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Crocs Jun 26
Man Overboard Recovery Jun 26
I Gotta Plan... May 26
2025 Part 3 Jan 26
2025 Part 2 Jan 26
2025 Part 1 Jan 26
Old Diesels Never Die Jun 25
Seventy-two Today Jan 25
Amsterdam Aug 24
Neptune's Staircase Aug 24
The North Sea Aug 24
Tripping With the Maasai May 24
A New Camera Apr 24
Bollemaat Dec 22
Still in Suriname Nov 22
Saamaka River Experience Oct 22
Flying to Anjea Oct 22
Des Képis Blancs Jul 22
What a Blast! Jun 22
Brazil Jun 22
Out of Place and Time May 22
The Promised Land Apr 22
An Alien in South Africa? Feb 22
Leaving Richards Bay Jan 22
Treated But Not Cured Jul 21
A 1,300km Tanzanian Safari Sept 20
The Essential and Exquisite Pleasure of Pissing Jun 20
No Antidote for FGF* Apr 20
The Child In Charge Feb 20
Crossing the Indian Ocean Feb 20
The Magic Is About To Start Dec 19
Back to Java Aug 19
Go Now or Later? Jul 19
Goodbye Indonesia Jan 19
Back to Sebana Cove Dec 18
Real Talk — Man Overboard Nov 18
The Equator, Gearboxes and Trust Nov 18
Deep Chill Oct 18
Atauro Island Aug 18
We Won! Jul 18
Over the Top Jul 18
Hobart to Sydney Jun 18
Cairns Jun 18
The North Queensland Coast May 18
The Queensland Coast May 18
Plan B Apr 18
Aground, and Only Myself to Blame Mar 18
Rocky and The Fitzroy River Dec 17
Dressing Up Sept 17
Progress in the Boatyard Sept 17
Coxswain Grade 1 Near Coastal (NC) and the Student from Hell Sept 17
SPOF Sept 17
Murder in the Marina Sept 17
Winter in Hobart Sept 17
The First Time Solo Sept 17
The Philosophy Sept 17
The Survey Sept 17
The Offer Sept 17
The Wooden Boat Festival Sept 17
Escape from the Boatyard Sept 17
Predicting the Future Sept 17
On the Way West Sept 17
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever Sept 17
Mind Mangling Sept 17
Tiger Snakes and Mountains Sept 17
Time to Go Home Sept 17
Port Hacking Sept 17
Big River Sept 17
The First Night Onboard Jun 17
Crocs
Crocs
Man Overboard Recovery
Man Overboard Recovery
I Gotta Plan...
I Gotta Plan...
Lifter
2025 Part 3
Caption: The lifter picking up Anjea in her cradle.
Anjea
2025 Part 3
Caption: Anjea in slings ready to go into the water.
DS IV
2025 Part 3
Caption: Distant Shores IV is one of my favorite boats.
Steampunk
2025 Part 3
Caption: ChatGPT’s vision for how the other half will get by.
escher
2025 Part 3
Caption: Drawing Hands by M.C. Escher, 1948.
molly
2025 Part 3
Caption: Molly loves Culleenamore Beach.
Dodger being fitted
2025 Part 3
Caption: The new dodger being lowered onto Anjea.
AnjeaDodgerComplete
2025 Part 3
Caption: Windows fitted.
mehelenwim
2025 Part 3
Caption: Me, Helen and Wim in Elburg.
Front cabin
2025 Part 3
Caption: Front cabin. This whole area will become storage.
strange
2025 Part 3
Caption: Strange way to park a car
strange
2025 Part 3
Caption: Looks like a wet & windy storm but with the wind in the south our actual weather is just fine. Cork is copping it though.
feast
2025 Part 3
Caption: Christmas Eve feast.
Figure 1. Marlijn in Domburg, Suriname.
2025 Part 2
Caption: Figure 1. Marlijn in Domburg, Suriname.
Helen & Michel
2025 Part 2
Caption: Helen & Michel
Figure 3. The crew of Marlijn.
2025 Part 2
Caption: Figure 3. The crew of Marlijn.
MarlijnAzores
2025 Part 2
Caption: Figure 4. Wim’s artwork for Marlijn in Azores.
Figure 1. Helen and I in Strandhill Sligo, Ireland
2025 Part 1
Caption: Figure 1. Helen and I in Strandhill Sligo, Ireland
Figure 2. The rolling green hills of the West Coast of Ireland. December surf at Mullaghmore, Sligo, just north of Strandhill
2025 Part 1
Caption: Figure 2. The rolling green hills of the West Coast of Ireland. December surf at Mullaghmore, Sligo, just north of Strandhill
2025 Part 1
2025 Part 1
Library without a book. Trinity College Library, Dublin
2025 Part 1
Caption: Library without a book. Trinity College Library, Dublin
Helen outside Tavira train station
2025 Part 1
Caption: Helen outside Tavira train station
Along the dyke at Makkum
2025 Part 1
Caption: Along the dyke at Makkum
Acres Lake
2025 Part 1
Caption: Acres Lake
Freezing in the cold before hiding in Mammy Johnsons
Seventy-two Today
Caption: Freezing in the cold before hiding in Mammy Johnson's
Fairy Island, Slishwood
Seventy-two Today
Caption: Fairy Island, Slishwood
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Caption: Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
↑ Mark completes the Inishboffin half-marathon.
Neptune's Staircase
Caption: ↑ Mark completes the Inishboffin half-marathon.
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
Neptune's Staircase
The North Sea
The North Sea
The North Sea
The North Sea
Lagavulin Distillery
Islay
Caption: Lagavulin Distillery. The stream is the source of water for this iconic drop.
Lagavulin Stream
Islay
Caption: Lagavulin Stream. The water that goes into your favourite tipple comes from this stream.
Entrance to Lagavulin Bay
Islay
Caption: Entrance to Lagavulin Bay. Tricky entrance. You must pass between the red pole and a barely visible rock that used to host the green pole.
Lagavulin Entrance
Islay
Caption: Lagavulin Entrance
Anjea
Islay
Caption: Anjea. Two free moorings in Lagavulin Bay.
Turrets
Islay
Caption: Turrets
Ardbeg Distillery
Islay
Caption: Ardbeg Distillery
Helen
Islay
Caption: Helen
Ardbeg Distillery
Islay
Caption: Ardbeg Distillery. Open day had a slippery slide, tight rope, hoop tossing, coconut gallery and of course whiskey tasting.
Old Still
Islay
Caption: Old Still. It was Ardbeg's annual open day.
Hot Rod
Islay
Caption: Hot Rod
Ardbeg Open Day
Islay
Caption: Ardbeg Open Day
Ardbeg Bay
Islay
Caption: Ardbeg Bay
Ardbeg Open Day
Islay
Caption: Ardbeg Open Day
Walk
Islay
Caption: Walk. We walked the 1m from Lagavulin to Ardbeg for their open day.
Windswept Tree
Islay
Caption: Windswept Tree
Lagavulin Distillery
Islay
Caption: Lagavulin Distillery
Dunnyvaig Castle
Islay
Caption: Dunnyvaig Castle. Ruins of a fort guarding the entrance to Lagavulin Bay
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Giraffe
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Giraffe
Low Mountains
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Low Mountains
Serengeti escarpment
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Serengeti escarpment
Human footprints
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Human footprints
Snake Eagle
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Snake Eagle
Contrasts
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Contrasts
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Tripping With the Maasai
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Seagull
A New Camera
Caption: Mr & Mrs Seagull on the boat next door. The marina is quiet enough that they may nest there.
Knocknadobar
A New Camera
Caption: Knocknadobar last week. View from the boat.
But mostly the view from inside the boat is like this. The locals say it's the wettest year ever. I have never experienced so much rain for sure.
A New Camera
Caption: But mostly the view from inside the boat is like this. The locals say it's the wettest year ever. I have never experienced so much rain for sure.
The Fertha
A New Camera
Caption: Another shot between the storms and gales, also from the marina, showing the two bridges over the Fertha (one behind the other), The Barracks (the thing that looks a bit like a fairy castle was built to house British troops protecting the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1870! ) and McGillacuddy's Reeks in the background.
Waiting
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Waiting
Must be the Mayor
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Must be the Mayor
No Snakes in Ireland
St Patrick S Day
Caption: No Snakes in Ireland. St Patrick driving the snakes out
Snake Segment
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Snake Segment
St Patrick
St Patrick S Day
Caption: St Patrick. Replaced the snakes with Christians.
St Patrick's Best Friend
St Patrick S Day
Caption: St Patrick's Best Friend
Puffins
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Puffins
Misery
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Misery. Even a shoulder-ride isn't enough for some.
New Tooth
St Patrick S Day
Caption: New Tooth
Watching the Passing Parade
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Watching the Passing Parade
YAT
St Patrick S Day
Caption: YAT. Yet Another Tractor
Athletics Club
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Athletics Club
Juliette
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Juliette
Dogs
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Dogs
Ukranians Gone Green
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Ukranians Gone Green. Many displaced people now call Caheersiveen home.
Posh
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Posh
No Limits
St Patrick S Day
Caption: No Limits
Marie
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Marie
Beautiful Girl
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Beautiful Girl
St Patrick Herself
St Patrick S Day
Caption: St Patrick Herself
Happy Eyes
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Happy Eyes
Happy Eyes 2
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Happy Eyes 2
Green Superman
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Green Superman. Is he St Patrick or the Green Man? And does it matter?
The Football Club
St Patrick S Day
Caption: The Football Club
St Mary's
St Patrick S Day
Caption: St Mary's
Protestors
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Protestors. Yes, but on St Parick's Day?
Fuel Man
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Fuel Man. Not green, but I couldn't live here without him.
Sceilg Ola
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Sceilg Ola. The oil man
Old Tractor
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Old Tractor
Father and Daughter
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Father and Daughter
Green Man in a BIG Tractor
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Green Man in a BIG Tractor. Muscle farmer in his shiny new machine.
Most People Smiled
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Most People Smiled
Even the Leprechauns
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Even the Leprechauns
Colman
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Colman
Lost
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Lost. This father has no chance
Foilmore Comhaltas
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Foilmore Comhaltas. Traditional music.
Main Street
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Main Street
Classy Hat
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Classy Hat
The Green Man
St Patrick S Day
Caption: The Green Man. He's in there somewhere.
Sing Boys!
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Sing Boys!
Father and Son
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Father and Son
More Protesting
St Patrick S Day
Caption: More Protesting
Free Palestine. Free Israel.
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Free Palestine. Free Israel.
Tractor Number 999
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Tractor Number 999
Mike Murts
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Mike Murts. Everyone ends up at Mike Murts eventually.
Foilmore Comhaltas
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Foilmore Comhaltas
Ciaran
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Ciaran. A man of many talents is our marina manager.
St Pat and Helpers
St Patrick S Day
Caption: St Pat and Helpers
More Leprechauns
St Patrick S Day
Caption: More Leprechauns
Leprechaun 2
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Leprechaun 2
Leprechaun 3
St Patrick S Day
Caption: Leprechaun 3
... when I came across this ...
The Fairy Park
Caption: ... when I came across this ...
I've no idea who lives here ...
The Fairy Park
Caption: I've no idea who lives here ...
... but everyone knows where trolls live.
The Fairy Park
Caption: ... but everyone knows where trolls live.
It was a very cold morning
The Fairy Park
Caption: It was a very cold morning
Knocknadobar with the old railway bridge
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Knocknadobar with the old railway bridge. The disused bridge over the Fertha is still solid and there are plans to turn it into a 'greenway'.
Knocknadobar with trees
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Knocknadobar with trees. The trees are a clue to the weather.
Knocknadobar and gate
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Knocknadobar and gate. The 'hill of the wells'
Farms at the foot of Knocknadobar
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Farms at the foot of Knocknadobar
Houses along the Fertha
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Houses along the Fertha
Cahersiveen Street
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Cahersiveen Street
One Hundred Thousand Welcomes
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: One Hundred Thousand Welcomes. I walk past this almost every day.
Untitled Poem
Cahersiveen Town
Caption: Untitled Poem
One of the locals
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: One of the locals
Jesus is laiden with his cross
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Jesus is laiden with his cross. The first of thirteen crosses on this beautiful trail.
The Skelligs
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: The Skelligs. Cahersiveen is in the valley on the far side of The Fertha. You can see the marina at the right of the town. Valentia is the big island above the cross and the Skelligs are visible just below the horizon.
Heaven
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Heaven. Well, the top anyway. But the view from the top of Knocknadobar certainly is heavenly.
Helen and Mark
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Helen and Mark. It was several degrees colder at the top of the mountain and a brisk breeze made it seem even colder.
The Fertha
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: The Fertha. We were very lucky with the weather: Knocknadobar is often wreathed in cloud or mist.
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Simon helps Jesus
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Simon helps Jesus. It's a pilgrim trail and each cross celebrates a moment of Jesus' crucifixion.
Soggy Track
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Soggy Track. Sometimes the trail is muddy, other times rocky, but it's always wet.
Sheep-proof Gate
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Sheep-proof Gate
The Blood of Jesus
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: The Blood of Jesus. Or someone was very sloppy with a can of paint.
Stiles and Gates
Knocknodobar Walk
Caption: Stiles and Gates. The trail is thru pasture lands.
Kerry Cliffs
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Kerry Cliffs
The Skelligs
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: The Skelligs. The monks who lived on these tiny islands between 600 and 1300AD were exposed to the full force of the North Atlantic and truly lived on the edge of their world. Heaven on a calm day; hell in a winter storm.
Helen.
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Helen.. Or is it Molly?
Boatshed
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Boatshed
Yep, It's a Gate
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Yep, It's a Gate
Castletown Bearhaven
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Castletown Bearhaven
Sneem, Kerry
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Sneem, Kerry
Weather and Light
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Weather and Light
View from Sneem Harbour
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: View from Sneem Harbour
Great Skellig
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Great Skellig
The Bull, off Dursey Head
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: The Bull, off Dursey Head
Star Wars Set
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Star Wars Set
Watching the Raindrops
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Watching the Raindrops
View from the Marina
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: View from the Marina
Fertha Panorama
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Fertha Panorama
Coastal Panorama
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Coastal Panorama
Beautiful People
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Beautiful People
McGillacuddy's Reeks in the Background
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: McGillacuddy's Reeks in the Background
Over the Water
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Over the Water. Looking 'over the water' as the locals call the far side of the inlet on which Cahersiveen is situated.
Light Over the Water
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Light Over the Water
Last Light
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Last Light
View from Castlequin to Valentia Island
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: View from Castlequin to Valentia Island
Afternoon Light
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
Caption: Afternoon Light. Late afternoon light on an Autumn day on the Castlequin Loop walk
Late afternoon
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
Caption: Late afternoon. Near the top of Castlequin
View from Castlequin Summit
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
Caption: View from Castlequin Summit
Sapphira Arrives at Dingle
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Sapphira Arrives at Dingle. at 14:09 26 August 2024, a few days after us
Helen Takes a Line
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Helen Takes a Line
Mark Secures Line
Cahersiveen Arrival
Caption: Mark Secures Line
Cows
Azores Flores
Caption: Cows. There are still a lot of cattle on Flores but they are being reduced.
Waterfall Lake.
Azores Flores
Caption: Waterfall Lake.
Waterfall Lake
Azores Flores
Caption: Waterfall Lake. This beautiful lakes is fed by numerous waterfalls.
Fajaa Grande Anchorage
Azores Flores
Caption: Fajaa Grande Anchorage. Anjea is second from the right.
Stone House
Azores Flores
Caption: Stone House. Houses like this are everywhere.
Water Tap
Azores Flores
Caption: Water Tap. On an island where streams, waterfalls and lakes are everywhere, we find a public water tap set in an elaborate stone and concrete monument.
Typical Street
Azores Flores
Caption: Typical Street
Cliff Edge
Azores Flores
Caption: Cliff Edge. The path to Ponta Delgarda is not for the acrophobic.
Fajaa Grande
Azores Flores
Caption: Fajaa Grande. A fajaa is a flat stretch of land at the base of a cliff. The village of Fajaa Grande is in the distance.
Beach
Azores Flores
Caption: Beach. No, I have not bought a drone -- this is the view from the path looking down on the rocky beach.
Merel ascending the track to Ponta Delgardo
Azores Flores
Caption: Merel ascending the track to Ponta Delgardo. I could not help wondering at the massive effort that has gone into creating these paths. Dragging and arranging rocks on these slopes would be backbreaking work.
Twisted Tree
Azores Flores
Caption: Twisted Tree. The trees are fabulous shapes, twisted by the North Atlantic gales into amazing shapes.
Coastal View
Azores Flores
Caption: Coastal View. Looking back to our anchorage from the path to Ponta del Dardo.
Merel rests her legs
Azores Flores
Caption: Merel rests her legs
On top of the world
Azores Flores
Caption: On top of the world. A beautiful place for a brief rest after the steep climb.
Hydrangea
Azores Flores
Caption: Hydrangea. Hydrangeas were introduced centuries back and have made the island their own.
Hydrangeas
Azores Flores
Caption: Hydrangeas. There are many species of hydrangeas. The coloration varies between species but also depends on the soil and can be blue, pink or white as the acidity of the soil increases.
Me
Azores Flores
Caption: Me
View from the top
Azores Flores
Caption: View from the top
Gate 1
Azores Flores
Caption: Gate 1. Gate-making here is an art.
Gate 2
Azores Flores
Caption: Gate 2. This looks like something from The Shire.
View of Corvo
Azores Flores
Caption: View of Corvo. You can just see the island of Corvo in the distance.
Ratty 1
Azores Flores
Caption: Ratty 1. Our friendly rat gets his photo taken.
Ratty 2
Azores Flores
Caption: Ratty 2. Ratty enjoyed Merel's cooking as much as me!
Waterfall at Fajaa Grande
Azores Flores
Caption: Waterfall at Fajaa Grande
Sapphira leaves Flores
Azores Flores
Caption: Sapphira leaves Flores. Mark sails Sapphira off the anchor at Fajaa Grande. His motor is out of action.
Sapphira on her Way
Azores Flores
Caption: Sapphira on her Way. Mark sails off his anchor, on his way to Horta.
Sapphira Sailing into Horta
Horta
Caption: Sapphira Sailing into Horta. Mark sailed all the way from Flores; we cheated and used the engine for the last mile or two of fluky winds.
Poppycock
Horta
Caption: Poppycock. Bre's outstanding grafiti at Horta.
Pico
Horta
Caption: Pico. It's an old volcano but apparently still warm in the crater.
Clouds over Pico
Horta
Caption: Clouds over Pico. Lenticular clouds over the volcano.
Pico from Horta
Horta
Caption: Pico from Horta
The Edge of Town
Horta
Caption: The Edge of Town. Horta is quite a small town.
Streetscape
Horta
Caption: Streetscape. The beautiful streets of Horta township.
Streetscape
Horta
Caption: Streetscape
Pavement Works
Horta
Caption: Pavement Works. Laying new pavement is a laborious job.
Windmill Motif
Horta
Caption: Windmill Motif. Pavement designs depict many different aspects of Azorean history.
Pavement Detail
Horta
Caption: Pavement Detail. Pavements in Horta are intricately laid. Each street is different and the designs are very beuatiful.
For Sale
Horta
Caption: For Sale. Many old buildings for sale in Horta.
A Fix-er-upper
Horta
Caption: A Fix-er-upper. Something for the renovator in you.
Horta Screetscape
Horta
Caption: Horta Screetscape
Pavement
Horta
Caption: Pavement. Another beutiful pavement design in Horta.
Horta Screetscape
Horta
Caption: Horta Screetscape
Small Car
Horta
Caption: Small Car. The smallest car I have ever seen.
Peter Cafe Sport
Horta
Caption: Peter Cafe Sport. This is the place where many sailors have their first beer after crossing the Atlantic.
