It's going to happen, we leave for Suriname today! A crossing of about 2000 miles that will take us somewhere between 13 and 15 days, so we will arrive in Paramaribo either just before or on Christmas....
Cape Verden - Sal and Sinterklaas
We are currently in the marina of Mindelo, on the island of Sao Vincent, the most developed island of the Cape Verden, and it is full of other departures (many nationalities) who all have the plan to make the next...
Crossing to the Cape Verden
So, we arrived yesterday morning on the island of Sal, part of the Cape Verden. Sal is the most northeastern island of the Cape Verden. It is flat, 30 km long and 12 km wide, with lots of beach and tourism...
Farewell to The Gambia
We have left the Gambia and are now sailing towards the Cape Verden, to the island of Sal, the most northeastern island of the Cape Verden. It is 430 miles sailing and we expect more than three miles...
The Gambia experience...
We have been in The Gambia for over a week now and reached the end point of the river the day before yesterday. 150 miles from Banjul on motorbikes (either no wind or the wind is against) we reach the end point of the...
Gambia ... what a culture shock
The first experiences in The Gambia are overwhelming. What a complete culture shock. We read in the pilot that The Gambia is one of the smallest and poorest countries in Africa. Well, they're certainly poor here. But very friendly. Everywhere...
The crossing to The Gambia - a journey of extremes
After a trip of 6 days and 15 hours (all sailed, only 3 hours mothered) we dropped our anchor last night at 3.00 am at Half Die, the anchorage near Banjul, the capital of The Gambia at the beginning of...