managed to get the new head to us within a week of speaking to them.   Wish we’d approached them at the outset.  Ne’er mind, we’ve had fun in Trinidad but now it’s […]

Just look at that wake!!    You’re right, it’s not Ocean Rainbow; it’s a 750hp Sports Boat belonging to Felix (a Trinidadian retired from the oil industry) who, like us, enjoys escaping to Monos for a few days of peace and quiet.   An extremely generous and friendly individual, he offered to take us and Freya of […]

After all the support we have had from Honey Ryder it seemed only natural to go all out to support their home baseball team, the Kansas City Royals!   In case you hadn’t realised, it’s the Baseball World Series final and The Royals took on the New York Mets (the best of 7 games).  Not wishing […]

Another virtuoso performance from Jesse James – he really is a very special tour guide. Yesterday we had a tour of La Brea Pitch Lake in the south of Trinidad which was totally amazing, the eighth wonder? Perhaps not, but there are only 2 others in the world and I don’t suppose you’d be allowed […]

Freya of Clyde and Ballerina Girl didn’t actually make it to French Guiana so missed out on the Night at the NOSCARS – but last night that was remedied and we gathered at a lovely Indian restaurant in Port of Spain where Don very generously treated us all to dinner and we had a re-run […]

We really didn't want to have to come back to Trinidad this season but with the various repairs that need to be done - fridge (again, we hear you say!!), wind generator, mast head lamp, broken stopcock handle and a number of chandlery items to replace - before our next 700nm adventure, it made sense […]