Building.
Horta
Caption: Building.. It isn't really curved - just horrible distortion from the extreme angle.
Caldera
Horta
Caption: Caldera. The island of Faial is made up of several volcanos. This one is partly submerged.
Pavement Laying
Horta
Caption: Pavement Laying. Horta's beautiful pavements are being extended and renovated. It is a time-consuming highly skilled job, but worth it!
Horta Township
Horta
Caption: Horta Township. Porto Pim in the foreground.
Invader
Horta
Caption: Invader. Lantana and hydrangeas are not native but are everywhere.
Whale Processing Factory
Horta
Caption: Whale Processing Factory. Now a museum.
Porto Pim
Horta
Caption: Porto Pim. The old whaling station is at Porto Pim, a 'suburb' of Horta.
Stairway...
Horta
Caption: Stairway.... ... to the top of the hill overlooking the whaling station and the town of Horta
Goose Family
Horta
Caption: Goose Family. Or are they just very big ducks?
Steep Cliffs
Horta
Caption: Steep Cliffs
Old Naval Defenses
Horta
Caption: Old Naval Defenses. I am guessing that there was a big gun here in WWII
Horta
Horta
Caption: Horta
Pico
Horta
Caption: Pico
What is it?
Horta
Caption: What is it?. You win a prize if you can tell me what it is.
Portable Toilet
Horta
Caption: Portable Toilet. Err, why here?
Communication Station
Horta
Caption: Communication Station. Where the undersea cable connecting Faial to the rest of the world comes ashore.
Strange Place for a Church
Horta
Caption: Strange Place for a Church. It's quite a haul up the hill from Horta to this church, with very few other buildings around so did the congregation like the view that much?
Porto Pim
Horta
Caption: Porto Pim
Saphira Leaves
Horta
Caption: Saphira Leaves. Mark and Sinead leave Horta for Sao Jorge
Spruce Avenue
Horta
Caption: Spruce Avenue. Country road above Horta.
Whale Entrance
Horta
Caption: Whale Entrance
The Whaling Factory
Horta
Caption: The Whaling Factory. Sperm whales were dragged up this slope by the tail and decapitated here.
Pico in the Clouds
Horta
Caption: Pico in the Clouds
Horta Panorama
Horta
Caption: Horta Panorama
Weather
Azores Flores
Caption: Weather. On the passage from Bermuda to Azores.
Flower Garden
Azores Flores
Caption: Flower Garden
Donkey
Azores Flores
Caption: Donkey
Fancy House
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Fancy House
Nice Church
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Nice Church
Nice House
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Nice House
Bermuda
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Bermuda
Crappy Wall
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Crappy Wall
Ruined House
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Ruined House
Bermuda Window
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Bermuda Window
It's a Drag
Azores Flores 2
Caption: It's a Drag. Merel and Hugo cool off.
Man-of-war
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Man-of-war. Many of these weird jellyfish.
Suriname River Bridge
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Suriname River Bridge. Yayo and I took Anjea under the bridge and off to Trinidad.
Rough Seas
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Rough Seas. Suriname to Trinidad was an unpleasant leg. Good wind but rough, short seas
Sails in the Sunset
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Sails in the Sunset
Trinidadian Carnival Arse
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Trinidadian Carnival Arse
Carnival in Trinidad
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carnival in Trinidad
Carnival Audience
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carnival Audience
Carnival in the Caribbean
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carnival in the Caribbean
Carnival
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carnival
Visitor in Trinidad
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Visitor in Trinidad
Roy
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Roy. Four circumnavigations. Awesome.
Flowers
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Flowers. Somewhere in the carib, probably Carriacou
Carriacou Sunset
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carriacou Sunset
Before Her Bottom was Painted
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Before Her Bottom was Painted
Carriacou
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Carriacou
Anjea
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Anjea. Anjea goes back in the water with new paint on her bottom.
Merel Arrives
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Merel Arrives. Rejoining Anjea in Antigua after her South American tour.
Wild
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Wild. Oisin joined us for a short time and one day we were befriended by a couple of girls who insisted on taking us for a tour of the island. Which island? hmmm...
Antigua Coastline
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Antigua Coastline
Awesome Tree
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Awesome Tree
Weird Cactus
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Weird Cactus
Weather
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Weather
Flying Fish
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Flying Fish. They come from everywhere. This one came through an open hatch for a soft landing on the settee.
Big Blue
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Big Blue. Anjea's new Code 'D' (Gennaker) is a great success.
Merel and I
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Merel and I
Bermuda Seas
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Bermuda Seas. Bermuda
Haunted Church?
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Haunted Church?
Unfinished Church
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Unfinished Church
Death
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Death. The bird and the flower were just there.
Volcanic Things
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Volcanic Things
The Wall
Azores Flores 2
Caption: The Wall
The Cut
Azores Flores 2
Caption: The Cut. All ships must pass thru this narrow channel to enter the Bermuda Lagoon.
Nice Boat
Azores Flores 2
Caption: Nice Boat
The Golden Harvest: site of La Goelette
Bollemaat
Caption: The Golden Harvest: site of La Goelette
Bollemaat drifting downwind
Bollemaat
Caption: Bollemaat drifting downwind
My Favorite Pastime
Bollemaat
Caption: My Favorite Pastime
Bollemaat
Bollemaat
Caption: Bollemaat. A great boat on the outside but...
Bollemaat Underway
Bollemaat
Caption: Bollemaat Underway. Leaving the Suriname River.
Bollemaat Underway
Bollemaat
Caption: Bollemaat Underway. On the way to Trinidad with Yayo and Wim
Tired
Bollemaat
Caption: Tired. At the end of my night watch.
Unusual Yacht
Bollemaat
Caption: Unusual Yacht. I love yachts that bend the rules. Not sure about that mizen though.
Broken Toilet
Bollemaat
Caption: Broken Toilet. But I fixed it.
Chef Yayo
Bollemaat
Caption: Chef Yayo. With Wim standing by.
Yayo at the Helm
Bollemaat
Caption: Yayo at the Helm. Bollemaat is a dream to steer, even in heavy weather. Her big, transom-hung rudder and balanced sail-plan make her one of the nicest boats I have ever helmed.
Bollemaat Underway
Bollemaat
Caption: Bollemaat Underway
Édouard's House
Bollemaat
Caption: Édouard's House
At Édouard's House
Bollemaat
Caption: At Édouard's House
The House that Édouard Built
Bollemaat
Caption: The House that Édouard Built. There are no structural bolts or screws; the timber frame is held together with wooden pegs.
Édouard's House
Bollemaat
Caption: Édouard's House
Édouard's House
Bollemaat
Caption: Édouard's House. Decoration surrounding the entrance, looking thru to the central courtyard.
Dominica
Bollemaat
Caption: Dominica. Wim and Yayo enjoy a cold beer.
Dead Already.
Bollemaat
Caption: Dead Already.. Well, that it explains it :-)
Waterfalls
Bollemaat
Caption: Waterfalls. One of several valleys our excellent guide took us to.
Yet Another Waterfall
Bollemaat
Caption: Yet Another Waterfall
More Waterfalls
Bollemaat
Caption: More Waterfalls
Volcanic Steam
Bollemaat
Caption: Volcanic Steam. Wim with our guide to the volcanos of Dominica.
Steam Vent
Bollemaat
Caption: Steam Vent. Volcanic steam vents are common.
Celebratory Drinks
Bollemaat
Caption: Celebratory Drinks. With Wim and Yayo
Stern-to in Dominica
Bollemaat
Caption: Stern-to in Dominica. A brilliant and quirky little anchorage that we enjoyed enormously.
The Suriname River is quiet and calm but with a strong current, especially after big rains.
Still in Suriname
Caption: The Suriname River is quiet and calm but with a strong current, especially after big rains.
Yayo (no shirt) with 'D'Orkest, the band.
Still in Suriname
Caption: Yayo (no shirt) with 'D'Orkest, the band.
Yayo on his 'new' boat Bollemaat, with Wim. These are my crew for the trip to Guadeloupe and back and they are solid, competent people with great attitude.
Still in Suriname
Caption: Yayo on his 'new' boat Bollemaat, with Wim. These are my crew for the trip to Guadeloupe and back and they are solid, competent people with great attitude.
I replaced the electrics on Bollemaat. Hope it works!
Still in Suriname
Caption: I replaced the electrics on Bollemaat. Hope it works!
Confusion
Suriname
Caption: Confusion. First, figure out how it was supposed to work! Then why it doesn't work! Then fix it!
Spaghetti
Suriname
Caption: Spaghetti
The Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: The Suriname River. A deep, fast-flowing river that we followed upstream past Paramaribo, the capital, to Domburg where we anchored.
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
At a stop along the way to Atjoni Merel is fascinated by a boy with a captured sloth.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: At a stop along the way to Atjoni Merel is fascinated by a boy with a captured sloth.
Atjoni is where the river journey starts.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Atjoni is where the river journey starts.
Three strong women and one confused guy.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Three strong women and one confused guy.
Building canoes. The hull is constructed from a single hollowed out log, on the left. The sides are built from solid slabs of timber being planed by Javeh on the right.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Building canoes. The hull is constructed from a single hollowed out log, on the left. The sides are built from solid slabs of timber being planed by Javeh on the right.
Silicia catches a piranha.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Silicia catches a piranha.
Dinner
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Dinner
Merel borrows Clarins sunglasses and a matching shawl to keep the sun off.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Merel borrows Clarins sunglasses and a matching shawl to keep the sun off.
Our hostess, the chief's son's wife, and Silicia
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Our hostess, the chief's son's wife, and Silicia
'Viagra' is a sweet liqueur made from whisky and a host of herbs and spices.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: 'Viagra' is a sweet liqueur made from whisky and a host of herbs and spices.
The Saamaka are expert woodworkers.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: The Saamaka are expert woodworkers.
Sunrise from the top of Pineapple Mountain.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: Sunrise from the top of Pineapple Mountain.
The track is narrow and tricky.
Saamaka River Experience
Caption: The track is narrow and tricky.
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Roof in street
Flying to Anjea
Caption: Roof in street
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Silicia and Javeh
Saamaka River
Caption: Silicia and Javeh
Javeh.
Saamaka River
Caption: Javeh.. A rare smile from our indefatigable captain.
Ida stringing her hamock
Saamaka River
Caption: Ida stringing her hamock
Ida catches piranha any way she can!
Saamaka River
Caption: Ida catches piranha any way she can!
Captain Javeh.
Saamaka River
Caption: Captain Javeh.. His skill negotiating the rapids was awesome.
Evening over Brokopondo Lake
Saamaka River
Caption: Evening over Brokopondo Lake
The hills under Brokopondo Lake have become islands.
Saamaka River
Caption: The hills under Brokopondo Lake have become islands.
Brokopondo Lake.
Saamaka River
Caption: Brokopondo Lake.. The dead trees still stand.
Belé hides under checkered shawl.
Saamaka River
Caption: Belé hides under checkered shawl.
Silicia and children.
Saamaka River
Caption: Silicia and children.. Kids everywhere!
River and jungle.
Saamaka River
Caption: River and jungle.. Except where there is a village, the bush meets the river with no open spaces.
Silicia with Belé's son and Belé
Saamaka River
Caption: Silicia with Belé's son and Belé
Toucan
Saamaka River
Caption: Toucan. Their wings are clipped and they are kept as curiosities.
Belé and family.
Saamaka River
Caption: Belé and family.
Damaged prop
Saamaka River
Caption: Damaged prop
Tree on rock.
Saamaka River
Caption: Tree on rock.
Wood carving underway.
Saamaka River
Caption: Wood carving underway.
Carving.
Saamaka River
Caption: Carving.. Saamaka Museum.
Saamaka Museum
Saamaka River
Caption: Saamaka Museum
Saamaka Museum
Saamaka River
Caption: Saamaka Museum
The entrance to the Saamaka Museum.
Saamaka River
Caption: The entrance to the Saamaka Museum.. Beautiful, intricately carved entrance doors.
Ladder.
Saamaka River
Caption: Ladder.
Merel in front of a tranditional hut.
Saamaka River
Caption: Merel in front of a tranditional hut.
Sacred tree.
Saamaka River
Caption: Sacred tree.. Big trees are sacred and never cut down. They stand out because all the not-so-big trees around it have been cut down.
Saamaka villager.
Saamaka River
Caption: Saamaka villager.
Young man carving an aluminium plate
Saamaka River
Caption: Young man carving an aluminium plate. His only tools are a pencil and a sharpened screwdriver.
The finished plate
Saamaka River
Caption: The finished plate
A carved calabash bowl.
Saamaka River
Caption: A carved calabash bowl.. Silicia tries her hand at sanding a carved bowl using a 'sandpaper leaf'.
Casava bread baking
Saamaka River
Caption: Casava bread baking
Silicia with the chief baker
Saamaka River
Caption: Silicia with the chief baker
Silicia helps out with the baking.
Saamaka River
Caption: Silicia helps out with the baking.
Casava bread
Saamaka River
Caption: Casava bread
A Calabash tree
Saamaka River
Caption: A Calabash tree. The fruit has a hard shell which is used as a bowl. The pulpy insides are inedible and have no value.
Wooden dish.
Saamaka River
Caption: Wooden dish.. The Saamaka are consumate woodworkers.
An evening meal.
Saamaka River
Caption: An evening meal.. We were well fed on mostly traditional foods.
View from Pineapple Mountain
Saamaka River
Caption: View from Pineapple Mountain. We were just in time to catch the dawn.
Pineapple Maountain jungle view.
Saamaka River
Caption: Pineapple Maountain jungle view.. The 'mountain' rises about 30m above the jungle floor.
Cactus on Pineapple Mountain
Saamaka River
Caption: Cactus on Pineapple Mountain
Orchid on Pineapple Mountain.
Saamaka River
Caption: Orchid on Pineapple Mountain.
Classic Sky
Saamaka River
Caption: Classic Sky
Striped Barbados Lily
Saamaka River
Caption: Striped Barbados Lily
Jungle
Saamaka River
Caption: Jungle
Merel in the Jungle.
Saamaka River
Caption: Merel in the Jungle.
Track
Saamaka River
Caption: Track
Fork in the Road
Saamaka River
Caption: Fork in the Road. It's the track on the left. No! I mean the right, I think... Fortunately our guide knew the way.
Tappawatra Falls
Saamaka River
Caption: Tappawatra Falls. Javeh, Clarins and Ida.
Tappawatra Falls
Saamaka River
Caption: Tappawatra Falls
Mermaids
Saamaka River
Caption: Mermaids. Merel and Silicia at Tappawatra Falls
Yes, it's Merel
Saamaka River
Caption: Yes, it's Merel. The sign names one of the rooms at the hostel that Merel has been helping to organize.
Travelling by Canoe
Saamaka River
Caption: Travelling by Canoe
Bush trail damaged by logging
Saamaka River
Caption: Bush trail damaged by logging
Belé's New Canoe
Saamaka River
Caption: Belé's New Canoe
The jungle reclaims the old prison.
Des Képis Blancs
Caption: The jungle reclaims the old prison.
Philip sleeping it off after lunch
Des Képis Blancs
Caption: Philip sleeping it off after lunch
Monkeys can be aggressive and have sharp teeth.
Des Képis Blancs
Caption: Monkeys can be aggressive and have sharp teeth.
Rainforest Agouti.
Des Képis Blancs
Caption: Rainforest Agouti.
Merel searching for a place to sling her hammock in the rainforest.
Des Képis Blancs
Caption: Merel searching for a place to sling her hammock in the rainforest.
What a Blast!
What a Blast!
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Welcoming Committee
Out of Place and Time
Caption: Welcoming Committee
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
Out of Place and Time
View from our first anchorage
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: View from our first anchorage. The upmarket end of 'new' Sao Luis.
Merel ventures ashore
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Merel ventures ashore. That's her next to the dinghy on the beach talking to some locals.
Patient bird
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Patient bird. These birds stand for ages waiting for a crab to emerge from it's mud burrow.
Stuck in the mud
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Stuck in the mud. When the 7m tide goes out Anjea sinks into the soft mud.
Red Herron
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Red Herron. Many of these spectacular birds come to feed on crabs at low tide.
Merel, Luisa and Eduardo
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Merel, Luisa and Eduardo
Food vendor
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Food vendor
District Sign
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: District Sign. Local signs are beautiful ceramic
Eduardo the wannabe rastafarian
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Eduardo the wannabe rastafarian
Luisa and Eduardo at the Festival
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Luisa and Eduardo at the Festival
Old Town Fascade
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Old Town Fascade
Pre-car streets
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Pre-car streets
Old Town street
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Old Town street
Portuguese Facade
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Portuguese Facade. Many fascades are clad with tiles imported from Portugal
My new head band
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: My new head band
Me on the steps
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Me on the steps
Merel
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Merel
Steps into the Old Town
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Steps into the Old Town
Festival onlooker
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Festival onlooker
Eduardo, Luisa and Merel in the Old Town
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Eduardo, Luisa and Merel in the Old Town
Not so Traditional
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Not so Traditional. Eduardo doesn't know how to translate, Merel wants to know, and Luisa works it out: PUSSY!
Crab in Tequila
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Crab in Tequila. But how does the crab get in the bottle?
The Hat
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: The Hat. Merel looking elegant
Festival Streetscape
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Festival Streetscape
A Heavy Load
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: A Heavy Load. Merel and I both had the urge to run up and help the poor guy
Fascade
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Fascade
More Dancing
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: More Dancing
Impromptu
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Impromptu. This looked like an unrehearsed combo of music and dance but was great!
Musician
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Musician
Is it dance or martial arts?
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Is it dance or martial arts?
The essential juice
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: The essential juice. The dancers and musicians are lubricated with a home-brew version of this.
Now that's a dining table!
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Now that's a dining table!
Me, Luisa, Eduardo and Merel
Sao Luis Brazil
Caption: Me, Luisa, Eduardo and Merel. Sorry about the quality!
The Promised Land
The Promised Land
The Promised Land
The Promised Land
Getting a lift
The Promised Land
Caption: Getting a lift
Kolmanskop
The Promised Land
Caption: Kolmanskop
Kolmanskop
The Promised Land
Caption: Kolmanskop
Merel
The Promised Land
Caption: Merel
Car
The Promised Land
Caption: Car
Ostrich
The Promised Land
Caption: Ostrich
flood
The Promised Land
Caption: flood
dune
The Promised Land
Caption: dune
dune
The Promised Land
Caption: dune
flood
The Promised Land
Caption: flood
rain
The Promised Land
Caption: rain
flat
The Promised Land
Caption: flat
christmas tree
The Promised Land
Caption: christmas tree
Hottentot swell
The Promised Land
Caption: Hottentot swell
Hottentot
The Promised Land
Caption: Hottentot
Swakopmund
The Promised Land
Caption: Swakopmund
Swakopmund
The Promised Land
Caption: Swakopmund
Definition of a pelican
The Promised Land
Caption: Definition of a pelican
Pelican have trained their humans
The Promised Land
Caption: Pelican have trained their humans
Africa goodbye
The Promised Land
Caption: Africa goodbye
Africa future
The Promised Land
Caption: Africa future
Ice Bear
Saint Helena
Caption: Ice Bear
Ice Bear
Saint Helena
Caption: Ice Bear. We arrived at the same time as Kurt, Caroline and Steven on Ice Bear.
Approaching Saint Helena
Saint Helena
Caption: Approaching Saint Helena. It's an isolated volcanic island.
Stairway to Heaven
Saint Helena
Caption: Stairway to Heaven. Originally 700 steps, one step was removed by roadworkers.
The Last Phone Box?
Saint Helena
Caption: The Last Phone Box?. Telephone boxes are still in use.
