Heaven on Earth is at 16S 145W

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Dear friends Sorry for our absence from the blog, but we are hanging out in paradise and -as everyone knows- there is no internet in heaven. So, after leaving the Marquesas we had a great 527 Nm long passage to …

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Our day in Polynesia

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Our days in French Polynesia are pretty much like our days anywhere else. So, what are those differences that remind us that we are not in Europe? 1. On the way to buy bread we have to avoid sharks Click here …

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Fruits and flowers of Nuku Hiva

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The Marquesas are islands of beautiful flowers and amazing fruit. After the desert of Mexican Baja California, it’s a almost like a dream…     These days we have plenty of fruit on Calypso… …actually, so much, that we can’t …

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Tahuata

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Here we are, in French Polinesia, having fun. After a few days of Hiva Oa we moved to the island of Tahuata which has one of the few white sand beaches in the Marquesas. We had wood fires on the …

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Arrived or rather “limped” into Hiva Oa with a number of repairs to make. Very happy to be here amongst all these lovely chilled people

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After 3000 Nm and 34 days of sailing we are now finally in French Polinesia! A few photos from the long voyage: This is “mutton Geoff” who was our companion for 3 weeks…. we missed him when he left (sea …

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See you in the next port!

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Cruising is all about making friends in exotic places. It was hard to leave La Paz today, because this city is full of people we love. But we’ve got many morning hugs, calls on the radio, waves from neighbours, even Marionetto’s …

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New chapter

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Dear friends Today is the day we worked so hard for. We are finally setting sail for the South Pacific. Rick managed to fix our pactor modem which means that we will be able to get some emails while at …

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Surf’s up!

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Some pictures from our first surfing day ever:

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Sailing for a good cause

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Dear Friends We were very happy to be able to help our friends Steve and Charlotte on the sailing vessel Willful Simplicity with collecting funds for the primary school of San Evaristo. We collected around 800 USD via our website …

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LET’S HELP THE KIDS IN SAN EVARISTO!

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Dear friends, there is a little village in Mexico, near the city of La Paz, which is full of lovely people. It is called San Evaristo. This is a small village that lives primary of fishing. If you are a cruiser …

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