Well, we've finally got all of our journal entries, etc. and a few photos & "videos" uploaded to our new blog. The fast, solid internet connection in Dominica and The Saints (1000kbps...better than what we get in Coloma) has enabled me to get quite a bit of work done in between sight-seeting & such. All of this was done from a wireless connection we're able to pick up on the boat, anchored a few hundred feet offshore. Amazing.

Over the next few weeks, however, our only connection with "the outside world" will be via our single-sideband (SSB). We're heading to a fairly remote part of the Caribbean, Los Roques and Los Aves, two groups of Venezuelan islands in the southern Caribbean. We set sail this afternoon(Tuesday) and will spend the next 3 days sailing downwind to Los Roques, a 375-mile journey. But technology is pretty amazing, as supposedly we can still update this blog from our "sailmail" account, an email communication system which utilizes SSB radio, aka "ham radio". It's very slow; comparable to using a 110 to 4800 baud modem (remember those days?), dependent upon all sorts of factors like weather, time of day, equipment, etc.

Anyway, hope you enjoy our blog! You can be notified of updates by clicking on the RSS feed button - if you don't know about RSS look for details under the "Other Stuff" listing. Or just check back when you feel like it. (We won't be sending email updates, of course).