Ladder Hill Fort Entrance
Saint Helena
Caption: Ladder Hill Fort Entrance
The Barracks, Ladder Hill Fort
Saint Helena
Caption: The Barracks, Ladder Hill Fort
A View of Earth from Heaven
Saint Helena
Caption: A View of Earth from Heaven. The top of Jacob's Ladder is 1,000 feet (~280m) above the bottom.
Jamestown
Saint Helena
Caption: Jamestown
Steve
Saint Helena
Caption: Steve
A Planters House
Saint Helena
Caption: A Planters House
Ringing the Bell
Saint Helena
Caption: Ringing the Bell. The stone rings like a bell when struck.
Eucalypts
Saint Helena
Caption: Eucalypts. All the original vegetation has been stripped. Only introduced species and a few isolated native plants servive.
Lot
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot
Farmland
Saint Helena
Caption: Farmland
Contrasts
Saint Helena
Caption: Contrasts. The contrast between the lush farmland and hills behind could not be more intense.
Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Merel
Valley
Saint Helena
Caption: Valley
Road
Saint Helena
Caption: Road. Roads on the island are narrow and winding.
Agriculture
Saint Helena
Caption: Agriculture. Farming on the island is limited. This was the only herd of cows I saw.
The Fort
Saint Helena
Caption: The Fort. In 1657, Oliver Cromwell granted the East India Company a charter to govern Saint Helena and over the next 200 years the island was fortified and settled with planters.
Embrasure
Saint Helena
Caption: Embrasure. You stick your gun thru the slit and hope the guys on the other side don't see your muzzle flash.
Inside the Fort
Saint Helena
Caption: Inside the Fort. Solid stone walls without windows.
The Fort
Saint Helena
Caption: The Fort
The Ferry
Saint Helena
Caption: The Ferry. Getting from Anjea to shore and back is made easy by the ferry service that does the rounds every hour.
The Ferry
Saint Helena
Caption: The Ferry. It's easy enough when the sea is flat but the landing is open to the sea. When the waves get over a couple of metres nobody goes ashore. In between, it gets exciting!
Perfect Rainbow
Saint Helena
Caption: Perfect Rainbow
Road to the Start of Diana's Peak Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Road to the Start of Diana's Peak Walk
Mount Acheron
Saint Helena
Caption: Mount Acheron. The other end of the ridge from Diana's Peak is Mt Acheron
Fuschia Flowers
Saint Helena
Caption: Fuschia Flowers
White Weed
Saint Helena
Caption: White Weed. An invasive plant that does extremely well on Saint Helena covering large areas.
Diana's Peak
Saint Helena
Caption: Diana's Peak. Being high up, this walk along a ridge is often in the clouds. The vegetation is lush and green and when the clouds permit the views are fabulous.
Merel in the Ute
Saint Helena
Caption: Merel in the Ute. On the way to Sharks Bay.
Me and ???
Saint Helena
Caption: Me and ???
Weather over Sharks Valley
Saint Helena
Caption: Weather over Sharks Valley
Marl
Saint Helena
Caption: Marl. Closeup of the mud.
Ed
Saint Helena
Caption: Ed
Manya Descending Sharks Valley
Saint Helena
Caption: Manya Descending Sharks Valley
Ed
Saint Helena
Caption: Ed. On the way back up Sharks Valley
Rain = Green
Saint Helena
Caption: Rain = Green. It's been a wet year so plenty of lush green against the brown hills.
Ed
Saint Helena
Caption: Ed
Manya
Saint Helena
Caption: Manya
Manya
Saint Helena
Caption: Manya
Me at Sharks Bay
Saint Helena
Caption: Me at Sharks Bay. Yes, yes, Cherryl I know I need a haircut.
Me by Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Me by Merel. At Sharks Bay
Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Merel
Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Merel
Manya
Saint Helena
Caption: Manya
Ed and Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Ed and Merel
Living Dangerously
Saint Helena
Caption: Living Dangerously. This crab and many of his family live there lives at the base of a waterfall.
Manya
Saint Helena
Caption: Manya
Addy at Sharks Bay
Saint Helena
Caption: Addy at Sharks Bay
Tradewind Surf at Sharks Bay
Saint Helena
Caption: Tradewind Surf at Sharks Bay
Closeup of Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helena
Caption: Closeup of Atlantic Ocean
Wild Mango
Saint Helena
Caption: Wild Mango. The path goes under the tangled wild mangoes -- no fruit unfortunately.
The Heart Shaped Waterfall
Saint Helena
Caption: The Heart Shaped Waterfall
Merel
Saint Helena
Caption: Merel. Merel on the way to Lot's Wife's Ponds
Masked Booby
Saint Helena
Caption: Masked Booby. Many nesting boobies along the way to Lot's Wife's Ponds
Masked Booby
Saint Helena
Caption: Masked Booby
Crabs
Saint Helena
Caption: Crabs. They love the excitement of the littoral.
Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk. Crab heaven.
Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Fairy Tern
Saint Helena
Caption: Fairy Tern
Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Saint Helena
Caption: Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
Geologic Profile
Saint Helena
Caption: Geologic Profile. The mix of rocks and soils is amazing.
Rocks
Saint Helena
Caption: Rocks
Typical Jamestown Mainstreet Building
Saint Helena
Caption: Typical Jamestown Mainstreet Building
Jacobs Ladder
Saint Helena
Caption: Jacobs Ladder. A waste of diesel (most electricity on the island is generated by diesel)
Methodist Church
Saint Helena
Caption: Methodist Church
Switchback
Saint Helena
Caption: Switchback. Switchbacks are everywhere on the steep roads and traffic jams are common: two cars traveling in opposite directions can't pass.
Catholic Church
Saint Helena
Caption: Catholic Church. As the sign says, this church was built on the site of a Chinese temple.
Anne's Cafe
Saint Helena
Caption: Anne's Cafe. Anne is gone, but the flags live on. Anne died some years back but it's still the place yachties congregate.
Grafiti in the Fort
Saint Helena
Caption: Grafiti in the Fort
An Alien in South Africa?
An Alien in South Africa?
Naukluft Mountains
Southern Namibia
Caption: Naukluft Mountains
Unnamed Dune Predawn
Southern Namibia
Caption: Unnamed Dune Predawn
Unnamed Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: Unnamed Dune. The two small dots on the ridge -- they are people.
Early Morning Light on Unnamed Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: Early Morning Light on Unnamed Dune
Dune Sunrise
Southern Namibia
Caption: Dune Sunrise
Dune Reflection
Southern Namibia
Caption: Dune Reflection. The bizzare sight of of a desert sand dune reflected in floodwater.
Naukluft Mountains
Southern Namibia
Caption: Naukluft Mountains. The air is clear and clean: it seems you can see forever.
Thompson's Gazelle and Namibian Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: Thompson's Gazelle and Namibian Dune
Oryx in Naukluft Mountains
Southern Namibia
Caption: Oryx in Naukluft Mountains
Naukluft Mountains
Southern Namibia
Caption: Naukluft Mountains. Some parts of the mountains received rain and turned green, others remained dry.
Coming Down the Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: Coming Down the Dune
The Other Way to Climb the Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: The Other Way to Climb the Dune. The boys decided to go straight up instead of following the ridge. They made it.
Matt and Jen
Southern Namibia
Caption: Matt and Jen. Climbing the only accessible dune. The road to Sossusvlei was flooded.
Dune Near Sesriem
Southern Namibia
Caption: Dune Near Sesriem. Before dawn the colors are mute.
Climbing the Dune
Southern Namibia
Caption: Climbing the Dune. As Edmund Hillary replied when asked why he climbed Everest, 'Because it's there'.
The Color of Rain
Southern Namibia
Caption: The Color of Rain. Rain has dusted the landscape with soft green.
Desert Resident
Southern Namibia
Caption: Desert Resident. The desert looks deserted at first glance but when you look closer there are bugs, beetles and lizards everywhere.
How Deep Is It?
Southern Namibia
Caption: How Deep Is It?. Matt contemplates the river after a flash flood closes the road to Sossosvlei.
Exploring Luderitz Peninsula
Southern Namibia
Caption: Exploring Luderitz Peninsula
Fjord
Southern Namibia
Caption: Fjord. A yacht the size of Anjea would just about fit into this deep but narrow inlet.
Dry Coastal Dunes
Southern Namibia
Caption: Dry Coastal Dunes. While the inland mountains enjoyed rare rain the coastal dunes around Luderitz remained dry.
Flamingos in Flight
Southern Namibia
Caption: Flamingos in Flight
Luderitz Lighthouse
Southern Namibia
Caption: Luderitz Lighthouse
Bartolemeu Diaz' Padrão
Southern Namibia
Caption: Bartolemeu Diaz' Padrão. Marker for the stone pillar left by Diaz on his African voyage in 1488.
Leaving Richards Bay
Leaving Richards Bay
Rod and Michelle
Leaving Richards Bay
Caption: Rod and Michelle
Rod and I
Leaving Richards Bay
Caption: Rod and I
Anjea being painted.
Leaving Richards Bay
Caption: Anjea being painted.
Walter
St Francis
Caption: Walter. With Warrior, the racing boat he sailed, in Port Elizabeth
Walter
St Francis
Caption: Walter. Watering the garden at home. Water is restricted so garden water comes from tanks.
Bird
St Francis
Caption: Bird
Big Old Bull
St Francis
Caption: Big Old Bull
Warthog
St Francis
Caption: Warthog. Nice chops, pity about the warts.
Lazy Lions
St Francis
Caption: Lazy Lions. We saw a pride of lions lazing around, unfussed by all the fresh meat in cars.
Dirty Boy
St Francis
Caption: Dirty Boy. A very muddy elephant.
Dung Beetles
St Francis
Caption: Dung Beetles. With 600 elephants to clean up after these guys never finish.
Boys will be Boys
St Francis
Caption: Boys will be Boys. A group of young bulls having fun.
Tortoise
St Francis
Caption: Tortoise
Ha ha ha!
St Francis
Caption: Ha ha ha!
Walter and Merel
St Francis
Caption: Walter and Merel. Walter entertained us with great stories of his sailing exploits.
Walter and I
Cape Town
Caption: Walter and I
Merel Steering
St Francis
Caption: Merel Steering
Danger Point Light House
Cape Town
Caption: Danger Point Light House
Walter at V&A
Cape Town
Caption: Walter at V&A. Arriving in Cape Town on a yacht for the 38th time.
V&A Marina Arrival
Cape Town
Caption: V&A Marina Arrival. We circle while waiting for the Bascule Bridge to open.
Bascule Bridge, Cape Town
Cape Town
Caption: Bascule Bridge, Cape Town. The second of two opening bridges.
Anemone
Cape Town
Caption: Anemone
Ray
Cape Town
Caption: Ray
Cape Penguin
Cape Town
Caption: Cape Penguin
Dancing on the Roof
Cape Town
Caption: Dancing on the Roof. Merel tests the transparent floor of the MOCCA roof.
Maybe I can break it this time!
Cape Town
Caption: Maybe I can break it this time!
Didn't Break!
Cape Town
Caption: Didn't Break!. Dancing on the roof of the MOCCA silos
Merel Outside Zeitz MOCCA
Cape Town
Caption: Merel Outside Zeitz MOCCA. The Museum Of Contemporary Art is housed in a re-architected set of silos.
MOCCA
Cape Town
Caption: MOCCA. There is a hotel above the silos.
MOCCA Roof
Cape Town
Caption: MOCCA Roof. The roof is semi-transparent.
Escher
Cape Town
Caption: Escher. Staircase at MOCCA
Looking Down
Cape Town
Caption: Looking Down. From the top of the silos at Zeitz MOCCA.
MOCCA Floor
Cape Town
Caption: MOCCA Floor
MOCCA Ceiling
Cape Town
Caption: MOCCA Ceiling
MOCCA Silos
Cape Town
Caption: MOCCA Silos
Inside MOCCA silos
Cape Town
Caption: Inside MOCCA silos
Zeitz MOCCA
Cape Town
Caption: Zeitz MOCCA
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Town
Caption: Cape of Good Hope
Surf
Cape Town
Caption: Surf. Cape of Good Hope is open to spectacular swell.
Simonstown
Cape Town
Caption: Simonstown. Just over the mountain from Cape Town.
False Bay
Cape Town
Caption: False Bay. Those little specks on the beach are people.
The Flats
Cape Town
Caption: The Flats. Most of Cape Town's population live here
Merel and Leprechaun
Cape Town
Caption: Merel and Leprechaun. Merel meets a fellow Irishman.
A Sip of ... Water.
Cape Town
Caption: A Sip of ... Water.. At Spiers wine farm.
Wine Cellar at Neetlingshaus
Cape Town
Caption: Wine Cellar at Neetlingshaus
Me, Merel, Beattie and Ken
Cape Town
Caption: Me, Merel, Beattie and Ken. At Neetlingshoff for a wine and food pairing.
Wine Pairing
Cape Town
Caption: Wine Pairing. Food and wine from Neetlingshoff
Old Stuff
Cape Town
Caption: Old Stuff. Outside Muratie Cellars in Stellenbosch.
Muratie
Cape Town
Caption: Muratie. Muratie wine farm dining room.
Dancing Seal
Cape Town
Caption: Dancing Seal. V&A marina is inhabited by a large population of these animals.
The Mountain
Cape Town
Caption: The Mountain. Wherever you are in Cape Town, Table Mountain is there.
Contortionist
Cape Town
Caption: Contortionist. Dancer, yogi, contortionist, this guy was amazing.
Contortionist
Cape Town
Caption: Contortionist
Contortionist
Cape Town
Caption: Contortionist
For Sale
Cape Town
Caption: For Sale. An iconic Cape Town pub. You can buy it if you want.
Walter on the Bus
Cape Town
Caption: Walter on the Bus
Ado Elephant Park
St Francis
Caption: Ado Elephant Park. Jacqui did all the driving.
Classic Cape Town
Cape Town
Caption: Classic Cape Town
Old and New
Cape Town
Caption: Old and New
Walter
Cape Town
Caption: Walter. Outside his favorite pub, Mama Africa.
Fish
Cape Town
Caption: Fish
Lies. This incorrect label cost me and the hydraulic engineer days of pain.
Richardsbay
Caption: Lies. This incorrect label cost me and the hydraulic engineer days of pain.
Treated But Not Cured
Treated But Not Cured
A 1,300km Tanzanian Safari
A 1,300km Tanzanian Safari
02 CB and Das' Bunting
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 02 CB and Das' Bunting. They got it it up, but will they ever get it down?
04 Tony
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 04 Tony. Married life hasn't changed him. Yet.
08 Roy Has a Present
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 08 Roy Has a Present
09 And it is Beautifully Wrapped
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 09 And it is Beautifully Wrapped. (Not)
06 DJ Karina
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 06 DJ Karina
10 Sailor's Gift Wrapping
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 10 Sailor's Gift Wrapping
12 The Knife is Passed to Gene
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 12 The Knife is Passed to Gene
11 Bloody Dynema!
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 11 Bloody Dynema!
13 Gene has a Go
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 13 Gene has a Go
14 This Knife is Blunt!
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 14 This Knife is Blunt!
15 Success! But What Is It?
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 15 Success! But What Is It?
16 Realization Begins
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 16 Realization Begins
17 But Really, What Is It?
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 17 But Really, What Is It?. Tony knows.
18 Now They Get It!
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 18 Now They Get It!
19 Champers All Round
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 19 Champers All Round
20 Cutting the Cake
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 20 Cutting the Cake
21 And More Dancing
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 21 And More Dancing
07 And there was Dancing
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 07 And there was Dancing
01 Flags are Flying
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 01 Flags are Flying. Roy's ensign is bigger than anyone elses'
03 Sally and Tony Arrive
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 03 Sally and Tony Arrive. They got hitched at the Registry Office.
05 Gene Played
Sally And Tony S Wedding
Caption: 05 Gene Played
Mbahe Farm
Lake Natron
Caption: Mbahe Farm. Our first stop is Simon Mtuy's beautiful permaculture farm in the Kilimanjaro foothills.
The Farm
Lake Natron
Caption: The Farm. Roy strolling through the permaculture gardens at the farm.
Window
Lake Natron
Caption: Window. My room was built mostly of recycled materials.
Permaculture Garden
Lake Natron
Caption: Permaculture Garden. Like the entire area, everything at the farm is inspired by permaculture.
Dining
Lake Natron
Caption: Dining. Food from the farm, except meat, and I am standing in front of a big open fire.
Red Hot Poker Plant
Lake Natron
Caption: Red Hot Poker Plant
Yep, It's a Door
Lake Natron
Caption: Yep, It's a Door
Malaika
Lake Natron
Caption: Malaika
Do I Have to Smile?
Lake Natron
Caption: Do I Have to Smile?
Male Chameleon
Lake Natron
Caption: Male Chameleon. Males have horns on their head.
Female Chameleon
Lake Natron
Caption: Female Chameleon. Females lack horns.
David Attenborough
Lake Natron
Caption: David Attenborough. Roy with a chameleon, doing his best to look like David Attenborough.
DSC_7621
Lake Natron
Caption: DSC_7621
Lilly
Lake Natron
Caption: Lilly
Goats
Lake Natron
Caption: Goats. Domestic animals are kept close to the house, traditionally inside the house.
Kid
Lake Natron
Caption: Kid
Local Boys
Lake Natron
Caption: Local Boys
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Lake Natron
Caption: DSC_7764
House
Lake Natron
Caption: House
Simon
Lake Natron
Caption: Simon. Simon Mtuy is a wonderful host, but is also a serious campaigner and fund raiser for the local Chagga people.
Everything Grows
Lake Natron
Caption: Everything Grows
Crossing a Stream
Lake Natron
Caption: Crossing a Stream. Simon Mtuy helps the girls keep their feet dry.
SBB
Lake Natron
Caption: SBB. (Twitcher-speak for Small Brown Bird)
Marina, Miriam and Malaika
Lake Natron
Caption: Marina, Miriam and Malaika
The Heywood's Model Agency
Lake Natron
Caption: The Heywood's Model Agency. Marina, Miriam and Malaika
The Heywoods
Lake Natron
Caption: The Heywoods
DSC_7965
Lake Natron
Caption: DSC_7965
Cress
Lake Natron
Caption: Cress. Watercress is cultivated in every waterway.
Under Construction
Lake Natron
Caption: Under Construction. Houses take many years to build as money and resources are found.
Reluctant Cow
Lake Natron
Caption: Reluctant Cow
Shy Girl, Shy Cow
Lake Natron
Caption: Shy Girl, Shy Cow
Bold Girl, Shy Cow
Lake Natron
Caption: Bold Girl, Shy Cow
Marina
Lake Natron
Caption: Marina. An Angel - well, sometimes.
Marangu Gate
Lake Natron
Caption: Marangu Gate. Approaching the National Park Gate, the official start of the walk to the summit of Kilimanjaro.
The Crew at the Summit
Lake Natron
Caption: The Crew at the Summit. A model of the mountain for climbers who don't want to spend 6 days getting to the top.
Malaika and Marina at the Top
Lake Natron
Caption: Malaika and Marina at the Top. Our subsititute for climbing the real thing is a model of the mountain just inside the Marangu Gate.
The Height of Our Fantasy
Lake Natron
Caption: The Height of Our Fantasy. This is as high as we got. Maybe I will climb the real thing next time...
Our Host
Lake Natron
Caption: Our Host. Simon is our host at Mbahe Farm. His record has since been broken by younger runners he helped train.
First Guide
Lake Natron
Caption: First Guide. He guided many people to the top of Kilimanjaro in his 125 years.
The Marangu Gate
Lake Natron
Caption: The Marangu Gate. Our party at the start of the 6 day walk to the top of Kilimanjaro. No we did not actually walk to the real summit.
