Hugh
21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina

This is a view of the West coast coastline.... a lot more protected, nice calm waters.

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Hugh
21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada

This is a better view from the restaurant, "Almost Paradise". This is the waters we plan to cross to get to Carriacou.

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Hugh
21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada

So during our circumnavigation of the island, we stopped off in Almost Paradise......this is the name of the restaurant. It is right up on the north of the island, and looks over a few small un-inhabitated islands and also onto Carriacou in the distance. This picture does not show it all. What it does show is the unusual restaurant, very small but a great view, they have, like sliced log table tops, and have accommodation here as well. It is run by a German couple( I think), very friendly people. The food was very well presented and had a lot of flavour.....but for me not enough for the price.

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Hugh
21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada

Some of the east coast coastline.

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Hugh
21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina

This is a pic of a village we drove through on the East coast, I think it was Grenville.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This is again a pic from the restaurant, showing some of the beautiful houses surrounding True Blue Bay and Prickly Bay.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

A pic from the restaurant in True Blue Bay, with our friends, John & Shirley's boat on the left of picture.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

True Blue Bay we thought was one of the nicer bays to be anchored in, it was small but beautiful. It has a dive shop, restaurant with wooden walkways over the water. Our friends John & Shirley enjoyed anchoring here. It was part of our plan to anchor here but our plans changed, but hope to still go back there.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

Having a drink at the Prickly Bay Yacht Club outside bar. The Immigration & Customs are situated right there, just behind the bar.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This is a pic of Prickly Bay, during our exploring with the vehicle. Prickly Bay is one of the official clearing in ports, the anchorage looked protected but the boats were rolling quite a bit.

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This is some of Pizzazz's Xmas decorations before removing, we planned on a lot more, but with our trip being a bit....rough.....this was it...

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Hugh
20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

So I arrived back on a very clean and shining Pizzazz, Glyn had done a fantastic job cleaning her up, so was ready to go sailing again. On my return I hired a vehicle for 3 days so we could do some exploring, we got a very cute 2 door Jeep, and we drove around St Georges, Prickly Bay, True Blue Bay and visited all the yacht shops on the Saturday. Then on Sunday we circumnavigated the Island and had lunch at "Nearly Paradise", then all the way back and paid a visit to our friends, John & Shirley, who were anchored off in True Blue Bay, which is a really nice bay. On the Monday we did all our provisioning for our trip north. Pizzazz in red in the foreground.

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Hugh
14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

So this is our new home for the following 5-6 months or so, the marina where Pizzazz is moored is on the right. This area is quite remote and very quiet. To go shopping we have to get a taxi from the marina, which costs about EC$40 one way, once we got a "local" taxi and it cost us EC$25........Glyn has recently heard that on Friday's, there is an organised taxi that fetches people for shopping for 2-3 hours and only costs EC$10. We hear we can cross the bay with the dingy, and can catch a local bus or taxi from the local rum shop....will have to go and investigate.....So now looking forward to do some serious relaxing...snorkelling....and....what ever!!!!!!

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Hugh
14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This is a shot to give some idea of some of the local houses around....

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Hugh
14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This Cruise Liner was just leaving, but some beautiful boats around....

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Hugh
14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

One of the days before I left, the three of us, our friend Barbara, Glyn & myself, got a taxi and did a bit of sightseeing before doing a shop for Glyn. We went to the St Georges Yacht Club and had a lunch and beer. The colours in the water just don't look the same on a photo.........

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Hugh
14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada

This is some of what we have been dreaming about..........

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Hugh
12/01/09, Grenada

After 22 days we finally see Grenada. Early morning on the 1st Jan we thought with the wind we had, the boat speed on the log and the miles to cover, we would not make it in before dark but by 10:00 I noticed that the log was showing 4-5 knots but the GPS was showing 6-7 knots over the ground, we decided that we may just make it in so increased our sail plan and got moving at 7-8 knots but with 13 miles to go and the land well in sight, we had to abort and stay out at sea for another night, we docked at 10:00am on the 2nd January.

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

We were surprised at the amount of traffic we came across being 300 to 400 miles off the coast of Brazil, we even saw 2 tugs towing a Oil Rig past, this was 400 miles off the Amazon.

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

So at least we still had Xmas presents to look forward to......

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

Then on Xmas eve we got one of our worst storms ever. This is where I steered the boat for about an hour, thinking it was just another squall, but eventually I got so exhausted, we decided to hove to, and packed everything in the cockpit inside, we both went below and shut & locked the main hatch. We both sat and watched it for a while but we were both so tired, so we had 1 hour on and one hour off duties. This lasted for over 30 hours, before we saw any signs of it lifting......

