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2006/2007 sailing season photos: Caribbean, Panama, and Galapagos
Just before starting the trip
The best ice-cream in the caribbean
"Farmer" as he like to be called watched over our boat before we arrived cleaned it to perfection
A church in town
Simpson Bay Marina
Our friendly neighbors in the marina
Starting the same trip as us – with her mom, dad and brother
Doing e-mail at the cafe by the dock
It’s hard to tell just how big this one was from the picture.
Grand Case
A fantastic restaurant in Grand Case
Starting to provision for the trip
More provisioning
We bring the dinghy up the beach at Anse du Columbier
View of the bay – Anse du Columbier
View of the bay as we walk towards town
A beautiful hike into the small town of Flamand
La Langouste Restaurant
If you eat at the restaurant you get to spend the afternoon on their beach
Our favorite beach chairs
Perfect spot to spend the day
Gorgeaus place for the St. Bart’s crowd to swim
The view on the way back
Hanging laundry is fun
Nevis – the Volcano
Lunch menu
Groomed beach next to 4 Seasons Hotel in Nevis
The setting sun lights up the boats
The Pitcairn Castle
Golden Rock Estate – Nevis
Trail around Golden Rock Estate
Trail around Golden Rock Estate
Monkeys on the trail
More monkeys scamper away
Jewish Burial Ground in Nevis
Jewish Cemetary from 1670
Remains of tombstone in Spanish and Hebrew
Nevis Caribbean
The cemetary is fairly well maintained
Approaching Dominica
Approaching Dominica
Approaching Dominica
The captain rests
A small squall approaches
Prince Rupert Bay, Portsmouth, Dominica
Wary of the catamaran perched on our anchor
Rain forest road
On a tour
Nice umbrella
Going to the cold soufriere
A cold bubbling soufriere
Dominica
Beautiful in the rain
Laura at Red Rocks, Dominica
Mark at Red Rocks, Dominica
View from Red Rocks ,Dominica
Another beautiful view
Beautiful beach in Dominica
The river is brown because of the heavy rains
We had hoped to swim, but it did not look tempting
Palms take root on the beach
Low key restaurants in Dominica
Martin – always busy with his cellphone
Martin – our do everything guy
Restaurant in little fishing/tourist village of St. Francois, Guadeloupe
Fishermen in Saint Francois
Everything to drink
Crashing waves at Pointe des Chateaux, Guadeloupe
Point des Chateaux, Guadeloupe
Laura at Pointe des Chateaux, Guadeloupe
Mount Pelee – St. Pierre, Martinique
Mark with Mount Pelée behind him
Mount Pelée
Incredible sunset -Martinique
Naomi on the dock in St. Anne, Martinique
In the marketplace in St. Anne
You have got to be kidding!
Our dinghy floats behind the boat
We are enjoying the evening coolness
Mark heads into the engine room
Laura watches Mark do his work in the engine room
Sending e-mail via satellite phone
Approaching St. Lucia
Naomi enjoying the sail to St. Lucia from Martinique
First views on outer harbour Rodney Bay
Naomi takes us out for dinner in St. Lucia
Bernita’s daughter Dahlia
Naomi, Eleanor, Dahlia, Malcolm, Gerry and Mark
Naomi enjoying the sailing
Eleanor – Bernita’s niece – just before she got seasick
Dahlia loves the boat
Saying goodbye at the ice-cream store at the dock at Rodney Bay Marina
Eleanor’s kids – very sweet and smart
Coastline of St. Lucia
The Pitons
The Pitons
Mark takes a movie
A big charter schooner anchors near us in the Pitons
We set up the rocker-stopper, but it is a rolly night nonetheless
The Pitons at sunrise
Leaving the Pitons and heading south
Trying to be sun-safe
Welcome to Bequia
Leon and Rick arrive on a tiny plane
Checking into customs
McCarthy and his #1 taxi service
On the boat in Bequia
Ricky does some work from an internet cafe in town
Breakfast on board
Rick helps out with boat work
Leon helps out with boat work too
View of Admiralty Bay- Bequia
Highlights included the turtle sanctuary, some old cannons, a landfill (I kid you not) and… the taxi drivers wife standing by the side of the road.