Like Old Wine, Crusty but Benign
Lake Natron
Caption: Like Old Wine, Crusty but Benign
Marina
Lake Natron
Caption: Marina. Defying the cold water. There are permanent glaciers at the top of Kilimanjaro.
Miriam
Lake Natron
Caption: Miriam. Mother of two beautiful girls and Arthur's wife.
Dancing on Rocks
Lake Natron
Caption: Dancing on Rocks. Us old farts are not as nibble as we used to be.
Waterfall
Lake Natron
Caption: Waterfall. One of several waterfalls.
Beauty and the Beast
Lake Natron
Caption: Beauty and the Beast. Here is proof that Roy can be nice to children!
Waterfall and pool
Lake Natron
Caption: Waterfall and pool
Malaika
Lake Natron
Caption: Malaika
In the Tree House
Lake Natron
Caption: In the Tree House
Traditional Chagga House
Lake Natron
Caption: Traditional Chagga House
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Lake Natron
Caption: DSC_8271
Traditional Chagga House Sign
Lake Natron
Caption: Traditional Chagga House Sign
Dawn over Lake Natron
Lake Natron
Caption: Dawn over Lake Natron. Our second stop is Årke Lindstrom's Lake Natron Camp. So gob-smackingly amazing I failed to take any pics till the second day.
Pelican
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai. It is an active volcano that last erupted in 1960.
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Roy
Lake Natron
Caption: Roy. Avid biologist.
Grey Headed Gull
Lake Natron
Caption: Grey Headed Gull
Pelican Family
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican Family
Lizard
Lake Natron
Caption: Lizard
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Elegant Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: Elegant Flamingos
Giraffe against Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Giraffe against Ol Doinyo Lengai
Giraffe
Lake Natron
Caption: Giraffe. Surely the most graceful of animals.
Waterfall
Lake Natron
Caption: Waterfall. Arthur risks a wet camera.
My Favorite Wild Child
Lake Natron
Caption: My Favorite Wild Child
Wilson and Marina
Lake Natron
Caption: Wilson and Marina
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Classic Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Classic Ol Doinyo Lengai
Tree and Zebra
Lake Natron
Caption: Tree and Zebra
Crikey! A Tourist!
Lake Natron
Caption: Crikey! A Tourist!
Zebra Family
Lake Natron
Caption: Zebra Family
Arthur and Miriam
Lake Natron
Caption: Arthur and Miriam
They're Off!
Lake Natron
Caption: They're Off!
Zebra Filly
Lake Natron
Caption: Zebra Filly
Our Mountain
Lake Natron
Caption: Our Mountain. Ol Doinyo Lengai is the background to everything.
Myrrh
Lake Natron
Caption: Myrrh. The resin is used as an analgesic and perfume.
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai. The lava flows stretch for many kilometres around the mountain.
Enroute Flamingo Colony
Lake Natron
Caption: Enroute Flamingo Colony. To call it a track is to exagerate. It's just a bush bash thru the pensinsula to the island colony.
Early Morning at the Flamingo Colony
Lake Natron
Caption: Early Morning at the Flamingo Colony
Årke
Lake Natron
Caption: Årke. Our host at Lake Natron Camp, Årke took some great shots.
Greater Flamingo
Lake Natron
Caption: Greater Flamingo
Flasher
Lake Natron
Caption: Flasher. The brilliant pink-orange underwing flash of color is caused by the extreme alkalinity of the lake supporting algae, crustaceans and brine-shrimp containing carotenoids that the birds react to.
Flamingo Island
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingo Island. Most birds are nesting.
Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingos. An early morning visit to the Greater Flamingo nesting site.
Lesser Flamingo
Lake Natron
Caption: Lesser Flamingo. Both the Greater and Lesser Flamingo are present but the Lesser Flamingo is rarer.
Flamingo Flight
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingo Flight. It can be hard to tell one end from the other.
Flamingo Runway
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingo Runway. They run on those long spindly legs before comitting themselves to their wings.
Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingos
Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingos
Maasai Guide
Lake Natron
Caption: Maasai Guide. This man guided us through a trackless wilderness of grass and acacia to the flamingo nesting site.
From my tent
Lake Natron
Caption: From my tent. Being a carbonatite volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai's lava causes the lake to be highly alkaline with a pH around 12.
Snake Eagle Takeoff
Lake Natron
Caption: Snake Eagle Takeoff
Goats
Lake Natron
Caption: Goats. Maasai herd of goats.
Pelican Parade
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican Parade
Pelican
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican
Pelican in Flight
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican in Flight
Pelicans in Flight
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelicans in Flight
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai
Wildebeest
Lake Natron
Caption: Wildebeest. With Ol Doinyo Lengai in the background
Wilson and Rock
Lake Natron
Caption: Wilson and Rock. Wilson explains that the rock was used for protection.
Sundowners
Lake Natron
Caption: Sundowners. Wilson leads us to the spring, our sundowner destination for today.
A Study in Contrasts
Lake Natron
Caption: A Study in Contrasts. The beauty of the contrasting landscapes brought tears to my eyes.
Arthur, Malaika and Marina
Lake Natron
Caption: Arthur, Malaika and Marina. Cooling off in the spring.
The Odd Bunch
Lake Natron
Caption: The Odd Bunch. A single greater flamingo wades with a spoonbill, a sacred ibis and a bunch of lesser flamingos.
More Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: More Flamingos
Fish
Lake Natron
Caption: Fish. The pool at the spring has vast numbers of small fish that nibble your toes.
Desert Rose
Lake Natron
Caption: Desert Rose. This strange plant has an enormous trunk (that someone has bored a hole in), very few leaves, and masses of beautiful flowers.
Flamingos
Lake Natron
Caption: Flamingos
Zebra
Lake Natron
Caption: Zebra
Pelican
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelican
How to Frighten the Birds
Lake Natron
Caption: How to Frighten the Birds. Birdwatching be buggered! Chasing them is much more fun for Marina.
Ready for Takeoff
Lake Natron
Caption: Ready for Takeoff
Feathers are Collectibles
Lake Natron
Caption: Feathers are Collectibles. This looks like a pelican feather but the flamingo feathers are awesome.
Wilson and Marina
Lake Natron
Caption: Wilson and Marina. A short wade got us from the mainland to the island for our final sundowners.
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Lake Natron
Caption: DSC_9656
Pelicans in Flight
Lake Natron
Caption: Pelicans in Flight
Sundowners on the Island
Lake Natron
Caption: Sundowners on the Island. We waded out to a small island for our last sundowner.
Sunset from the Island
Lake Natron
Caption: Sunset from the Island
Last Sunset
Lake Natron
Caption: Last Sunset. Our last sunset at Lake Natron Camp.
Malaika on the Island
Lake Natron
Caption: Malaika on the Island. Everyone enjoyed sundowners at Lake Natron because we always went to a different place.
Roy Enjoys a Beer
Lake Natron
Caption: Roy Enjoys a Beer. Our last sundowner at Lake Natron.
Me at Sunset
Lake Natron
Caption: Me at Sunset
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Lake Natron
Caption: Ol Doinyo Lengai. (The mountain of God)
My Villa at the Lodge
Lake Natron
Caption: My Villa at the Lodge
My room at the Lodge
Lake Natron
Caption: My room at the Lodge
Setee in my Villa
Lake Natron
Caption: Setee in my Villa. The lodge is beautifully furnished.
Tourists on the Lake
Lake Natron
Caption: Tourists on the Lake. I have no idea who they are but they took more photos than I did!
The Lake at Ngare Sero Lodge
Lake Natron
Caption: The Lake at Ngare Sero Lodge. The lodge has an extensive waterway with trout farm, energy recovery and this beautiful lake.
Common Room
Lake Natron
Caption: Common Room. The Ngare Sero lodge common room has the biggest fireplace I've seen for a long time.
Common Room at Ngare Sero
Lake Natron
Caption: Common Room at Ngare Sero
Kilimanjaro at Sunset
Lake Natron
Caption: Kilimanjaro at Sunset. Our only view of the summit was from Moshi, 65 km away, on the last day. A rare sight.
Two Birds on a Lake
Lake Natron
Caption: Two Birds on a Lake. The lake at the Ngare Sero Lodge is popular with birds.
Perfect Begonias
Lake Natron
Caption: Perfect Begonias. Everything grows to perfection on the slopes of Kilimanjaro
The Essential and Exquisite Pleasure of Pissing
The Essential and Exquisite Pleasure of Pissing
Bar Near Muheza
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Bar Near Muheza
Father and Son
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Father and Son. Nathan and his father Arthur.
A Park Surrounds the Bar
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: A Park Surrounds the Bar. The bar on the outskirts of Meheza is surrounded by manicured gardens.
Tanga Yacht Club at Sunset
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Tanga Yacht Club at Sunset. Around the circle starting far left: Das, Roy, Happy, CB, Terry, Malaika, Arthur, Gerhard, Karina and the irrepressible Marina. Anjea is just visible to the right of the bell.
Bike Dirt
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Bike Dirt. Me on arrival back at the club, covered with dust. Photo by Malaika, age 6.
Dow and Anjea
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Dow and Anjea. Anjea is the middle boat with the tent.
Our bikes
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Our bikes. We stopped for a coke in a small village.
The Beast
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: The Beast. While taking a drinks break in a village near Gombero.
The main street
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: The main street. Chickens, goats and people dodge the traffic in the main street.
Tanzanian River between Gambero and Muheza
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Tanzanian River between Gambero and Muheza
River
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: River
Arthur and the Bikes
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Arthur and the Bikes
Mabayani Reservoir
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Mabayani Reservoir
Mabanyani Reservoir with East Usambara Hills
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Caption: Mabanyani Reservoir with East Usambara Hills
No Antidote for FGF*
No Antidote for FGF*
Ratco bus
The Child In Charge
Caption: Ratco bus
Overturned truck
The Child In Charge
Caption: Overturned truck
The Child
The Child In Charge
Caption: The Child
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Kilometre Zero
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Kilometre Zero
Marine Traffic
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Marine Traffic
Maldives
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Maldives
Storm
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Storm
Alby
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Alby
Whirlpool
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Whirlpool
Tanga Yacht Club
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Caption: Tanga Yacht Club
The Market
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Market
Young Stallholder
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Young Stallholder. At the market
Market Stallholder
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Market Stallholder
Outside the Entrance to Amboni Caves
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Outside the Entrance to Amboni Caves. Charles on the left and the guide on the right.
Amboni Caves
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Amboni Caves
Amboni Caves Gallery
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Amboni Caves Gallery
Inside the Entrance to Amboni Caves
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Inside the Entrance to Amboni Caves. The caves are extensive, one person found his way to Mombasa 50 miles away!
Circular Chamber
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Circular Chamber
Another Circular Gallery
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Another Circular Gallery. There were many of these deep circular galleries.
Bat Patterns
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Bat Patterns. The caves are full of bats that create these weird patterns on the ceiling.
The Ship
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Ship
Scorpion
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Scorpion. Our guide called this a scorpion. It's about 40 cm across those long arms.
Tree Roots
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Tree Roots. They look like stalactites but are live roots.
The Mosque
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Mosque
The Penis
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Penis. There is a whole gallery of rather explicit material!
The Church
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Church. Our guide had a name for every gallery and formation.
The Aeroplane
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: The Aeroplane. Charles hams it for the camera.
Daylight At Last!
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Daylight At Last!
Fresh Air At Last
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Fresh Air At Last
Disused German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Disused German Bridge
Disused German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Disused German Bridge
Charles on the Old German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Charles on the Old German Bridge
Charles With Motorbike in Background
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Charles With Motorbike in Background. My transport, translator and general fixer.
Dawn on the way to Pangani
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Dawn on the way to Pangani. Charles on the left and George, the driver, on the right. Sisal plants in the background.
Water Lilly Lake
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Water Lilly Lake. It is the beginning of the dry season so lakes are all full.
Bird
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Bird
White-thoated Beeeater on a Dead Branch
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: White-thoated Beeeater on a Dead Branch. Not too sure about this one but it's definitely a bird!
Giraffe
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Giraffe
Giraffe
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Giraffe
Male Water Buck
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Male Water Buck
Boggy National Park Road
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Boggy National Park Road
Bird
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Bird
Zebras
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Zebras. The only mob of zebra we saw.
Hornbill
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Hornbill
Beeeater
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Beeeater. Is there any other noun with three e's?
Bush Pig
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Bush Pig. The pigs are safe because the villagers are Muslim!
Trusty Toyota MPV
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Trusty Toyota MPV
Saadani National Park Road
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Saadani National Park Road. Rare sight of a good road.
Beeeater on a Wire
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Beeeater on a Wire
Madagascar Beeeater
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Madagascar Beeeater
George Inspecting the Road
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: George Inspecting the Road. Yes, we made it through!
Flamingo
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Flamingo. They look a lot more elegant on the ground.
Flamingos
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Flamingos
National Park Road
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: National Park Road. Roads were only just passable in our non 4WD people mover.
Saadani Village Restaurant
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Saadani Village Restaurant. Coconut thatch is popular because it is cooler than corrugated steel but steel doesn't need replacement every couple of years.
Hippopotomuses
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Hippopotomuses. The only mob of hippos we saw.
Hippos
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Hippos
Bush Pigs
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Bush Pigs. They kneel to feed.
Baboons are Common.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Baboons are Common.
Baboon
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Baboon. Baboons are everywhere.
Saadani National Park Beach
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Saadani National Park Beach
Remains of a Slave Warehouse
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Remains of a Slave Warehouse. Slaves were kept in the basement until they were transported by dhow to Zanzibar where they were sold in the streets.
Slave Warehouse
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Slave Warehouse
Pangani Slave Warehouse
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Pangani Slave Warehouse
Pangani Slave Trade House
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Caption: Pangani Slave Trade House
Bus Stop Vendors
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Bus Stop Vendors
Roadside village
Tanga Tanzania
Caption: Roadside village. A typical sight on the road from Tanga to Dar es Salaam
Indian Ocean Sky
Indian Ocean
Caption: Indian Ocean Sky
Sabang Boat
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Boat
Sabang Shoreline
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Shoreline
Weh Landscape
Indian Ocean
Caption: Weh Landscape. Sabang is situated on the island of Weh, which is quite hilly inland.
Gay Sabang Boats
Indian Ocean
Caption: Gay Sabang Boats
Sabang Main Street
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Main Street
Colonial Era Building
Indian Ocean
Caption: Colonial Era Building. Sabang has many old building from the Dutch colonial era
Sabang Foreshore
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Foreshore
Sabang Park Attendant
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Park Attendant
Sabang Bay
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Bay
Sabang Township
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Township
Anjea in Sabang
Indian Ocean
Caption: Anjea in Sabang
Jean Marie
Indian Ocean
Caption: Jean Marie. Jean Marie in Sabang, Indonesia, We left Sabang at the same time.
Sabang Jetty
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Jetty
Sabang Harbour
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Harbour. Jean Marie and Anjea are in the middle distance
Sabang Harbour Masters Office
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Harbour Masters Office. The building dates to the 1800's but has been 'renovated' Indonesian-style.
Sabang Cat
Indian Ocean
Caption: Sabang Cat
The River of iPhones
Indian Ocean
Caption: The River of iPhones
The Swell
Indian Ocean
Caption: The Swell. The swell was usually less than 1m with choppy waves on top of that.
Late Afternoon Clouds
Indian Ocean
Caption: Late Afternoon Clouds
Spinnaker
Indian Ocean
Caption: Spinnaker. Yay!! It flies!
The Office
Indian Ocean
Caption: The Office. I take the wheel off when underway. The autopilot steers Anjea reliably for days on end.
Indian Ocean Swells
Indian Ocean
Caption: Indian Ocean Swells. Long, slow, easy swells.
Indian Ocean Clouds
Indian Ocean
Caption: Indian Ocean Clouds
The Back Porch
Indian Ocean
Caption: The Back Porch. The seat where I spend a lot of my time outside.
The First Dhow
Indian Ocean
Caption: The First Dhow
The Magic Is About To Start
The Magic Is About To Start
Long-tailed macaque
Rebak Island
Caption: Long-tailed macaque. Forty thousands macaques are 'used' every year in the name of science.
Young Longtailed Macaque
Rebak Island
Caption: Young Longtailed Macaque
Hermit crab.
Rebak Island
Caption: Hermit crab.. The other name for the Long-Tailed Macaque is the Crab-Eating Monkey
Rebak marina panorama
Rebak Island
Caption: Rebak marina panorama
Rebak Marina
Rebak Island
Caption: Rebak Marina
Teddy on a rainy day
Rebak Island
Caption: Teddy on a rainy day
Joggers.
Rebak Island
Caption: Joggers.. A rare sight, apart from me.
Fast ferry
Rebak Island
Caption: Fast ferry. Two 250 HP outboards push these boats along at well over 20 knots.
The Marina entrance.
Rebak Island
Caption: The Marina entrance.
Morning light on my running track.
Rebak Island
Caption: Morning light on my running track.
Langkawi in the distance
Rebak Island
Caption: Langkawi in the distance
View from Rebak towards Langkawi
Rebak Island
Caption: View from Rebak towards Langkawi
The island is under the flight path.
Rebak Island
Caption: The island is under the flight path.
The resort.
Rebak Island
Caption: The resort.. There's a 'deep south' feel to the resort buildings.
Resort grounds.
Rebak Island
Caption: Resort grounds.
Rebak beach at low tide.
Rebak Island
Caption: Rebak beach at low tide.
Rebak beach.
Rebak Island
Caption: Rebak beach.
The yoga pavillion
Rebak Island
Caption: The yoga pavillion. The only use I've ever seen for this area is morning yoga.
Back to Java
Back to Java
Station Staff
Java
Caption: Station Staff. line up to wish us bon voyage.
Java from the Train
Java
Caption: Java from the Train. Taken somewhere between Bandung and Yogyakarta.
Jogja Hostel.
Java
Caption: Jogja Hostel.. Good inexpensive accommodation.
Oh Dear
Java
Caption: Oh Dear
Stoneage Figure
Java
Caption: Stoneage Figure
Prehistoric Relief
Java
Caption: Prehistoric Relief. I think it is a rubbing from an ancient stone carving
How to Live.
Java
Caption: How to Live.. Yep, it was all there in 600AD, if you can read Arabic.
Guard.
Java
Caption: Guard.. The big waddy is for keeping evil spirits in line.
Birth and Death.
Java
Caption: Birth and Death.. The bed on the right is for birthing, the other for dying. Don't get them confused!
Ouch!
Java
Caption: Ouch!
Garduda
Java
Caption: Garduda. The eagle is revered everywhere it seems.
The Battle for Yogyakarta.
Java
Caption: The Battle for Yogyakarta.. Lifesize diorama.
Becaks.
Java
Caption: Becaks.. Traditional rickshaws or pedicabs.
Indonesian Wiring
Java
Caption: Indonesian Wiring
Gamelan Band
Java
Caption: Gamelan Band
Traditional Upside-Down Coffee
Java
Caption: Traditional Upside-Down Coffee. You need good teeth for this stuff.
Sunrise from Borodudur
Java
Caption: Sunrise from Borodudur
Borobudur
Java
Caption: Borobudur
Borodudur Tourists
Java
Caption: Borodudur Tourists
Me at Borodudur
Java
Caption: Me at Borodudur. Taken by Joy.
Dawn at Borobudur
Java
Caption: Dawn at Borobudur
Borobudur Upper Level
Java
Caption: Borobudur Upper Level. Each stupa encloses a statue of Buddha
Borodudur Lion with Joy
Java
Caption: Borodudur Lion with Joy
Borodudur Lion (800AD)
Java
Caption: Borodudur Lion (800AD). Clearly a very long time even then since anyone in Java had seen a lion!
Borobudur Relief Sculpture
Java
Caption: Borobudur Relief Sculpture. Every one of the thousands of panels tells a story.
