Sail round the world in two easy legs... NOT

My journey round the globe in a sailboat or two

Social:
25 August 2019
25 August 2019 | Tangier’s
21 August 2019
21 August 2019
11 July 2019 | Colosseum Rome
05 July 2019 | Mount Ve
03 July 2019 | Trevi fountain Rome
02 July 2019 | Vatican City Rome
28 June 2019 | Ponza
28 June 2019
17 May 2019
17 May 2019
25 April 2019
23 April 2019
28 March 2019
13 March 2019 | Turneffe Atoll
Recent Blog Posts
25 August 2019

Big waves and whales

Through the night and during my watch we had 3 to 4 metre waves rolling in from behind, made worse by a wind of 28 knots gusting to 35, making the boat ⛵️pitch and roll around all over the place, the cockpit was swamped by some of the bigger waves coming in over the rather low transom, it was also [...]

25 August 2019 | Tangier’s

Near misses on the high seas

21 August 2019

We are sailing

Best waterfalls yet

28 March 2019
Paul Barker
I have made friends 👫 with and been chatting with 5 Americans for a couple of weeks, because 3 of them did some vital work on the boat rigging. We got to talking about a set of hot spring waterfalls, about 50 minutes drive into the hills. We organised to go up together with a local chap in his pickup truck and his son, we paid him about £2 each for the return trip, we also paid £1.50 each, for entry into the waterfalls.
We walked for less than 5 minutes to the falls with a few of the local kids trying to sell coconuts 🥥 and sweets 🍬to us, the first sighting of our destination was great 👍. The falls themselves, in height or width, were not as spectacular as others that I have visited before, they are about 15 metres high and 20 metres wide, with a small cave system at the base, which you can go into. The water 💦 is flowing in at different temperatures from cool to unbearably hot 🥵 (you cannot touch it at the top of the falls) but there were already around 40 or 50 other people there, enjoying the water 💦. I started at the lower and shallower end, as I edged and swam my way up in the water I noticed the entrance to the low cave networks, I ducked under then swam in, it had an eerie sort of feel, I could see and touch the small worn stalactites. There were about 10 others inside with me, all of them very friendly and we tried to chat with each other. Opposite the falls there were positions where we could jump in the highest point was over 3 metres, I had a couple of jumps, whilst others were doing backflips.
I had a climb up the root system alongside the waterfalls, because I was wearing my swimming 🏊‍♂️ leg 🦵 it decided to fall off when I was about 4 meters from the top, so I had to continue up, one of my friends carried it the long way up to me.
I also found (I wasn't the first tho) another 30 metre cave network that had different cascades of water both hot and cool. It is not normally accessible if the water is at its usual height, there is very little light except for what filters in from the entrance and exit, this was the best part of the falls by far.
There was a Guatemalan family sat next to us who invited us to join them. They then gave all 7 of us a large plate of bbq'ed, beef 🥩, rice, salsa and 2 litres of coke, it was so nice of them, they wouldn't accept any payment from us.
The drive back was fast with all the men sat outside in the back of the pickup, our day ended with us all having a lovely dinner and a couple of beers 🍻 in a small restaurant in town. Today was a great day.
Comments
Album: Main | Sail round the world in two easy legs... NOT
23 Photos
Created 8 April 2019
74 Photos
Created 24 February 2019
Climbing the Honister slate mines with sister Claire
38 Photos
Created 17 September 2018
58 Photos
Created 3 June 2018
19 Photos
Created 3 June 2018
10 Photos
Created 3 June 2018
14 Photos
Created 3 June 2018
22 Photos
Created 3 June 2018
A happy journey into communism
72 Photos
Created 1 June 2018
27 Photos
Created 1 June 2018
29 Photos
Created 12 March 2018
60 Photos
Created 12 March 2018
To celebrate the start of Lent. 23.30hrs start of parade
25 Photos
Created 15 February 2018
56 Photos
Created 15 February 2018
They are almost the same all over the world. But sooo much fun trying to get them bigger each time. Enjoy !!
47 Photos
Created 9 February 2018
46 Photos
Created 5 February 2018
111 Photos
Created 29 January 2018
112 Photos
Created 10 January 2018
The Atlantic crossing on Wia O Tira
32 Photos
Created 10 January 2018
45 Photos
Created 16 December 2017
53 Photos
Created 6 November 2017
23 Photos
Created 4 November 2017
At the top Worlds highest building (to date)
35 Photos
Created 30 September 2017
42 Photos
Created 16 September 2017
29 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
31 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
30 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
18 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
Cave carvings, Hangi meal
37 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
16 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
Trip to the 55 metre waterfalls with 261 steps
54 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
56 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
15 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
84 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
Hobbiton Movie set and Lord of the Rings Movie set with the WETA cave and Workshop
184 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
58 Photos
Created 15 September 2017
Walk round and jump off the Sky Tower
34 Photos
Created 1 September 2017
25 Photos
Created 28 August 2017
Yasur Volcano and Resolution bay and Village life
85 Photos
Created 25 August 2017
49 Photos | 1 Sub-Album
Created 25 August 2017
Woken up by heavy rain and gale force winds
2 Photos
Created 27 July 2017
Day trip to see whales
16 Photos
Created 20 July 2017
A day out at the zoo
59 Photos
Created 23 June 2017
Koalas, kangaroos and wombats
70 Photos
Created 12 June 2017
A whole street dedicated to the Bee Gees
15 Photos
Created 9 June 2017
From Brisbane to New Caledonia
31 Photos
Created 9 June 2017
Quick stop at Cairns
4 Photos
Created 29 May 2017
Quick stop at Cairns
11 Photos
Created 29 May 2017
My walk up to the summit of the 276m hill
12 Photos
Created 28 May 2017
North East coast of Australia Whitsundays island to Cairns
96 Photos
Created 21 May 2017
Another one of my bucket list to tick off. Zip Park Wales 1560m long dropping over 270m. My top speed was 78.9 MPH
10 Photos
Created 8 May 2017