Beautiful Bequia
Scenic viewpoint
Indian, our tour guide
We go see the big cannons
Overlooking the harbor
Overlooking the harbor
A view of Admiralty Bay
At the Hawksbill Turtle sanctuary
A big guy comes over to see us
Little turtles at the turtle sanctuary
Buying souvenirs at the turtle sanctuary
One of the turtle pools
At the Hawksbill Turtle sanctuary
Lunch in Bequia
On the dock in town waiting to go back to the boat
A fruit stall
Sign to aggressive vendors at the fruit market
The fruit market in Bequia
Rick – you really need sunglasses
Leon in his new swimming trunks
Rick has not yet accepted the fact that he needs to use sunglasses
Sunny sail shot
The water is perfect in Tobago Cays
Laura
Hanging out on deck
Hanging out on deck
Perfect water in Tobago Cays
The guys help change the genoa
Returning from a fun snorkel
What’s not to smile about?
Returning from a swim in Paradise
Ricky helps out on the boat
Our boat at anchor in Tobago Cays
Tobago Cays
Tobago Cays
Great sunset – great fun
Leon loves conch shells
Along the beach Tobago Cays
Baguettes delivered fresh to the boat
Another breakfast
Mark and his hookah
Cleaning the boat using the “electric hookah”
Everyone pitches in to help
The guys try to find source of some leaking in the forward cabin
Canal official goes through the required paperwork to allow us to go through the canal
Mark gets our official Ship Identification card which allows us to go through the canal
View of the ocean just outside the breakwater before the Canal
View of the boats in Shelter Bay Marina
Nice walking path near Shelter Bay Marina
A bridge crosses over the first lock
Turbulent water in the locks
A container ship starts through the locks
Matt takes a photo from up on the spreaders
Matt takes a photo from up on the spreaders
Our friend Joanie comes to say goodbye
Great colors in Panama
Bamboo in the jungle
Sloth crossing in Panama
Unusual flowers in Panama
Colorful butterfly
Oropendola bird
Nests of the Oropendola birds
Nests of the Oropendola birds
The jungle walk near Shelter Bay
The jungle walk near Shelter Bay
Steps along the way on the jungle walk
Abandoned U.S. military base
Part of the military base
The muddy road going up to Park San Lorenzo
Park San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo Park
Canons in Fort San Lorenzo
Fort San Lorenzo
Fort San Lorenzo
Fort San Lorenzo
Fort San Lorenzo
The Chagres River – feeds the canal
Overlooking the Chagres
View over the Chagres River
View of a cruise ship in the canal
A view of a container ship from the road
Locks Road – with container ship passing by in the canal
Some of the cars used to pull ships through the canal
The canal as seen from a bridge
Freighter going through the canal
Enrique Plummer – Agent in Panama
Some provisioning for our trip to the Galapagos and beyond
Some fruit for the trip
One of the many huge cruise ships in Panama
Dinner in Union before Rick and Leon leave
Leon and Rick leave
Brock – always happy on the boat
Shirley and Laura
Cathy
Brock – even the rain won’t make him stop smiling
Breakfast on the boat
Tobago Cays
Kitesurfers in Tobago Cays
Tobago Cays
Brock at work
Tobago Cays
A double rainbow
Union Island
Union Island
Union Island
Union Island
Union Island
Union Island
A Disney Cruise boat
Renting beach chairs on Canouan
Canouan Island
Canouan Island
Canouan Island
Cathy and Brock relax
Dinner on Canouan
Another beautiful day
Cathy enjoys the sailing
Sailing
Sailing
First sight of Bonaire
The fuel dock in Bonaire
Famous place for sailers, but we didn’t know anyone
Great place for renting cell-phones, good restaurants,
and even a KFC which tasted amazingly good
Cruise ship in Bonaire
Mark stands by his likeness on storefront
There was a nice half an hour walk from our marina to the town. Always hot as blazes, but very pretty.