Borobudur Relief Sculptures
Java
Caption: Borobudur Relief Sculptures. The lower levels are covered with relief sculptures.
Base of Borobudur
Java
Caption: Base of Borobudur
Joy at Borobudur
Java
Caption: Joy at Borobudur
Borodudur Ground Level
Java
Caption: Borodudur Ground Level. Borodudur is massive.
Man with Borobudur Lion
Java
Caption: Man with Borobudur Lion
Prambanan Approaches
Java
Caption: Prambanan Approaches
Temple
Java
Caption: Temple
One of the Main Temples
Java
Caption: One of the Main Temples. There are 3 main temples.
Frieze
Java
Caption: Frieze. Like Borobudur, Prambanan is there to tell stories.
A Prambanan Lion
Java
Caption: A Prambanan Lion
Brahma
Java
Caption: Brahma
Brahma, The Creator
Java
Caption: Brahma, The Creator. One of the three Trimurti, each of whom has a large temple.
The Three Main Temples
Java
Caption: The Three Main Temples. One for each of the Trimurti: Brahma,Vishnu, and Shiva.
Partially Restored
Java
Caption: Partially Restored. If you are good at 3D jigsaws then Prambanan has a challenge for you.
Prambanan
Java
Caption: Prambanan. The largest hindu temple in the world.
Malang City Hall
Java
Caption: Malang City Hall. Just around the corner from my hotel the city hall is just one of many fine buildings and gardens.
Malang Streetscape
Java
Caption: Malang Streetscape
Malang Heroic Statue
Java
Caption: Malang Heroic Statue. The slain giant represents Japan and the Netherlands
Hotel Entrance
Java
Caption: Hotel Entrance. I stayed here in Malang. Excellent.
The River in Malang
Java
Caption: The River in Malang
Malang Houses
Java
Caption: Malang Houses
Church of St Immanuel
Java
Caption: Church of St Immanuel. Originally a Dutch protestant church, it still houses a bible from 1681.
Masjid Jami' Malang
Java
Caption: Masjid Jami' Malang. The old main mosque has been restored and repaired many times.
Malang Girls
Java
Caption: Malang Girls
Squirrel for Sale
Java
Caption: Squirrel for Sale. The animal market in Malang
Birds for Sale
Java
Caption: Birds for Sale
Green Lizards for Sale
Java
Caption: Green Lizards for Sale
Serpents for Sale
Java
Caption: Serpents for Sale
Old Dutch Building
Java
Caption: Old Dutch Building
Idjen Boulevard
Java
Caption: Idjen Boulevard. Lined with fine old houses, some virtually palaces.
Cathedral of St Teresa
Java
Caption: Cathedral of St Teresa. A catholic cathedral built in 1934 and now named for St Mary.
Traffic Clown, I mean Cop
Java
Caption: Traffic Clown, I mean Cop. Looks like he's been run over a few times
Stone Sculpture in Hutan Kota Malabar
Java
Caption: Stone Sculpture in Hutan Kota Malabar. Just this isolated piece. No other sculpture in the forest.
Pathway
Java
Caption: Pathway. Hutan Kota Malabar is a forest in the middle of Malang, sponsored by Otsuka, a Japanese pharmaceutical company.
Malang Traffic
Java
Caption: Malang Traffic
A Dangerous Dance
Java
Caption: A Dangerous Dance. The traffic police are amazing.
Bung Tomo's Car
Java
Caption: Bung Tomo's Car. He was a rabble-rouser on the right side of the struggle for independence (~1945) and thus a hero
The Heroes Monument Surabaya
Java
Caption: The Heroes Monument Surabaya. There is a museum under the monument.
10th November Mural
Java
Caption: 10th November Mural. Depicts the battle for Surabaya on 10th November 1945.
Old House in Surabaya
Java
Caption: Old House in Surabaya
Old Quarter
Java
Caption: Old Quarter. Surabaya's old streets are lined with Dutch architecture.
Chinese Architecture
Java
Caption: Chinese Architecture. Many old Dutch and Chinese buildings still stand in Surabaya - some preserved, some not.
My Guide to Surabaya
Java
Caption: My Guide to Surabaya. Not much English but he worked out what I wanted.
Surabaya Traffic
Java
Caption: Surabaya Traffic. As it is everywhere in Java
Local Shipping in Surabaya
Java
Caption: Local Shipping in Surabaya. My guide to Surabuya in front of what seems like a very overloaded ship.
Me at Surabaya Harbour
Java
Caption: Me at Surabaya Harbour
Rebak Ferry
Java
Caption: Rebak Ferry. Anjea has a 50hp diesel. With ten times the power the ferry got me home in a hurry!
Rebak Marina - Home
Java
Caption: Rebak Marina - Home. The plane I arrived on returns. Anjea is to the right, out of frame.
Jakarta Station Porter
Java
Caption: Jakarta Station Porter. You won't find service like this at an airport.
The Train to Bandung
Java
Caption: The Train to Bandung. The two young drivers flashed their lights and blasted their horn for show.
Inside Jami' Mosque
Java
Caption: Inside Jami' Mosque
Bank Mandiri, Bandung
Java
Caption: Bank Mandiri, Bandung. A colonial precursor to ABN AMRO.
Tour Bus Driver
Java
Caption: Tour Bus Driver
Bandung Streets
Java
Caption: Bandung Streets
Mosque .
Java
Caption: Mosque .. Malang Jami' Mosque.
The Train to Jogja.
Java
Caption: The Train to Jogja.. Fast, clean, comfortable.
Go Now or Later?
Go Now or Later?
Planned route
Go Now or Later?
Caption: Planned route from Langkawi to South Africa, leaving January 2020
Anjea
Langkawi
Caption: Anjea. New livery -- orange genoa and boot-top look great.
Scarborough Fish & Chips
Langkawi
Caption: Scarborough Fish & Chips. Mikey, Frederick and Dennis on a Sunday evening.
Chinese Temple
Langkawi
Caption: Chinese Temple. I found this on the hill on Rebak Island, off the beaten track.
Kuah, Pre-Dawn
Langkawi
Caption: Kuah, Pre-Dawn
Teluk Dayang Bunting
Langkawi
Caption: Teluk Dayang Bunting. Teluk Dayang Bunting on the left and Pulau Gubang Darat on the right.
Teluk Dayang Bunting
Langkawi
Caption: Teluk Dayang Bunting. The cliffs are spectacular but the anchorage is exposed to the swell.
Big Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Caption: Big Fishing Boat. Apparently they drink a stupendous amount of beer!
Great anchorage
Langkawi
Caption: Great anchorage. Between Langgun and Dendang Islands
Dayang Bunting Weather
Langkawi
Caption: Dayang Bunting Weather
Protection
Langkawi
Caption: Protection. One end of the Langgun anchorage.
Hangman's Noose
Langkawi
Caption: Hangman's Noose. Clearly, this is where the pirates end their days!
Brahminy Kite
Langkawi
Caption: Brahminy Kite. The symbol of Langkawi.
Brahminy Kite Takes Flight
Langkawi
Caption: Brahminy Kite Takes Flight
Langkawi 'eagle' in flight
Langkawi
Caption: Langkawi 'eagle' in flight. Not actually an eagle but a kite.
Small Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Caption: Small Fishing Boat
Langgun Island
Langkawi
Caption: Langgun Island. A spectacular anchorage between two islands.
Typical Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Caption: Typical Fishing Boat. Many boats like this operate around the islands.
Island and Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Caption: Island and Fishing Boat
Evening at Singa Besar
Langkawi
Caption: Evening at Singa Besar
Exhaust Leak!
Langkawi
Caption: Exhaust Leak!. It's taken 2 years to find this little exhaust leak!
Kuah at Sunset
Langkawi
Caption: Kuah at Sunset
Goodbye Indonesia
Goodbye Indonesia
Back to Sebana Cove
Back to Sebana Cove
Real Talk — Man Overboard
Real Talk — Man Overboard
The Equator, Gearboxes and Trust
The Equator, Gearboxes and Trust
Sailing across the Equator.
Sumatra
Caption: Sailing across the Equator.
Cable ties have all sorts of uses.
Sumatra
Caption: Cable ties have all sorts of uses.. When the nut holding the wheel fell off and was lost, I came up with this solution.
Rain.
Sumatra
Caption: Rain.. This tropical downpour lasted for several hours.
Sail full of rainwater.
Sumatra
Caption: Sail full of rainwater.. The rain was captured by the reefs in the mainsail and the sail bag, distorting the shape and adding a lot of weight.
Gearbox
Sumatra
Caption: Gearbox. The gearbox failed in forward but still operated in reverse.
Deep Chill
Deep Chill
Hong Kong.. View from a Sampan in Aberdeen.
Deep Chill
Caption: Hong Kong.. View from a Sampan in Aberdeen.
Anna and Gary.. Crew and owner, respectively.
Deep Chill
Caption: Anna and Gary.. Crew and owner, respectively.
Hitchhiker.. At one stage we had a bunch of butterflies join us.
Deep Chill
Caption: Hitchhiker.. At one stage we had a bunch of butterflies join us.
Mahi Mahi.. Probably the best fish you can eat. This one jumped on our hook on the third day out of Hong Kong.
Deep Chill
Caption: Mahi Mahi.. Probably the best fish you can eat. This one jumped on our hook on the third day out of Hong Kong.
The Office. Most cats have a comfortable external helm station.
Deep Chill
Caption: The Office. Most cats have a comfortable external helm station.
Hong Kong Flag. We left as a Hong Kong-registered vessel and arrived in Malaysia as a Malaysian-registered vessel, thanks to Gary's magical abilities with bureaucracy.
Deep Chill
Caption: Hong Kong Flag. We left as a Hong Kong-registered vessel and arrived in Malaysia as a Malaysian-registered vessel, thanks to Gary's magical abilities with bureaucracy.
Slam!. Catamarans are prone to 'slamming', when a rough sea collides with the bridge between the hulls.
Deep Chill
Caption: Slam!. Catamarans are prone to 'slamming', when a rough sea collides with the bridge between the hulls.
Big seas behind.. 2 to 3m swells pushed us south to Vietnam.
Deep Chill
Caption: Big seas behind.. 2 to 3m swells pushed us south to Vietnam.
Another Hitchhiker.. We were popular with Egrets -- one landed next to me and rested on my foot as I stood watch one night. It was a strangely touching moment to be trusted that way.
Deep Chill
Caption: Another Hitchhiker.. We were popular with Egrets -- one landed next to me and rested on my foot as I stood watch one night. It was a strangely touching moment to be trusted that way.
Stowaway Egret.. We were followed by a variety of birds but only a few used us for transport.
Deep Chill
Caption: Stowaway Egret.. We were followed by a variety of birds but only a few used us for transport.
First View of Nha Trang.. At first I thought it was a giant antenna, then maybe a satellite dish, then finally it was undeniably a Ferris Wheel!
Deep Chill
Caption: First View of Nha Trang.. At first I thought it was a giant antenna, then maybe a satellite dish, then finally it was undeniably a Ferris Wheel!
Nha Trang Skyline.. It's as modern as it looks and there's a crane on every second building.
Deep Chill
Caption: Nha Trang Skyline.. It's as modern as it looks and there's a crane on every second building.
Nha Trang Beach.. No tourist town is complete without a carpeted beach!
Deep Chill
Caption: Nha Trang Beach.. No tourist town is complete without a carpeted beach!
Retro Gone Wrong.. The bizarre world of Nha Trang. I just don't get how this fits Vietnamese culture. Is it just me?
Deep Chill
Caption: Retro Gone Wrong.. The bizarre world of Nha Trang. I just don't get how this fits Vietnamese culture. Is it just me?
Anna shoots a fish.. Outside the Nha Trang Oceanography Institude.
Deep Chill
Caption: Anna shoots a fish.. Outside the Nha Trang Oceanography Institude.
Vinpearl Land.. Opposite Nga Trang is a gigantic island amusement park.
Deep Chill
Caption: Vinpearl Land.. Opposite Nga Trang is a gigantic island amusement park.
Fouled Propeller. Despite the huge amount of rubbish all through the South China Sea, this was the only piece we tangled with and it was easily cleared.
Deep Chill
Caption: Fouled Propeller. Despite the huge amount of rubbish all through the South China Sea, this was the only piece we tangled with and it was easily cleared.
Vietnamese Fishing Boat.. They are beautiful boats with rakish style!
Deep Chill
Caption: Vietnamese Fishing Boat.. They are beautiful boats with rakish style!
Gary on watch. We started with 4hr watches but found 2hrs to be much easier because of all the traffic.
Deep Chill
Caption: Gary on watch. We started with 4hr watches but found 2hrs to be much easier because of all the traffic.
Cats are Roomy!. Anna preparing lunch. Lots of space in the saloon compared with Anjea.
Deep Chill
Caption: Cats are Roomy!. Anna preparing lunch. Lots of space in the saloon compared with Anjea.
Passenger. . Another Egret.
Deep Chill
Caption: Passenger. . Another Egret.
Bold Egret. This guy wanted to come inside. Maybe he likes bacon?
Deep Chill
Caption: Bold Egret. This guy wanted to come inside. Maybe he likes bacon?
Squall.. Mostly they were rain and little wind.
Deep Chill
Caption: Squall.. Mostly they were rain and little wind.
Anna Takes a Watch.. It's actually hard work because of all the fishing boats, cargo ships and tankers everywhere.
Deep Chill
Caption: Anna Takes a Watch.. It's actually hard work because of all the fishing boats, cargo ships and tankers everywhere.
With Anna on the Singapore Ferry.
Deep Chill
Caption: With Anna on the Singapore Ferry.
Aberdeen Boatyard Alleyway.. A full range of marine engineers line the alleyways.
Deep Chill
Caption: Aberdeen Boatyard Alleyway.. A full range of marine engineers line the alleyways.
Wheel Shop
Deep Chill
Caption: Wheel Shop
Spring Shop
Deep Chill
Caption: Spring Shop
Different Spring Shop
Deep Chill
Caption: Different Spring Shop
Stainless Steel Shackle Shop
Deep Chill
Caption: Stainless Steel Shackle Shop
Aberdeen Boast Club Foyer.. ABC was my little piece of sanity away from Deep Chill during the preparation.
Deep Chill
Caption: Aberdeen Boast Club Foyer.. ABC was my little piece of sanity away from Deep Chill during the preparation.
Lesley Gets to Drive Another Sampan.
Deep Chill
Caption: Lesley Gets to Drive Another Sampan.
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Deep Chill
Caption: Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Now that's a Chandlery!. Ap Li Chow hosts a string of specialised chandlers that together stock most boat bits.
Deep Chill
Caption: Now that's a Chandlery!. Ap Li Chow hosts a string of specialised chandlers that together stock most boat bits.
Lesley Drives a Sampan
Deep Chill
Caption: Lesley Drives a Sampan
Deep Chill at Simpsons Dock
Deep Chill
Caption: Deep Chill at Simpsons Dock
Deep Chill. The boat used to be known as 'The Island'
Deep Chill
Caption: Deep Chill. The boat used to be known as 'The Island'
View from the ABC.. Panorama of Aberdeen from the boat club.
Deep Chill
Caption: View from the ABC.. Panorama of Aberdeen from the boat club.
Our Destination.. Sebana Cove Marina, Malaysia, just across the way from Singapore.
Deep Chill
Caption: Our Destination.. Sebana Cove Marina, Malaysia, just across the way from Singapore.
Happy Dave.. Relief at being back on Anjea after the Deep Chill delivery. It is good to be home.
Deep Chill
Caption: Happy Dave.. Relief at being back on Anjea after the Deep Chill delivery. It is good to be home.
Phinisi
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Phinisi. Local wooden boats.
Fishing Village on Rinca Island
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Fishing Village on Rinca Island
Icarus.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Icarus.
Entrance to Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Entrance to Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Stream of Rubbish.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Stream of Rubbish.. Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rubbish on the Current.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Rubbish on the Current.. The rubbish, mostly plastic, floats in on the strong currents flowing into Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Icarus.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Icarus.. At anchor in Lehok Uwada Dasami.
John the Dragon Wrangler.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: John the Dragon Wrangler.. There is a dragon in those bushes.
A Komodo Dragon Hiding in the Brush
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: A Komodo Dragon Hiding in the Brush
The Beach Collects Everything from Nautilus Shells to Plastic
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: The Beach Collects Everything from Nautilus Shells to Plastic
Rubbish in Paradise
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Rubbish in Paradise
This Dragon was Camera Shy
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: This Dragon was Camera Shy
Dragon.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Dragon.
Komodo Dragon.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Komodo Dragon.. She saw me, stopped, then continued on her way.
Big Komodo Dragon.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Big Komodo Dragon.. I estimate this one was about 3m overall.
Dragon walking thru Rubbish.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Dragon walking thru Rubbish.
Esperanza Underway
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Esperanza Underway
View from Anchorage.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: View from Anchorage.. At Lehok Ginggo, Rinca Island.
Two birds.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Two birds.. I think they are Swallow-Tailed Kites
Sunset over Lehok Ginggo.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Sunset over Lehok Ginggo.. Looking West over Komodo Island
Sangeang Api.
Rinca And Komodo
Caption: Sangeang Api.. Last erupted in May 2014. I sailed past quietly.
Atauro Island
Atauro Island
Wini
Alor
Caption: Wini. The Wini foreshore as we leave for Alor
Ferry in Alor Fjord
Alor
Caption: Ferry in Alor Fjord
The Alor Fjord
Alor
Caption: The Alor Fjord. With Mer Sea in the foreground.
Mer Sea
Alor
Caption: Mer Sea. In the Alor fjord.
Fish Farm
Alor
Caption: Fish Farm. In Alor Fjord
Fish Farm
Alor
Caption: Fish Farm. In Alor Fjord
Pulau Pulu and Pulau Pantar
Alor
Caption: Pulau Pulu and Pulau Pantar. Taken from the fjord leading to Kalabahi on Alor
Kalabahi
Alor
Caption: Kalabahi. Alor
Sunset off Kalabahi
Alor
Caption: Sunset off Kalabahi
Pirahu
Alor
Caption: Pirahu. (Canoe)
Alor Pontoon
Alor
Caption: Alor Pontoon. The organizers of the Alor event built us a dinghy pontoon.
Race boat
Alor
Caption: Race boat. This boat ultimately won the boat race at the welcoming ceremony
Race boat
Alor
Caption: Race boat. One of the racing boats at the welcoming ceremony
Indiginous Da
Alor
Caption: Indiginous Da. Welcoming ceremony
Indiginous Dancer
Alor
Caption: Indiginous Dancer. Welcoming ceremony
Lesley
Alor
Caption: Lesley. Dancing at the Welcoming ceremony
Jennifer and Indiginous Dancer
Alor
Caption: Jennifer and Indiginous Dancer. Everyone takes photos: we photograph them; they photograph us!
Indiginous Dancers
Alor
Caption: Indiginous Dancers. At the welcoming ceremony in Halabahi
Local Dancers
Alor
Caption: Local Dancers. At the Welcoming ceremony
Father and Child
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Father and Child. Of all the locals this guy was quickest on the uptake despite limited English. He was the guy who cleaned Anjea's boot-top.
Cleaning the Boot-top.
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Cleaning the Boot-top.. No fins, borrowed a mask from us but didn't use the snorkel and cleaned it up in half the time I would have done it in!
Sunset over Kupang Harbour
Timor
Caption: Sunset over Kupang Harbour
Intense Drummer.
Timor
Caption: Intense Drummer.. The beat is everything in traditional music.
Musicians
Timor
Caption: Musicians. Gongs and drums are the only instruments.
Skippers are Given Roti Hats
Timor
Caption: Skippers are Given Roti Hats
Another hat-wearer.
Timor
Caption: Another hat-wearer.
