Archive for April, 2009
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Change of Plan
It’s certainly true that you can’t stick to or make any concrete plans when you’re sailing. One has to be flexible when it comes to weather, finding parts and provisioning. It’s all part of the fun in cruising. We had planned to haul Padma out in El Salvador so that we could give the bottom [...]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Nicaragua
Defeated the killer bees, sailed through the papagayo winds. What new experiences await us in Nicaragua? As we pull into our first Nicaraguan harbour, I can´t help but be reminded of songs from my youth. http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZA300yj0WM
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Live from Padma: Swarm!
This is kind of funny, yet kind of not. We’re still at the marina. Chris went wandering down the dock to find out where the officials have gone, so that we can check out of Costa Rica. While he was gone, I noticed about five bees in the cockpit. The sliding doors were open so [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Hello Papagayo Winds!
I’ve finally relaxed enough to give you an update on our travels up the coast of Costa Rica. It’s been a little tough going, but we’re now chilling for a few days at the new and beautiful ‘Marina Papagayo’, about 60 miles from the Nicaraguan border. We left Puntarenas a day later than we had [...]