Las Perlas Islands
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05/07/2012, In the Pacific
We are on day 3 at sea sailing towards the Galapogos Islands, we have seen some amazing wildlife so far - a couple of sharks, lots of birds, dolphins and a turtle, The Pacific is teaming with wildlife its amazing, more than the caribbean sea anyway.
The first few nights at sea were very wet, lots of lightening all around us and lots of rain, its the first time we have ever topped up our water tanks to full with rain water and it only took around 15 minutes! We have been in contact on the radio with two other boats Samsara and Clementine. They are two Australian boats but we've just lost contact now as we are ahead of them by a few miles, we are waiting for them to catch us. We also got a massive marlin on our hook yesterday but thankfully it flicked itself off, it was the biggest fish i have ever seen on the end of a line, we were very grateful it got away because i couldn't have dealt with it.
A few hours later we caught a lovely sized tuna so we had that for lunch today and it was delicious, although I'm still pining for a Mahi Mahi (Dorado , its my favorite). It's coming up to 5 o'clock and we have taken on a tradition from Sulana which is drink time (tea usually) and listening to some Desert Island Discs Ahoy for now, another update coming soon.
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04/28/2012
This is what i will be doing the 4 weeks at sea ! Haahahhaaa, this sloath was up in La Playita Marina on top of the electricity box with its baby but we didn't manage to see it !
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I don't think James would have picked this one up, This was just before going through the Miraflores Locks !
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This is the view of Panama City from the anchorage !
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04/26/2012
We have had such a great time in Panama City, but i think we are just about ready to leave. All the provisioning is done and i really don't want to see another supermarket in the next 4 months of cruising which I'm sure we aren't going to see anyway ! We have installed a new water maker for the Pacific, we were lucky enough to find one second hand in Shelter Bay Marina for only 750 dollars what a bargain, it beats carting 5 litre water bottles back and forth from supermarkets and trying to find taps everywhere we go. We have also been waiting for parts from England for our wind generator which came quickly only 4 days until the parcel arrived. So its only fueling up with diesel and water tomorrow morning then off to Las Perlas Islands.
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Our Team !
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04/22/2012
The first set of three locks going up, we were instructed to tie up to an Australian Boat called Impulsive and what a coincidence James actually worked on this boat while we were in Barcelona what a surprise, He even knew the guys onboard ! Its such a small world !
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04/22/2012
What a great experience, We had the best time really fun, Advisors great and we found some lovely line handlers, Dee , Pippa and Nigel thanks Guys for you help !
We waited at the flats for our Agent Ricky to come aboard, He was on time 3pm and we were off ready to go into the first set of locks the Gatun Locks, We tied up to another aussie boat driving forward into the first lock, who then had to tie up to a tug and it all went very smooth, We just had to watch it was great !
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Howler Monkeys
I've never heard such a scary noise before until i heard the monkeys howling in the jungle all night long..
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