This guy can wear a hat!
Timor
Caption: This guy can wear a hat!
Robert in Roti Hat.
Timor
Caption: Robert in Roti Hat.
Roti Hats.
Timor
Caption: Roti Hats.. Some people can wear them, but not these two!
Definitely looks good in a Roti hat.
Timor
Caption: Definitely looks good in a Roti hat.
She could move!
Timor
Caption: She could move!
Lesley saying Thanks
Timor
Caption: Lesley saying Thanks
Roti Dancers.
Timor
Caption: Roti Dancers.
Roti Dancers.
Timor
Caption: Roti Dancers.
Island off the North Coast of Flores
Flores
Caption: Island off the North Coast of Flores
Fire and Smoke Every Evening.
Flores
Caption: Fire and Smoke Every Evening.
Jean Marie at Anchor near Labuan Bajo
Flores
Caption: Jean Marie at Anchor near Labuan Bajo
Phinisi at Waicicu near Labuan Bajo, Flores
Flores
Caption: Phinisi at Waicicu near Labuan Bajo, Flores
Fine Mud.
Timor Leste
Caption: Fine Mud.. The mud in the springs is extremely fine and mixed with an oily base. It feels smooth and velvety on the skin.
Mud Spring
Timor Leste
Caption: Mud Spring. Mud bubbles up from within the earth. It is cold, not hot. The darker color is oil.
Indonesian - Timor-Leste Border
Timor
Caption: Indonesian - Timor-Leste Border. Our guides are in Indonesia; Lesley and I are in Oecusse, Timor-Leste.
Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border.
Timor
Caption: Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border.. From left: our driver, Antonio our guide, Lesley, and our wonderful Tourism contact Irene.
Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border Marker
Timor
Caption: Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border Marker
A Traditional Tais.
Timor Leste
Caption: A Traditional Tais.. Our driver modelling a traditional Tais.
A Traditional Tais
Timor Leste
Caption: A Traditional Tais
Lesley takes a bit of fence-hurdling in stride.
Timor Leste
Caption: Lesley takes a bit of fence-hurdling in stride.
Lesley walking up the valley to the falls.
Timor Leste
Caption: Lesley walking up the valley to the falls.
Antonio.
Timor Leste
Caption: Antonio.. Climbing the valley to the waterfall.
Cave with Cross Inside.
Timor Leste
Caption: Cave with Cross Inside.. Fighting during the war of independence was intense along this valley and many locals lost their lives.
Waterfall
Timor Leste
Caption: Waterfall
The Top of the Valley
Timor Leste
Caption: The Top of the Valley. The waterfall at the head of the valley divided the low lands from the high villages in the mountains. Control of the valley during the war was strategically important.
Local Water Source.
Timor Leste
Caption: Local Water Source.. Water is captured in a small weir at the bottom of the falls and piped down the valley to the village.
Candle at the Falls.
Timor Leste
Caption: Candle at the Falls.
Waterfall
Timor Leste
Caption: Waterfall
Antonio.
Timor Leste
Caption: Antonio.. Our guide to the falls, and all of Oecusse.
Antonio
Timor Leste
Caption: Antonio. Antonio, our guide to Oecusse, wearing a traditional hat.
Oecusse Woman's Hat.
Timor Leste
Caption: Oecusse Woman's Hat.. Of Portuguese inspiration, these hats look wonderful! They are woven from local materials.
Pet Monkey.
Timor Leste
Caption: Pet Monkey.
Pet Monkey Shaking Hands.
Timor Leste
Caption: Pet Monkey Shaking Hands.. He is as intrigued by our hands as we are by his.
Dry Season Hills.
Timor Leste
Caption: Dry Season Hills.. They turn green n the wet.
Village School Motto
Timor Leste
Caption: Village School Motto
Curriculum.
Timor Leste
Caption: Curriculum.. The village school's aims are social as much as academic.
The Street Outside the Village School.
Timor Leste
Caption: The Street Outside the Village School.. Goats wander freely and seem to be reasonably traffic-conscious.
Graves of Two Warriors
Timor Leste
Caption: Graves of Two Warriors. They fought for this land so their villagers didn't need to. Both died of their wounds but the local guy lived longer so he won. You can just see the losers grave on the right.
Portuguese Fort.
Timor Leste
Caption: Portuguese Fort.. A dry stone wall is all that remains of a Portuguese fort built to overlook Oecusse.
Fences are Minimal.
Timor Leste
Caption: Fences are Minimal.. Fences look simple and primitive but are surprisingly elegant in design.
Village Child.
Timor Leste
Caption: Village Child.
Happy Lad
Timor Leste
Caption: Happy Lad
Dinner.
Timor Leste
Caption: Dinner.. Like chickens, goats and other animals, pigs generally roam freely. That these two are tethered probably means they are destined for the pot.
Family House.
Timor Leste
Caption: Family House.. Each extended family has a house where sacred objects are kept and certain ceremonies and offerings are made.
Tais Weaving.
Timor Leste
Caption: Tais Weaving.. It takes months to weave a single garment.
Weaving Loom
Timor Leste
Caption: Weaving Loom
Tais Weaving Loom.
Timor Leste
Caption: Tais Weaving Loom.. Traditional Tais are hand-woven. Women sit with the loom in front of them and it's slow, back-breaking work.
Do Not Adjust Your Monitor.
Timor Leste
Caption: Do Not Adjust Your Monitor.. It could be a Tais weaving.
Mud Springs
Timor Leste
Caption: Mud Springs
Maja near Riung
Flores
Caption: Maja near Riung
Maja and Briony Rose near Riung
Flores
Caption: Maja and Briony Rose near Riung
Briony Rose near Riung
Flores
Caption: Briony Rose near Riung
Riung Sunset
Flores
Caption: Riung Sunset
YAS.
Kroko And Solor
Caption: YAS.. Yet Another Sunset.
Lamakera Fishing Village
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Lamakera Fishing Village. Full of goats, children, busy women and idle men.
Fishing Boat.
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Fishing Boat.. Another fishing boat and another bunch of enthusiastically waving locals.
Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Fishing Boat
View from Lamakera
Kroko And Solor
Caption: View from Lamakera. Volcanos are everywhere
Fishing Boat off Solor
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Fishing Boat off Solor
Returning Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Returning Fishing Boat
Indonesian Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
Caption: Indonesian Fishing Boat
We get the Thumbs Up!
Timor
Caption: We get the Thumbs Up!
Renee from Mer Sea with school kids
Timor
Caption: Renee from Mer Sea with school kids
Schoolchildren
Timor
Caption: Schoolchildren
Ersin handing out gifts
Timor
Caption: Ersin handing out gifts
School photo shoot
Timor
Caption: School photo shoot
Ersin
Timor
Caption: Ersin
Our guide, Redy, took more photos than us
Timor
Caption: Our guide, Redy, took more photos than us. Cameras are everywhere
Books and Pencils were popular gifts
Timor
Caption: Books and Pencils were popular gifts
Schoolgirl
Timor
Caption: Schoolgirl
Lesley with friends
Timor
Caption: Lesley with friends
Tracey and friend
Timor
Caption: Tracey and friend
Flags for Independence day
Timor
Caption: Flags for Independence day
The Road to Tamkesi
Timor
Caption: The Road to Tamkesi. Clould do with a bit of maintenance
Cows roam freely
Timor
Caption: Cows roam freely
Tamkesi Reserve
Timor
Caption: Tamkesi Reserve
Tamkesi Headman
Timor
Caption: Tamkesi Headman
Two opposites
Timor
Caption: Two opposites. He is from New York; she is from Tamkesi
Renee and friend
Timor
Caption: Renee and friend
Tamkesi village huts
Timor
Caption: Tamkesi village huts
Tamkesi Huts
Timor
Caption: Tamkesi Huts. With sacred hill in the background
Finished!
Timor
Caption: Finished!. These guys just finished putting the roof on this traditional family hut
Gecko
Timor
Caption: Gecko
Crystal Cave Stairs
Timor
Caption: Crystal Cave Stairs
Jesus
Timor
Caption: Jesus. Inside the Crystal Cave
Jesus
Timor
Caption: Jesus. Inside the Crystal Caves
Crystal Caves Entrance
Timor
Caption: Crystal Caves Entrance
We Won!
We Won!
Over the Top
Over the Top
Sunrise over Cape Hotham
Nt
Caption: Sunrise over Cape Hotham. I've made it across the Gulf of Carpentaria
Cape York
Nt
Caption: Cape York. The tip of mainland Australia is a big tourist attraction.
TI Cardinal
Nt
Caption: TI Cardinal. Tides are big in Torres Straits so the currents are strong.
Sunset over the Arafura Sea
Nt
Caption: Sunset over the Arafura Sea
The Pot Boil Shoal throws up steep nasty waves in very shallow water.
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: The Pot Boil Shoal throws up steep nasty waves in very shallow water.
Wallaby on Maria Island
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Wallaby on Maria Island
Three of millions of dead or dying leatherjackets
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Three of millions of dead or dying leatherjackets
Anjea in Riedle Bay
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Anjea in Riedle Bay
Looking north past Shouten Island towards Lemon Rock in the distance
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Looking north past Shouten Island towards Lemon Rock in the distance
Cape Barren Island from Franklin Sound, on the way to Badger Island.
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Cape Barren Island from Franklin Sound, on the way to Badger Island.
Can you see a tiny white dot in the bay above the grarled old tree? That's Anjea.
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: Can you see a tiny white dot in the bay above the grarled old tree? That's Anjea.
A Whale off Burmagui
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: A Whale off Burmagui
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
A peaceful sunset on Shoalhaven River, before the rain set in.
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: A peaceful sunset on Shoalhaven River, before the rain set in.
The intimidating wharf at Kiama. But the mooring system is pretty good and holds the boat away from the bluestone walls.
Hobart to Sydney
Caption: The intimidating wharf at Kiama. But the mooring system is pretty good and holds the boat away from the bluestone walls.
Cairns
Cairns
A windblown Lesley
Queensland
Caption: A windblown Lesley. At the summit of Fitzroy Island.
Dave at the Summit of Fitzroy island.
Queensland
Caption: Dave at the Summit of Fitzroy island.
Fitzroy Island Lighthouse
Queensland
Caption: Fitzroy Island Lighthouse. View from near the summit looking to the lighthouse.
Yoga at the Summit.
Queensland
Caption: Yoga at the Summit.. A fabulous view from the summit of Fitzroy Island.
Flare Demo
Queensland
Caption: Flare Demo. I was surprised at just how ineffective a flare is. This was the best of a series of training flares let of by VMR while we were at Fitzroy Island.
The North Queensland Coast
The North Queensland Coast
Our track through the southern entrance to Hinchinbrook Channel.
The North Queensland Coast
Caption: Our track through the southern entrance to Hinchinbrook Channel.
We anchored to one side of Haycock Island
The North Queensland Coast
Caption: We anchored to one side of Haycock Island
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
The Queensland Coast
Brown Booby
Queensland
Caption: Brown Booby
Brown Booby
Queensland
Caption: Brown Booby
Pearl Bay
Queensland
Caption: Pearl Bay
Sunset over Pearl Bay
Queensland
Caption: Sunset over Pearl Bay
Jimmy
Queensland
Caption: Jimmy. Cigarette in one hand, oyster in the other.
Manta Ray Bay
Queensland
Caption: Manta Ray Bay. Whitsunday anchorage
Pot of Gold
Queensland
Caption: Pot of Gold. Off the north side of Hook Island in the Whitsundays
Lesley with Her Feet Up
Queensland
Caption: Lesley with Her Feet Up
Preparing a Mackerel.
Queensland
Caption: Preparing a Mackerel.. Mackerel are one of the best eating fish and plentiful.
Big Broadhurst Reef
Queensland
Caption: Big Broadhurst Reef. Unless you get under the water there is not much to see on the Great Barrier Reef
Sunset over Big Broadhurst Reef
Queensland
Caption: Sunset over Big Broadhurst Reef
Lesley
Queensland
Caption: Lesley. On board Anjea
Lesley on Watch
Queensland
Caption: Lesley on Watch
Lucina Sugar Jetty from Orpheus Island
Queensland
Caption: Lucina Sugar Jetty from Orpheus Island. This is taken from Orpheus Island, about 10nm from the jetty.
Lucinda Sugar Jetty
Queensland
Caption: Lucinda Sugar Jetty. The 6 km long Lucinda Sugar Jetty is the longest sugar loading jetty in the world.
Hinchinbrook Island
Queensland
Caption: Hinchinbrook Island
Golden Sand
Queensland
Caption: Golden Sand. Gold flakes in the sand of Mulligan Beach Hinchinbrook Island give it a metallic sheen
Shell on Beach
Queensland
Caption: Shell on Beach
Shell on Beach
Queensland
Caption: Shell on Beach
Shell on Beach
Queensland
Caption: Shell on Beach
Shell on Beach
Queensland
Caption: Shell on Beach
Lesley on Mulligan Bay Beach, Hinchinbrook Island
Queensland
Caption: Lesley on Mulligan Bay Beach, Hinchinbrook Island
Beach Debri,
Queensland
Caption: Beach Debri,. One plastic container had contained Triclopyr herbicide.
Beach Debri
Queensland
Caption: Beach Debri
Waterfall on Hinchinbrook Island
Queensland
Caption: Waterfall on Hinchinbrook Island. There is just one official track on Hinchinbrook and it goes around the east coast. These waterfalls are therefore, theoretically, inaccessible unless you are a climber or have a helicopter. However, the local fire brigade are warning about burning off on the island so either there are lots of climbers or people with helicopters, or tracks we don't know about.
Mangrove Creek
Queensland
Caption: Mangrove Creek
Mangroves and Mud
Queensland
Caption: Mangroves and Mud
Haycock Island, Hinchinbrook Channel
Queensland
Caption: Haycock Island, Hinchinbrook Channel
Hinchinbrook Island from the Channel
Queensland
Caption: Hinchinbrook Island from the Channel
Me
Queensland
Caption: Me
Bow Wave
Queensland
Caption: Bow Wave
Cay at Taylor Reef
Queensland
Caption: Cay at Taylor Reef. So tiny it provided little protection.
Plan B
Plan B
Aground, and Only Myself to Blame
Aground, and Only Myself to Blame
Rocky and The Fitzroy River
Rocky and The Fitzroy River
Dressing Up
Dressing Up
A new set of covers for Anjea
Dressing Up
Caption: A new set of covers for Anjea
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Progress in the Boatyard
Coxswain Grade 1 Near Coastal (NC) and the Student from Hell
Coxswain Grade 1 Near Coastal (NC) and the Student from Hell
SPOF
SPOF
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Murder in the Marina
Winter in Hobart
Winter in Hobart
Winter in Hobart
Winter in Hobart
The First Time Solo
The First Time Solo
The First Time Solo
The First Time Solo
The Philosophy
The Philosophy
The Survey
The Survey
The Offer
The Offer
The Offer
The Offer
The Offer
The Offer
The Wooden Boat Festival
The Wooden Boat Festival
Escape from the Boatyard
Escape from the Boatyard
Predicting the Future
Predicting the Future
On the Way West
On the Way West
Big Caroline
On the Way West
Caption: Big Caroline
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
My feet, at the top of Mt Rugby
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Caption: My feet, at the top of Mt Rugby
Mind Mangling
Mind Mangling
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Clayton's Corner hosts the VDL rally boats
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Caption: Clayton's Corner hosts the VDL rally boats
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Windeward Bound off Dover
Time to Go Home
Caption: Windeward Bound off Dover
Maatsuyker Island
Time to Go Home
Caption: Maatsuyker Island
Port Hacking
Port Hacking
Big River
Big River
Iluka
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Iluka
Harwood Marine
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Harwood Marine. Anjea was built at this yard in 1997. We were not encouraged to visit so we gave it a miss. Disappointing.
They Look Ridiculous
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: They Look Ridiculous. Pelicans are so outsized that they look quite silly perched on a pile.
Harwood Marine
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Harwood Marine. Where Anjea (then, Sudden Impulse) was built.
Approaching Harwood Bridge
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Approaching Harwood Bridge. Harwood Bridge is being replaced, hence the cranes and construction work.
Harwood Bridge.
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Harwood Bridge.. The bridge is opened on demand with 24hrs notice.
Clarence River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Clarence River
Public Jetty at Maclean
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Public Jetty at Maclean
Anjea
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea
Anjea at Maclean
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Maclean. At the public jetty.
Fishing
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Fishing
Anjea at Maclean
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Maclean
Anjea at Maclean
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Maclean
Pelican Taking Off
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Pelican Taking Off
Fishing Boat
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Fishing Boat
Yacht
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Yacht
Boats on the River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Boats on the River
The Big River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: The Big River
Clarence River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Clarence River
Anjea
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea
Shag Takeoff
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Shag Takeoff
Cane Fields
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Cane Fields
The Road
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: The Road
Church by the Clarence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Church by the Clarence
House by the Clarence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: House by the Clarence
Farm House
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Farm House
House on Clarence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: House on Clarence
Farm House
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Farm House
Clarence River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Clarence River
Farm House
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Farm House
Ducks Lined Up
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Ducks Lined Up. Ducks in flight over Clarence River canefields.
Farm House
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Farm House
House by the Clarence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: House by the Clarence
Flight
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Flight
Classic Boat
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Classic Boat
Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove. At the Brushgrove public jetty.
Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove
Flowers
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Flowers
Anjea at Brushgrove.
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove.. Looking from the pub lawn over the South Branch.
Brushgrove Pub
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Brushgrove Pub
Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove. Anjea at the public floating pontoon at Brushgrove.
Brushgrove Bridge
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Brushgrove Bridge
Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove. Anjea at the Brushgrove public jetty
Brushgrove Bridge
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Brushgrove Bridge
Clarence River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Clarence River
Foggy Morning
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Foggy Morning. Morning mist over the Clarence River at Ulmarra
Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Brushgrove
Three Birds
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Three Birds
Anjea
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea. Yes. The Clarence River has been known to flood occasionally.
Ulmarra Hotel
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Ulmarra Hotel. A very attractive town and a fitting destination. This is as far upriver as we got in our pubcrawl.
Ex Pub, Ulmarra
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Ex Pub, Ulmarra
Sunset Over the Clarence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Sunset Over the Clarence
Sunset over Anjea
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Sunset over Anjea. The sun sets over Anjea at Ulmarra Public Jetty
Anjea at Lawrence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea at Lawrence. The only public jetty that was not a floating pontoon. Still an excellent jetty though.
Wooden Dinghy by the River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Wooden Dinghy by the River
Roadworks at Lawrence
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Roadworks at Lawrence. Several gentlemen with lollypops ushered us across the road, making sure we didn't come to grief on land. They even knew where the pub was!
River Church
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: River Church
Anjea
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Anjea
Birds in Flight
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Birds in Flight
Fishing Boat
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Fishing Boat
Clarence River
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Clarence River
Pacific Highway Bridge
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Pacific Highway Bridge. The Pacific Highway crosses the Clarence at Harwood carrying your Amazon trinkets up the East Coast of Austalia
Harwood Bridge.
Nsw Northern Rivers
Caption: Harwood Bridge.. That's a bit of the Pacific Highway up there!!
The First Night Onboard
The First Night Onboard
The Cloud
Sydney Pics
Caption: The Cloud
Schouten Island
Sydney Pics
Caption: Schouten Island
Disappointment
Sydney Pics
Caption: Disappointment. How did such a small fish manage to get hooked on such a big lure?