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

This sunset was very unusual, it looked unbelievable.....but did it mean something........

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

Then we started getting a breeze again, and sailing with he dodger down, hatches open.....felt great.

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

Yes we did also get some rain while motoring through the doldrums

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

No wind......no swell....just peace and quite

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

Then we got to the doldrums where there was no wind and we had to do a lot of motoring. It is an unbelievable feeling sitting out at sea, far away from anything, no wind, flat water and no engine......so quite and peaceful....very special, but then when sailing on a schedule........after a few days it can become frustrating.

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

Then we crossed the equator and had to do the ceremony, we made up the necessary attire with cardboard and tin foil....

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

We also had some really great sunsets....and the boat sailing along at a nice speed on flat seas...

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

It was just wonderful sailing....

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Hugh
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada

So the first week we had some great sailing, as per the brochure.....

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Hugh
01/11/08, Argentina

It was magnificent.......

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Hugh
01/11/08, Argentina

Then we were off to the Iguazu Falls which is something to see. We spent 3 days here at the Sheraton Hotel which is located on the Argentinian side, and within the National Park, which was great as it was all just within walking distance to see it all. We went on a boat ride that took us right into the falls, where you get soaked...but was fun, our trip included a ride down the river and then they dropped us off and then got onto a safari truck and then toured through the thick bush of the National Park.

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Hugh
01/11/08, Argentina

Our evening out to dinner and Tango show was very enjoyable....including our Tango lesson......

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Hugh
01/11/08, BA, Argentina

The shopping is unbelievable and the mall's are really something to see.

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Hugh
01/11/08, Argentina

This used to be the old harbour, the buildings on the left were all warehouses, but now expensive restaurants, but some beautiful yachts around....

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Hugh
01/11/08, Argentina

Another pic of the buildings in Buenos Aires

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Hugh
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil

Then all good things have to come to an end, so I am now back in Angola, Glyn in Benoni, South Africa until the 2nd October when our next adventure will take place.

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Hugh
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil

Buzios has many bay's with many great beaches. On this beach, just where the water laps up onto the beach, it was like somebody had dropped gold dust, we could not believe it, we tried taking photo's of it but it was for our eyes only..

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Hugh
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil

The village of Buzios is all just like this photo, lots of bars, restaurants and curio shops. Live bands play at night in most places and our last night we were out until 3:00am and our transfer vehicle to the airport, arrived at 7:30am, it was great though so had to catch up with sleep on the way to the airport.

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Hugh
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil

We could not believe our luck with the choice of hotel and room. We got a glass of champagne on arrival and were given 15 minutes of free massage...In the room when we arrived and after cleaning each day, they sprinkled flowers on the bed and in the toilet!!! The service was great, we had a fab time here, we were sorry it was just too short...

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Hugh
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil

After spending 7 days in Rio, we transfered to another hotel in Buzios for 2 nights, which was about 2 hours drive north of Rio and what a wonderful place this was. The hotel was just outstanding and as for the views from our hotel room......

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Hugh
10/09/08, Rio, Brazil

There are some very cleverly done Sand Castle creations, but this one had so much detail.....

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Hugh
10/09/08, Rio, Brazil

Another shot from above....

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Hugh
10/09/08, Rio, Brazil

Reaching the top of Sugar Loaf is actually done in two stages. The first car ascends over 700 feet up Urca Hill affording marvelous views of Corcovado Mountain, the Niteroi Bridge and Guanabara Bay. Transferring to a second car then elevates you an additional 1300 feet to the top where spectacular views of Copacabana and other beaches can be admired. It is breathtaking........

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Hugh
10/09/08, Rio, Brazil

One afternoon we went on a City tour and a visit to the Sugar Loaf mountain, which also had some beautiful views

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Hugh
08/09/08, Rio, Brazil

This is a typical shot of the Copacabana beach front area. The paving pattern is typical only for the Copacabana Beach, where it can be seen on T-shirts.

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Hugh
08/09/08, Rio, Brazil

So here is the famous statue from close up...

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Hugh
08/09/08, Rio, Brazil

This is a view of the yacht club and anchorage from the statue of Christ, including Sugar Loaf.

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Hugh
08/09/08, Rio, Brazil

This is a view of the Copacabana beach area, from the statue of Christ. To get there we travelled by train through the largest city forest, the Corcavado National Park. The view from the statue of Christ above the city of Rio de Janeiro is world famous. The 710 meter mountain of Corcovado is crowned by the statue of Christ the Redeemer, which is 30 meters high and has a 8 meter pedestal with a chapel in honor of the Lady of Aparecida, patron Saint of Brazil.

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Hugh
08/09/08, Rio, Brazil

The views from here were stunning.......

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