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Cartagena, Colombia

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Crews of Njorth Clan, Bonnie Doon, Mir and Champagne This place is astounding. I know I say that about everywhere but Cartagena feels like home. We arrived to the sound of a viking horn from our friends Henri & Siska on Lille Ø and spent the first week exploring the city with them. The place is rocking at night so colourful, clean and the locals are really friendly. The food and booze was cheap and everywhere made a perfect margarita. Buying the tasty ants. They go great with a margarita Local delicacy, I love them A lot of history here. We visited the torture museum, an ironically beautiful building in the old town, were they conducted the Spanish inquisition. I knew nothing about the Spanish inquisition. Quite disturbing especially some of the devices used. We visited the  Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas with Clare from Champagne. Mandy under the statue of Simón Bolívar the Venezuelan dude responsible for Colombia's, and many other South American countries, independenc...
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The road to Cartegena

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The fun continued in Curaçao while we were waiting for a weather window to Cartegena. We had our friends over for an evening with Wallace and Gromit. With popcorn. And the ladies had haircuts by Amanda. Had a last day out in Willemstad with Chris and Amy. Mandy was again in vegetable heaven at the floating market with all the fresh cheap products from Venezuela. Went to the lion fish restaurant. Delicious fish and an invasive species so very environmentally friendly guilt free food. Had a night out in Zanzibar, Jan Thiel where all the beautiful Dutch kids hang out. I was the oldest person there and strangely all the songs the band played where from my era. Get your own music kids. Got a great photo of Amy. Then our weather window arrived and it was time to leave Curaçao, our home for 2 months. It was sad saying goodbye to our friends but we'll meet again. It was a 5 day crossing and we were both a little nervous as it had been a while. On leaving Mandy dropped the boat hook in the ...
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Beer festivals, Barbeques, happy hours, scuba diving, sundowners, sight seeing - Life avoiding hurricanes in Curaçao

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Who'd have thought hiding out from hurricanes would entail having so much fun. The boat is in fine condition, all the important jobs done so we spend our days socializing, shopping for Mandy's vegetables and trying to keep cool. It is so hot especially at night and the wind stops. Mandy has made some shades which make such a difference to the temperature, we couldn't go out on deck during the day without them as it's so hot. Did my first dive in 25 years with Rasmus, Chris, Amy and Anne. It was warm, great visibilty, zillions of fish, a wreck and sooooo many different types of coral. A little different to my first dive when I was 19 where we broke the ice in Stoney Cove, UK to get in the water and couldn't see a thing. After the dive we went for a meal to celebrate Chris's birthday and finished off with the best margaritas in the Caribbean. So we had two. And we'll be going back for more. Went to a beer festival in Willenstead. Not quite the crazy affairs ba...
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