Musselroe Bay
Sydney Pics
Caption: Musselroe Bay. Windfarm at Musselroe Bay
Little Green Island with Cape Barren Island in the Background
Sydney Pics
Caption: Little Green Island with Cape Barren Island in the Background
Strzelecki Peak just above
Sydney Pics
Caption: Strzelecki Peak just above
View from Strzelecki Peak
Sydney Pics
Caption: View from Strzelecki Peak
Pot Boil Shoals
Sydney Pics
Caption: Pot Boil Shoals
Pot Boil Shoals
Sydney Pics
Caption: Pot Boil Shoals
Pot Boil, Flinders Island
Sydney Pics
Caption: Pot Boil, Flinders Island. Passing through the Pot Boil Shoals off Flinders Island is spectacular.
Past the Pot Boil
Tasmania
Caption: Past the Pot Boil. We made it past the Pot Boil Shoals.
Whale Blow off Eden
Sydney Pics
Caption: Whale Blow off Eden
Humpback Whale
Tasmania
Caption: Humpback Whale. Off Bermagui NSW Coast
Whale Diving off Eden
Sydney Pics
Caption: Whale Diving off Eden
Sailing off Bermagui
Sydney Pics
Caption: Sailing off Bermagui
Mt Tit and...
Sydney Pics
Caption: Mt Tit and...
Point Perpendicular from the north
Sydney Pics
Caption: Point Perpendicular from the north
Climbing Strzelecki Peak
Sydney Pics
Caption: Climbing Strzelecki Peak. We both reached our limit.
The View from Strzelecki Peak
Sydney Pics
Caption: The View from Strzelecki Peak. Anjea in the bay in the far background
Strzelecki Peak
Sydney Pics
Caption: Strzelecki Peak. Ran out of time and energy. We never got to the peak.
Anjea
Sydney Pics
Caption: Anjea. In the Furneux Group of islands, at Lady Barron
Rainbow off Kiama
Sydney Pics
Caption: Rainbow off Kiama
Kiama Blowhole
Sydney Pics
Caption: Kiama Blowhole
Kiama Boat Harbour
Sydney Pics
Caption: Kiama Boat Harbour
Barnes Bay
Port Davey Images
Caption: Barnes Bay. On the way there we spent the first night at Barnes Bay, off Bruny Island.
Pre-Dawn Light over Recherche Bay
Port Davey Images
Caption: Pre-Dawn Light over Recherche Bay. Dawn broke as we left Recherche Bay for Port Davey.
Maatsuyker Island
Port Davey Images
Caption: Maatsuyker Island
Spain Bay Rocks
Port Davey Images
Caption: Spain Bay Rocks. White rocks at Spain Bay where we spent the first night in Port Davey.
Bathurst Harbour
Port Davey Images
Caption: Bathurst Harbour. Looking out across Bathurst Harbour inside Port Davey
Davey River Reflections
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River Reflections. The perfect reflections in the water are disorienting.
Mt Rugby
Port Davey Images
Caption: Mt Rugby. After saying nope to ourselves for several days, we climbed it.
Davey River Reflection
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River Reflection
Riverside Brush
Port Davey Images
Caption: Riverside Brush. Brush lines the lower reaches of Davey River
Port Davey
Port Davey Images
Caption: Port Davey
Port Davey
Port Davey Images
Caption: Port Davey
Davey River
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River. There is a lot of what looks like regrowth after bushfires
Port Davey Reflection
Port Davey Images
Caption: Port Davey Reflection. Even ordinary scenes become magical.
Davey River Regrowth
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River Regrowth. I think this is regrowth after a fire
Davey River Reeds
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River Reeds
Tree and River Bank
Port Davey Images
Caption: Tree and River Bank. OK, so it's rotated 90 degrees, but after a while this is how it really starts to seem.
Having Fun in the Dinghy
Port Davey Images
Caption: Having Fun in the Dinghy. Do you think she is happy?
Overhanging Tree
Port Davey Images
Caption: Overhanging Tree
Lower Reaches of Davey River
Port Davey Images
Caption: Lower Reaches of Davey River
Davey River Mind Bend
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River Mind Bend. It's just rocks and water but it is hard to keep your bearings.
River Rocks and Trees
Port Davey Images
Caption: River Rocks and Trees
River of Red
Port Davey Images
Caption: River of Red. This is the Davey River shallows in direct sun and it shows why the reflections are so perfect. The water is red from the button grass, which turns black when seen from an angle and thus forms a perfect backdrop for a mirror.
Davey River
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River. I had to include just one 'ordinary' photo.
Davey River
Port Davey Images
Caption: Davey River
Windeward Bound
Port Davey Images
Caption: Windeward Bound
Anjea
Port Davey Images
Caption: Anjea. The original name was 'Sudden Impulse', but buying it was anything but.
The Waterfall
Port Davey Images
Caption: The Waterfall. Fresh water is easily gathered from the waterfall, which is rigged with a bucket, hose and even mooring lines!
Morning Mist
Port Davey Images
Caption: Morning Mist
Celerytop Islands
Port Davey Images
Caption: Celerytop Islands
A Hard Climb to the Top
Port Davey Images
Caption: A Hard Climb to the Top. Mt Rugby is not for the faint-hearted
On Top of Mt Rugby
Port Davey Images
Caption: On Top of Mt Rugby. It is several hours of really hard work getting to the top of Mt Rugby, but on a day like this it is worth it.
Sunset at Clayton's Corner
Port Davey Images
Caption: Sunset at Clayton's Corner
Southern Ocean Weather
Port Davey Images
Caption: Southern Ocean Weather
Weather over Bathurst Harbour
Port Davey Images
Caption: Weather over Bathurst Harbour
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Me
Tasmania
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Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Tasmania
Caption: Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Tasmania
Caption: Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Tasmania
Caption: Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Tasmania
Caption: Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
Lesley relaxing on the east coast of bruny
Tasmania
Caption: Lesley relaxing on the east coast of bruny
Bruny Island East Coast
Tasmania
Caption: Bruny Island East Coast
Bruny Island East Coast
Tasmania
Caption: Bruny Island East Coast
Bruny Island East Coast
Tasmania
Caption: Bruny Island East Coast
Tenacious
Tasmania
Caption: Tenacious
Wooden Boats
Tasmania
Caption: Wooden Boats
More Wooden Boats
Tasmania
Caption: More Wooden Boats
The Music Boat
Tasmania
Caption: The Music Boat. http://reiniersijpkens.nl/index.php?pagina=home
Coota Boat
Tasmania
Caption: Coota Boat
Music Boat
Tasmania
Caption: Music Boat
Steam Boat
Tasmania
Caption: Steam Boat
Steam-driven boat
Tasmania
Caption: Steam-driven boat
Australian Tall Ships
Tasmania
Caption: Australian Tall Ships
Life is but a Dream
Tasmania
Caption: Life is but a Dream
Boats, boats, boats
Tasmania
Caption: Boats, boats, boats
Wooden Boat
Tasmania
Caption: Wooden Boat
Tenacious
Tasmania
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Tenaciouis
Tasmania
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Tenacious Bow Sprit
Tasmania
Caption: Tenacious Bow Sprit
Sleeping Black-Faced Shag
Tasmania
Caption: Sleeping Black-Faced Shag
Stainless Steel work underway
Tasmania
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Stainless Steel work underway
Tasmania
Caption: Stainless Steel work underway
Stainless Steel work underway
Tasmania
Caption: Stainless Steel work underway
Stainless Steel work underway
Tasmania
Caption: Stainless Steel work underway
Stainless Steel work underway
Tasmania
Caption: Stainless Steel work underway
Shake it baby!
Tasmania
Caption: Shake it baby!
Peacock with attitude
Tasmania
Caption: Peacock with attitude
Wow I'm Beautiful!
Tasmania
Caption: Wow I'm Beautiful!
I love me, I love me...
Tasmania
Caption: I love me, I love me...
The Stephen Brown, inside.
Tasmania
Caption: The Stephen Brown, inside.
1200HP 2-stroke Diesel Engine on Stephen Brown
Tasmania
Caption: 1200HP 2-stroke Diesel Engine on Stephen Brown
Overview inside Stephen Brown
Tasmania
Caption: Overview inside Stephen Brown
The Stephen Brown
Tasmania
Caption: The Stephen Brown
More wet miserable Cox
Tasmania
Caption: More wet miserable Cox
Nice warm Coxes stuffed into Skippy
Tasmania
Caption: Nice warm Coxes stuffed into Skippy
Chromis with a sopping wet bunch of Cox
Tasmania
Caption: Chromis with a sopping wet bunch of Cox
Firewoman (aka Alli)
Tasmania
Caption: Firewoman (aka Alli)
Dave and Sam
Tasmania
Caption: Dave and Sam
Harrison shows how it's done
Tasmania
Caption: Harrison shows how it's done
It went BANG!
Tasmania
Caption: It went BANG!
Ben, Toby, Roten, Niall and Dale, with Sam where he shouldn't be
Tasmania
Caption: Ben, Toby, Roten, Niall and Dale, with Sam where he shouldn't be
Typical AMC Students Niall and Dale.
Tasmania
Caption: Typical AMC Students Niall and Dale.
Ben, Toby and Roten
Tasmania
Caption: Ben, Toby and Roten
Skippy
Tasmania
Caption: Skippy
Gulls
Tasmania
Caption: Gulls. Gulls circling over a seal killing a shark.
Yacht on the Derwent River
Tasmania
Caption: Yacht on the Derwent River
Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Tasmania
Caption: Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Tasmania
Caption: Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Mt Wellington
Tasmania
Caption: Mt Wellington. A beautiful sight with it's snowy cap.
01 The Road Up the Mountain
Muheza
Caption: 01 The Road Up the Mountain. Arthur's trusty Pajero knowns the way
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02 Switchback Road
Muheza
Caption: 02 Switchback Road
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03 The Welcoming Comittee
Muheza
Caption: 03 The Welcoming Comittee
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Perry
Southern Namibia
Caption: Perry. Our first night out we kept pace with our friends on Perry.
Fog
Southern Namibia
Caption: Fog. We ran into fog on the last day. Almost in the tropics yet the water is les than 15C
Fogbow
Southern Namibia
Caption: Fogbow. As we approach the coast the fog parts and we can look back at it.
Luderitz Lighthouse
Southern Namibia
Caption: Luderitz Lighthouse. Our first sight of the lighthouse.
Luderitz
Southern Namibia
Caption: Luderitz. First sight of Luderitz, Namibia.
Window Light
Southern Namibia
Caption: Window Light
Window 1
Southern Namibia
Caption: Window 1
Doorway
Southern Namibia
Caption: Doorway
Interior
Southern Namibia
Caption: Interior
Watch Your Head
Southern Namibia
Caption: Watch Your Head
Window 3
Southern Namibia
Caption: Window 3
Hospital Interior
Southern Namibia
Caption: Hospital Interior
The Hospital
Southern Namibia
Caption: The Hospital
Light, Shade and Sand
Southern Namibia
Caption: Light, Shade and Sand
No Shit?
Southern Namibia
Caption: No Shit?
Door and Sand
Southern Namibia
Caption: Door and Sand
Merel
Southern Namibia
Caption: Merel
Fabulous Stove
Southern Namibia
Caption: Fabulous Stove. What's missing? The chimney is routed under the floor.
Nice Hat
Southern Namibia
Caption: Nice Hat
House 2
Southern Namibia
Caption: House 2
Window 2
Southern Namibia
Caption: Window 2
House
Southern Namibia
Caption: House
Merel Taking a Bath 2
Southern Namibia
Caption: Merel Taking a Bath 2
Merel Taking a Bath
Southern Namibia
Caption: Merel Taking a Bath
Merel in Window
Southern Namibia
Caption: Merel in Window. Keep passing the open windows
Doorway and Sand
Southern Namibia
Caption: Doorway and Sand
Interior/Exterior
Southern Namibia
Caption: Interior/Exterior
House with Half Roof
Southern Namibia
Caption: House with Half Roof
House
Southern Namibia
Caption: House
Light and Shade
Southern Namibia
Caption: Light and Shade
Skeleton
Southern Namibia
Caption: Skeleton
Sand Sculptures
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Sand Sculptures. The dunes are full of such patterns.
Dunes and Freshwater Lake
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Dunes and Freshwater Lake
Merel Traverses the Marshes
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Merel Traverses the Marshes
Beach and Sky
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Beach and Sky
The Front Beach (3)
Lencois Brazil
Caption: The Front Beach (3)
Dramatic Skies
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Dramatic Skies. OK, so I overdid the photoshopping but the skies were so amazing they deserved it!
Merel Can Still Kick High
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Merel Can Still Kick High
Merel Holds up the Sky
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Merel Holds up the Sky
The Front Beach
Lencois Brazil
Caption: The Front Beach
Front Beach (2)
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Front Beach (2)
Petrified Tree Stumps
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Petrified Tree Stumps
Must be a Church
Lencois Brazil
Caption: Must be a Church
The Health Centre, Lençois
Lencois Brazil
Caption: The Health Centre, Lençois. I just loved the textures and colors.
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: Ariane 5. We thought this was the rocket, but it's a mockup at the museum. The real rocket is further away.
With Merel
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: With Merel
Families, space buffs, kids, and yachties
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: Families, space buffs, kids, and yachties
Thru the Clouds 2
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: Thru the Clouds 2
And Away
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: And Away. The vapour trail glows in the setting sun
Vapour Trail
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Caption: Vapour Trail. No, it didn't loop-the-loop! The wind just rearranged it like this.
Steps
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Steps
Contrasting Stonework
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Contrasting Stonework
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Prison
Spider
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Spider
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Stone Path
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Stone Path
Drystone Wall
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Drystone Wall
More Drystone Walls
Illes Du Salut
Caption: More Drystone Walls
Cemetery for the Good
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Cemetery for the Good. Only the warders and administrators got a plot in the cemetery; the convicts were thrown to the sharks. There were reputed to be a LOT of sharks.
Helicopter
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Helicopter. Supplies are brought in by helicopter.
Ille Diablo
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Ille Diablo. Looking across the narrow but dangerous strait to Devil's Island
Strange Carving
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Strange Carving. This was by the shore. It may have something to do with the flying fox that was erected between Ille Royale and Ille Diablo to avoid the need to navigate the strong currents flowing between the islands.
Walking Path
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Walking Path
A Garden in Paradise
Illes Du Salut
Caption: A Garden in Paradise. Once a prison, now a paradise.
Coconuts
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Coconuts. Coconuts grow anywhere and everywhere.
Anjea off Ille Royale
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Anjea off Ille Royale
Beautiful Lizard
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Beautiful Lizard
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Crumbling Bars
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Crumbling Bars. The whole island is slowly eliminating the signs of its past.
'Réclusion'
Illes Du Salut
Caption: 'Réclusion'. Entrance to the isolation cells.
The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Prison
The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Prison
Gaia Takes it Back
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Gaia Takes it Back
Prison Cell
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Prison Cell
A Prison Cell
Illes Du Salut
Caption: A Prison Cell
The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes Du Salut
The Prison
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Prison
Illes du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Illes du Salut
Ille du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Ille du Salut
Ille du Salut Resident
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Ille du Salut Resident
Ille du Salut
Illes Du Salut
Caption: Ille du Salut. Built by French convicts for French convicts.
Phillipe
Saint Laurent
Caption: Phillipe
Statue at High Tide
Saint Laurent
Caption: Statue at High Tide
Anjea in the Maroni River, Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Caption: Anjea in the Maroni River, Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Saint Laurent House
Unusual Building
Saint Laurent
Caption: Unusual Building
Colorful Shack in Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Caption: Colorful Shack in Saint Laurent
Wrecked House, Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Caption: Wrecked House, Saint Laurent
Colorful Saint Laurent House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Colorful Saint Laurent House
Wrecked House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Wrecked House
Statue in Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Caption: Statue in Saint Laurent
Merel on the Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: Merel on the Suriname River
Making Way up the Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: Making Way up the Suriname River
Me on the Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: Me on the Suriname River
Bird Roost
Suriname
Caption: Bird Roost. To me it's a port channel mark; to them it's a roost and a place to hang out, and they do their best to keep it to themselves by preventing other birds from landing.
Welcome!
Suriname
Caption: Welcome!. At least I *think* it means welcome.
Paramaribo Waterfront
Suriname
Caption: Paramaribo Waterfront
Paramaribo Waterfront
Suriname
Caption: Paramaribo Waterfront
Wreck
Suriname
Caption: Wreck
More Wrecks
Suriname
Caption: More Wrecks
The Jules Wijdenboschbrug Bridge
Suriname
Caption: The Jules Wijdenboschbrug Bridge. This enormous bridge connects east and west Suriname.
Yet Another Wreck
Suriname
Caption: Yet Another Wreck
More River Wrecks
Suriname
Caption: More River Wrecks
Wrecks are strewn all over the Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: Wrecks are strewn all over the Suriname River. The irony is that isolated danger mark. The wreck is far more visible than the navigation marker!
River House
Suriname
Caption: River House. Interesting architecture along the Suriname River.
View from Anjea After Sunset
Suriname
Caption: View from Anjea After Sunset. Looking North to Paramaribo.
Raft of Vegetation
Suriname
Caption: Raft of Vegetation
Early Morning on the Suriname River
Suriname
Caption: Early Morning on the Suriname River
Misty Morning
Suriname
Caption: Misty Morning
Anjea's Dinghy
Suriname
Caption: Anjea's Dinghy. The fast-flowing river is a highway for trees, weeds, rubbish and even whole trees.
Worker's Houses
Saint Laurent
Caption: Worker's Houses
Old Worker's Accommodation
Saint Laurent
Caption: Old Worker's Accommodation
Administrator's House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Administrator's House. The Transportation Camp administrators lived well. With an endless supply of free skilled labor, why not?
The Post Office
Saint Laurent
Caption: The Post Office
Administration Building
Saint Laurent
Caption: Administration Building. admin
Administration Building
Saint Laurent
Caption: Administration Building. Beautiful French architecture, built by convicts.
Transportation Camp
Saint Laurent
Caption: Transportation Camp. The camp was built by convicts for convicts.
The Hospital
Illes Du Salut
Caption: The Hospital
Court House
Saint Laurent
Caption: Court House
Saint Laurent Transportation Camp
Saint Laurent
Caption: Saint Laurent Transportation Camp
Merel
Saint Laurent
Caption: Merel. Merel at the transportation camp.
Beautiful Keepers
Saint Laurent
Caption: Beautiful Keepers. These are the keepers for the shutters. Beautiful workmanship by convicts.
Shutters at the Transportation Camp
Saint Laurent
Caption: Shutters at the Transportation Camp. Hundred year old woodwork is still functional.
The Main Entrance
Saint Laurent
Caption: The Main Entrance. Thousands of French convicts passed through these gates to the Saint Laurent Transportation Camp on their way to Illes du Salut.
The Best Beer
Saint Laurent
Caption: The Best Beer. Superb Affligem beer. We could be in France!
Anjea From the River Breeze Restaurant
Suriname
Caption: Anjea From the River Breeze Restaurant
Over the Water
New Camera
Caption: Over the Water. Knocknadobar towers over the settlement at its foot. The sheep on those farms all have two legs longer than the others.
Pure Yellow
New Camera
Caption: Pure Yellow
Jeff's Park
New Camera
Caption: Jeff's Park. Jeff Ryan, who lives on a boat in the marina, has adopted this park and spends his days weeding and trimming. As a result, it's the prettiest park in Cahersiveen.
Daniel O'Connell's Birthplace
New Camera
Caption: Daniel O'Connell's Birthplace. I imagine someone will renovate it and turn it into a tourist attraction one day.
Curious Calf
New Camera
Caption: Curious Calf. These calves would not let me alone. They were cautious but curious and would have licked and slurped all over the camera if I let them.
