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Cetacea in Australia

12 September 2023
Tony Wessendorff
In March 2023, we flew back to Cetacea in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. We had a bottom job (new paint on the bottom) done in the shipyard. We left PNG in May sailing to Indonesia. Half way there, we had a generator heat exchanger go out, so we ended up sailing to Darwin, Australia, which was the closest place we could get repairs made. We found that we got water in our fuel (in PNG) and it caused other problems as well. We got the engine and generator problems fixed and took off for Indonesia again, only to have more problems. So we boomeranged back to Darwin. We have been in Darwin for almost 4 months now, fixing one thing, only to have another thing break, fixing that thing, only to have something else break. And, each time, it takes weeks to get the parts shipped in. But, we have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Darwin!

Finally, we think we are ready to leave again, scheduled for Friday September 13th, crossing our fingers! We do not keep up with this blog site any longer. We do sporadic email blogs now. If you would like to get on the email blog list, just send me an email (GailCorriganW@gmail.com). But, I will update our position and add at least an annual note on where we are on this blog site.

More Later, much later
G&T
Vessel Name: Cetacea
Vessel Make/Model: Cheoy Lee 53' Motorsailor
Hailing Port: Houston, Texas, USA
Crew: Tony Wessendorff & Gail Corrigan
About:
After 25 fun filled years as an environmental consulting firm owner, Gail sold her company and she and her husband, Tony the CFO, retired to go sailing on their boat Cetacea (see photo gallery). Cetacea was in St. [...]
Extra: P.S. Cetacea is the higher order biological name for whales and dolphins. Whales and dolphins are cetaceans. And our boat is a big fat whale of a boat, hence the name Cetacea! Not to mention that Tony & Gail, like all sailors, love whales.
Cetacea's Photos - Cusco, Peru
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Veiw of Cusco from the top of the Sacsayhuaman site.
Close up showing the Plaza de Armas.
The Plaza de Armas with the Cathedral on the left and another church on the right, both built on top of palaces for the Inca Kings.
The Cathedral, built on top of an Inca temple.
Close up of the Cathedral.
Tony and our guide, Magda, going into the Cathedral.
Plaza de Armas.
Plaza de Armas.
View from Plaza de Armas.
Typical street view with balconies overhanging the streets.
Side street in the historical center of Cusco, with the original Inca stones present as the base of the buildings.
Side street in the historical center of Cusco, with the original Inca stones present as the base of the buildings.  You can see how the Inca walls slanted inward.
Side street in the historical center of Cusco, with the original Inca stones present as the base of the buildings.  Note the Quechua woman carrying her child.
Side street in the historical center of Cusco, with the original Inca stones present as the base of the buildings.
Quechua woman carrying goods.
Statue in the historical area of town.
One of the many plazas in the historical area.
The Garden House B&B surrounded by over a hundred rose bushes.
The Garden House entrance way.
Our private sitting room.
Garden House B&B, our room.
Garden House B&B dinning room.
Garden House B&B hallway.
Garden House B&B living room.
View from the Garden House living room.
Garden House B&B courtyard.
Gail with one of the owners of the Garden House.
The great food at Limo
 
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