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
En route to San Blas fromBonaire
Calm sail – time to e-mail
Bonaire
We will pick up two other boats there and start our passage through the canal
The tires protect our boat from getting scratched
Our line handlers
Mark is ready to take us through the canal
Laura raises the anchor
The entrance to the canal
Our boat tied up to our neighbor
The bumpers protect our boats from getting scratched
One of our very pleasant line handlers
Mark steers us towards the canal entrance
Our line handlers had little to do but read and eat
Lines on deck
The kids onboard the French catamaran
We tie up here for the night. When it starts to rain everyone comes inside to sleep – Mark and I, 3 line handlers and 2 crew.
Lake Gatun – everyone tied together for the night
Our line handlers – wide angle lens
Lake Gatun in the morning
Our colorful jerry cans
Rainbow over Lake Gatun
Lake Gatun
Lake Gatun
Getting lines to tie us together
Boats tied up to both sides (wide angle lens)
Bridge of the America’s in front of him
Inside a closed lock
Mark steers us through the canal
The water recedes in the lock
They were tied up next to us for the passage through the night before, but our advisor told them to go alone as they were ill prepared and unsafe.
A very sunny hot day
The last set of locks
The massive walls of the lock
Line handlers
The neighboring boats grab the lines
Mark is intently steering with our advisor at his side
The huge gates open as we move along
Equipment to move the freighters through
Our crew for the canal passage
Line handlers on shore
Almost through now
The landslide area near Guillard Cut
The last set of locks opens
Centennial Bridge
Panama Canal
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En route to San Blas,Panama from Bonaire
En route to San Blas, Panama from Bonaire
Both headsails set
Beautiful sunset en route to San Blas
Tourist shop on Porvenir
Museum on the island of Porvenir
On the beach at Porvenir
Interesting toilet stall over the water
The “luxury” hotel in Porvenir
The only place to walk is down the runway
The runway and about 1/2 of the island of Porvenir
At the end of the runway
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
At a beach in San Blas
Kuna woman comes on board
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
Anchorage at Kanildup, San Blas
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
Kuna Yala
Along the beach in Kanildup
Kuna women come to sell molas and beads
Kuna woman
Kuna Indians come by to sell molas and fish
An ulu
Kuna Yala
Sunset over a tiny island in Kuna Yala
San Bals Archipelego
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We have crossed through the canal and are in the Pacific ocean now.
Annabelle helps out with the fuel
We have 2 crew from Panama to the Galapagos
Relaxing on deck during calm seas
At the equator – Latitude 0.00.00
Jumping in with 2 miles of water under us
Swimming at the equator
Annabelle and Matt at the Equator
The skipper relaxes
Calm seas
Fantastic sunsets
Panama to Galapagos
Sunset at the equator
Sunset at the equator
Sunset at the equator
Whales come up behind us
Lots of whales
Whales beside us
Close up whale
Naps are frequent
Artistic angle
Matt takes a wide angle photo from the rigging
Both headsails set
Our fenders
Captain and first mate on the foredeck
Wide angle photo from the spreaders
Wide angle photo from the spreaders
The Galapagos islands – right on the equator
Puerto Ayora Santa Cruz
Puerto Ayora – Santa Cruz
Puerto Ayora – Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Cute little sea-lion pup
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
Floreana
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour
North Seymour to Las Bachas
Heading back to Santa Cruz
On the bus to Santa Cruz after a day tour
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Mark on Plaza Sur Island
Plaza Sur Island
Approaching Carrion Point
Carrion Point
Carrion Point to Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Island between Santa Cruz and Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Bakery in Isabella
Tour bus in Isabella
Beach in Isabella
Marine Iguanas – Isabella
Marine iguana – in Isabella
Iguana – in Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Beach on Isabella
Sunset in Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella – Volcan Chico
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella – meeting up with the Veras
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella
Galapagos