First Bluebells
New Camera
Caption: First Bluebells
Row House
New Camera
Caption: Row House
Seascapes
New Camera
Caption: Seascapes
Cahersiveen Marina in Evening Light
New Camera
Caption: Cahersiveen Marina in Evening Light
Cahersiveen Marina
New Camera
Caption: Cahersiveen Marina
Sea Vixen
New Camera
Caption: Sea Vixen. Big sister to Anjea
Marina and Town
New Camera
Caption: Marina and Town
Hearts Content
New Camera
Caption: Hearts Content
T23
New Camera
Caption: T23
St Winifred
New Camera
Caption: St Winifred
Amazing Wooden Boat
Valentia
Caption: Amazing Wooden Boat. The intricacy of this hull and the challenge of shaping it from wood just boggles my mind.
Old Church
Valentia
Caption: Old Church. Most of the graves in this churchyard are from the 1840's and 50's when the potato crop failed and famine struck down the young and old. I was surprised at the number of child graves.
Valentia Lighthouse
Valentia
Caption: Valentia Lighthouse. This famous lighthouse is quite a sight in an Atlantic gale.
The Fertha
Valentia
Caption: The Fertha. Cahersiveen in the distance and Knocknadobar is the big lump on the left
The Virgin's Grotto
Valentia
Caption: The Virgin's Grotto
Our Lady's Grotto
Valentia
Caption: Our Lady's Grotto. no comment
It's a New World
Valentia
Caption: It's a New World
Typical Road
Valentia
Caption: Typical Road. This one is a bit wider -- many are too narrow for 2 cars to pass and someone has to find a place to pull over.
Atlantic Ocean
Valentia
Caption: Atlantic Ocean. America is out there somewhere...
Looking Towards the Skelligs
Valentia
Caption: Looking Towards the Skelligs
Transatlantic Bay
Valentia
Caption: Transatlantic Bay. It's real name is Foilhommerum Bay and it is where the first operational transatlantic cable was laid.
History of Transatlantic Telegraph
Valentia
Caption: History of Transatlantic Telegraph
History of Transatlantic Telegraph
Valentia
Caption: History of Transatlantic Telegraph
Telegraph Station
Valentia
Caption: Telegraph Station. These slabs are all that's left of the transatlantic telegraph station.
My Trusty Bike
Valentia
Caption: My Trusty Bike. But now getting very rusty from a few years at sea.
The track to Bray Head Tower
Valentia
Caption: The track to Bray Head Tower. You can just see the tower in the distance.
Bray Head Tower
Valentia
Caption: Bray Head Tower
The Skelligs
Valentia
Caption: The Skelligs. With the remains of the Bray Head flagpole .
Valentia Channel
Valentia
Caption: Valentia Channel. Portmagee is the village to the right of the bridge. Valentia Island is on the left.
Fishing Boat
Valentia
Caption: Fishing Boat. Heading home.
Bray Head Tower
Valentia
Caption: Bray Head Tower
Alternative Transport
Valentia
Caption: Alternative Transport. If you don't fancy a boat trip then there are other ways to visit The Skelligs.
Sheep and Two Lambs
Valentia
Caption: Sheep and Two Lambs. She came right up to me and stamped her feet, grabbed the last bit of dry grass in the manger and tossed it over her shoulder, clearly disgusted with conditions in this field.
Mad Sheep
Valentia
Caption: Mad Sheep. Close up, why do sheep look mad?
Skipper of the God Met Ons
Valentia
Caption: Skipper of the God Met Ons. God knows how he stays awake going back and forth every 20 minutes or so.
The Ferry
Valentia
Caption: The Ferry. The ferry at Knightstown takes at least 15 cars, plus bikes and foot traffic.
God Met Ons
Valentia
Caption: God Met Ons. Translates from the Dutch as 'God is with us'
Beautiful Church at Knightstown
Valentia
Caption: Beautiful Church at Knightstown
Row Houses
Valentia
Caption: Row Houses. Today these are mostly holiday rentals.
House 2
Valentia
Caption: House 2
House 1
Valentia
Caption: House 1
House 3
Valentia
Caption: House 3
Faeries
Valentia
Caption: Faeries. Bloody faeries are everywhere in Ireland!
Murphy's Boatyard
Valentia
Caption: Murphy's Boatyard. A horrible home. Boatyards are not designed for humans.
Go Mark!
Half Marathon
Caption: Go Mark!. The sign -- nothing like a bit of encouragement.
WTF
Half Marathon
Caption: WTF. He sees the sign.
Yeah!
Half Marathon
Caption: Yeah!. He's read the sign.
Race? What Race?
Half Marathon
Caption: Race? What Race?
Happy Children
Half Marathon
Caption: Happy Children
Yet more Happy Runners
Half Marathon
Caption: Yet more Happy Runners
Runner
Half Marathon
Caption: Runner
The Walkers
Half Marathon
Caption: The Walkers. Local walkers insisting on spreading out across the road.
Round 2
Half Marathon
Caption: Round 2
Proud Father
Half Marathon
Caption: Proud Father. His son ran in the 10km.
Children Amused Themselves
Half Marathon
Caption: Children Amused Themselves
Colorful Kit
Half Marathon
Caption: Colorful Kit. Something in the water here -- everyone is smiling.
Hugo
Half Marathon
Caption: Hugo
Father & Son
Half Marathon
Caption: Father & Son
The Showoff
Half Marathon
Caption: The Showoff. If you've got it flaunt it.
She Came from America
Half Marathon
Caption: She Came from America. Apparently she came all the way from New York for this event.
Very Happy Runner
Half Marathon
Caption: Very Happy Runner. Or maybe it's pain?
Happy Runner
Half Marathon
Caption: Happy Runner. I have never seen so many smiles on the faces of the runners.
View from the Coffee Shop
Half Marathon
Caption: View from the Coffee Shop
A family affair
Half Marathon
Caption: A family affair. Even the kids joined in.
Show off.
Half Marathon
Caption: Show off.
Two-way Finish
Half Marathon
Caption: Two-way Finish. 10km runners finished down the hill; half-marathon runners finished going up; and cars came through as they pleased!
Round 1
Half Marathon
Caption: Round 1
Winner of the 10km
Half Marathon
Caption: Winner of the 10km
Happy Faces
Half Marathon
Caption: Happy Faces
The Sheep weren't Impressed.
Half Marathon
Caption: The Sheep weren't Impressed.
Runner
Half Marathon
Caption: Runner
The Finish!
Half Marathon
Caption: The Finish!
Mother & Daughter
Half Marathon
Caption: Mother & Daughter. They thought I was a news photographer and wanted their photo taken.
Inishbofin Half Marathon
Half Marathon
Caption: Inishbofin Half Marathon
Winners Can Be Grinners.
Half Marathon
Caption: Winners Can Be Grinners.. Well he is trying to grin.
One of Several Little Inlets
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: One of Several Little Inlets
Signpost
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Signpost
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2358
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2361
Colorful Weed
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Colorful Weed
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2371
Anjea in Inishbofin
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Anjea in Inishbofin. A great natural harbour that's been fought over for centuries
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2375
Entrance to the Fort
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Entrance to the Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2392
Embrassure
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Embrassure
Hugo
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Hugo
Two Chimneys
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Two Chimneys. Looking down two chimneys
Arrowslit
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: Arrowslit
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2412
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2416
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2419
The Harbour Entrance
Cromwell S Fort
Caption: The Harbour Entrance
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2426
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2428
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2435
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Cromwell S Fort
Caption: DAG_2437
Panorama of the Inishbofin Harbour
West Quartye
Caption: Panorama of the Inishbofin Harbour
Catholic Church
West Quartye
Caption: Catholic Church. Elsewhere, they'd at least paint it white.
Irish Light
West Quartye
Caption: Irish Light
Perfect Pebbles
West Quartye
Caption: Perfect Pebbles. The perfect arc of this beach is amazing.
Helen Gathering Pebbles
West Quartye
Caption: Helen Gathering Pebbles
Heterogenous Pebbles
West Quartye
Caption: Heterogenous Pebbles. The beach is has attracted a huge variety of stones.
Unusual Tower
West Quartye
Caption: Unusual Tower
Wall and Window
West Quartye
Caption: Wall and Window
A Fixer-upper
West Quartye
Caption: A Fixer-upper. Note the one ton bags holding the caravan down against the Atlantic gales.
Escaped Sheep Number 1
West Quartye
Caption: Escaped Sheep Number 1
Shepherding Sheep Number 1
West Quartye
Caption: Shepherding Sheep Number 1. Helen trying to persuade it to go thru the open gate.
Wet Starling and Prize
West Quartye
Caption: Wet Starling and Prize
Success!
West Quartye
Caption: Success!. Sheep number 1 safely back in it's field.
Memorial
West Quartye
Caption: Memorial. Two young lads lost their lives here a few years back.
Fellow Walker
West Quartye
Caption: Fellow Walker
Easy Walking
West Quartye
Caption: Easy Walking. And fabulous views.
Spectacular Cove
West Quartye
Caption: Spectacular Cove
Great Trails
West Quartye
Caption: Great Trails
Helen
West Quartye
Caption: Helen. Walking the Westquarter.
Rabbit Warren
West Quartye
Caption: Rabbit Warren
Ancient Road
West Quartye
Caption: Ancient Road. Maybe constructed to access the peat bogs.
Shame
West Quartye
Caption: Shame. This is our internet access. I am amazed it works at all.
It's Spring!
West Quartye
Caption: It's Spring!. Maybe even Summer if you squint.
Traditional Currach
West Quartye
Caption: Traditional Currach. They were very light rowboats covered in hides.
Cromwell's Fort
West Quartye
Caption: Cromwell's Fort. Originally constructed by Grace O'Malley and her Spanish pirate friend and taken by Cromwell after the Reformation.
Escaped Sheep
West Quartye
Caption: Escaped Sheep. Another lamb that Helen eventually managed to shepherd back into the field.
Wandering Lamb back with his Mam.
West Quartye
Caption: Wandering Lamb back with his Mam.. After Helen chased him back thru a hole in the fence he immediately went back to his mother, who never looked up from grazing.
The Virgin Protects Sailors
West Quartye
Caption: The Virgin Protects Sailors
Leading Marks
West Quartye
Caption: Leading Marks. Two of several marks used to guide shipping past the rocks at the entrance to the bay.
Anjea on a Mooring at Inishbofin
West Quartye
Caption: Anjea on a Mooring at Inishbofin
Island of the Cow
West Quartye
Caption: Island of the Cow
Rainbow
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Rainbow. The pot of gold is just the other side of that rock...
Perfect Inishbofin Rainbow
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Perfect Inishbofin Rainbow. Two pots of gold.
Light on Rocks
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Light on Rocks. View from our mooring in Inishbofin harbour
Mooring
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Mooring. Our anchorage in Inishbofin.
Helen
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Helen. Pretending to be Grace O'Malley
Helen on Inishbofin
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Helen on Inishbofin. The ruins are of Cromwell's Fort, which he captured from Grace O'Malley and the pirate Don Bosco in the 16th C.
Seagull
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Seagull
Flowers that grow anywhere
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Flowers that grow anywhere
Achill Island
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Achill Island
Sea Fog
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Sea Fog. Beautiful weather for photos; not so much for sailing.
Hitchhiker
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Hitchhiker. Arctic Skua. S/he landed on the bimini and stayed awhile. Fabulous seafarers.
Sheep on Kid Island
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Sheep on Kid Island
Fabulous Coast
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Fabulous Coast
7 Miles High
Enroute Sligo
Caption: 7 Miles High
Benwee Head
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Benwee Head
Extraordinary Geology
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Extraordinary Geology
Dun Briste Seastack
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Dun Briste Seastack. No wind this day so we motored.
The Pirate Queen
Enroute Sligo
Caption: The Pirate Queen. Gracie O'Malley (aka Helen Barr)
Sligo Entrance
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Sligo Entrance
Knocknarea
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Knocknarea
Sligo Entrance
Enroute Sligo
Caption: Sligo Entrance
The Metal Man
Enroute Sligo
Caption: The Metal Man. Channel Marker at the entrance to Sligo Harbour
Carrowmore Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Caption: Carrowmore Megalithic Tomb
Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Caption: Megalithic Tomb
Stone tombs
Sligo
Caption: Stone tombs
Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Caption: Megalithic Tomb
Tomb
Sligo
Caption: Tomb
Helen and Molly
Sligo
Caption: Helen and Molly
Helen and Molly
Sligo
Caption: Helen and Molly
Strange Mushroom
Sligo
Caption: Strange Mushroom
Hazelwood Forest
Sligo
Caption: Hazelwood Forest. Molly exploring ahead
Male Mallard
Sligo
Caption: Male Mallard
Windswept Lough Gill
Sligo
Caption: Windswept Lough Gill
Female Mallard Duck
Sligo
Caption: Female Mallard Duck
Female Mallard Duck
Sligo
Caption: Female Mallard Duck
Southern Cross
Kerrera
Caption: Southern Cross. A Chris White catamaran -- the only cat I've ever liked.
Helen
Kerrera
Caption: Helen. On the road to the Tea Shop
Oban
Kerrera
Caption: Oban. From Kerrera.
Winding Road
Kerrera
Caption: Winding Road
Helen Phones Home
Kerrera
Caption: Helen Phones Home
Kerrera (Oban)
Kerrera
Caption: Kerrera (Oban). Support the Oban Mountain Rescue Team
Goat Beach
Kerrera
Caption: Goat Beach. No sheep allowed.
Healthy Rabbit
Kerrera
Caption: Healthy Rabbit. Kerrera hosts a healthy population of bunnies.
First Transatlantic Phone
Kerrera
Caption: First Transatlantic Phone. The site of the first transatlantic phone cable.
Sheep Beach
Kerrera
Caption: Sheep Beach. No goats allowed
The Road to the Tea House
Kerrera
Caption: The Road to the Tea House
On the Way
Kerrera
Caption: On the Way
Highland Cattle
Kerrera
Caption: Highland Cattle. An ancient breed known for their hardiness.
Thunderbox
Kerrera
Caption: Thunderbox. Otherwise known as a dunny
Little Ones
Kerrera
Caption: Little Ones
A Cow Surveys It's Castle
Kerrera
Caption: A Cow Surveys It's Castle
Healthy Cow
Kerrera
Caption: Healthy Cow
First Sight of Gylen Castle
Kerrera
Caption: First Sight of Gylen Castle
Gylen Castle
Kerrera
Caption: Gylen Castle. Built by clan McDougall in 1582 it was overrun by the Covenenters in 1647, who deprived the castle of water and then murdered the occupants when they surrendered.
Gylen Castle
Kerrera
Caption: Gylen Castle. Impregnable from the sea. Not so much from land.
Kerrera West Coast
Kerrera
Caption: Kerrera West Coast. The west coast of Kerrera is exposed to the Atlantic
Gylen Castle Battlements
Kerrera
Caption: Gylen Castle Battlements
View from Gylen Castle
Kerrera
Caption: View from Gylen Castle
Gylen Castle Fireplace
Kerrera
Caption: Gylen Castle Fireplace
Steps
Kerrera
Caption: Steps. What's left of the circular staircase in the tower.
Gylen Castle Entrance
Kerrera
Caption: Gylen Castle Entrance
Sir Walter Scott Monument
Edinburgh
Caption: Sir Walter Scott Monument
Busker
Edinburgh
Caption: Busker. Songs I'd never heard before, and very good!
Graves at Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Caption: Graves at Greyfriars
Tolbooth Kirk
Edinburgh
Caption: Tolbooth Kirk. The highest point in Edinburgh
Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Caption: Greyfriars. The cemetary is intimately connected with Edinburgh.
Shame
Edinburgh
Caption: Shame
It's a Doggie World
Edinburgh
Caption: It's a Doggie World
Tourists
Edinburgh
Caption: Tourists. I guess it's inevitable that Harry Potter would stir up the masses like this.
Edinburgh Lanes
Edinburgh
Caption: Edinburgh Lanes
Tolbooth Kirk
Edinburgh
Caption: Tolbooth Kirk
New College, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Caption: New College, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
Caption: Edinburgh Castle. It's ugly, and the stadium jammed up its arse is just painful.
For Real?
Edinburgh
Caption: For Real?
Wild Man
Edinburgh
Caption: Wild Man
St Giles Exterior
Edinburgh
Caption: St Giles Exterior. Originally built over 900 years ago, the church has been central to Scottish history.
Seagull Upon Earl
Edinburgh
Caption: Seagull Upon Earl
Stained Glass Window
Edinburgh
Caption: Stained Glass Window. Just Stunning !
St Giles Organ
Edinburgh
Caption: St Giles Organ
St Giles Cathedral Interior
Edinburgh
Caption: St Giles Cathedral Interior. It was built as a Roman Catholic church but taken over by the Presbyterians in 1559.
Stained Glass Window
Edinburgh
Caption: Stained Glass Window. Amazing!
St Giles Interior
Edinburgh
Caption: St Giles Interior
I think I saw him in Melbourne (and Brisbane and various other places)
Edinburgh
Caption: I think I saw him in Melbourne (and Brisbane and various other places)
View From Pub Window
Edinburgh
Caption: View From Pub Window. Behind me are 330 Scotch Whiskies.
Coloseum
Kerrera
Caption: Coloseum. Yep, it's an unfinished copy of the Coloseum.
Silica Mine
Lochaline
Caption: Silica Mine. The main industry here is the silica mine.
Sheep
Lochaline
Caption: Sheep. Sheep are universally curious for 60 seconds. It takes them that long to work out whether to run away or go back to eating.
In Charge
Lochaline
Caption: In Charge. Good to know someone is looking after things.
The Old House
Lochaline
Caption: The Old House. This was the original house on the Ardtornish Estate. More of a fort than a house.
Lochaline Ferry
Lochaline
Caption: Lochaline Ferry. You don't want to meet it coming the other way in that very narrow channel.
Slate Stash?
Lochaline
Caption: Slate Stash?
Water Everywhere
Lochaline
Caption: Water Everywhere. There is even a hydroelectric scheme to power the estate.
Anjea in Lochaline
Lochaline
Caption: Anjea in Lochaline
Loch Aline
Lochaline
Caption: Loch Aline. Looking towards the entrance
Big House
Lochaline
Caption: Big House. The view from my back porch (when it isn't raining).
Wet Sunshine
Lochaline
Caption: Wet Sunshine
Ardtornish House
Lochaline
Caption: Ardtornish House. This place somehow attracts the sun
American Couple
Lochaline
Caption: American Couple. It took them just 2 hrs to do Lochaline. I've been here 2 weeks and will be sorry to leave.
Babbling Brook?
Lochaline
Caption: Babbling Brook?. This one roared!
YASC
Caledonian Canal
Caption: YASC. Yet Another Scottish Castle
Charles Simonyi's Yacht
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Charles Simonyi's Yacht
Spectacular Sunset in Oban
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Spectacular Sunset in Oban
Beached Boats
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Beached Boats. At Corpach
Ben Nevis
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Ben Nevis. From Corpach at the start of the canal
Fort Williams from Corpach
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Fort Williams from Corpach
Light on the Hills
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Light on the Hills. Evening light on Ben Nevis from Corpach
Not Friendly
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Not Friendly. Just hungry
Anjea Ready for The Canal
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Anjea Ready for The Canal
Waiting to Enter the Canal
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Waiting to Enter the Canal. We had to wait for boats to exit the last lock before we could enter
Lock Leaks
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Lock Leaks. Many leaks into the lower locks
Ageeth Handling Lines
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Ageeth Handling Lines
The Crew
Caledonian Canal
Caption: The Crew. The girls learn rope handling fast!
Lock
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Lock
Lock Gates
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Lock Gates
The Front Boat
Caledonian Canal
Caption: The Front Boat. We were front boat most of the time and it was a pleasure to swap places with the boat behind for the last lock of the day so they had a taste of what we went through.
Lock Keeper
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Lock Keeper
Scouts?
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Scouts?. Whatever -- they were having fun.
Music.
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Music.. These guys played for a couple of hours.
Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Caledonian Canal. Near Loch Oich.
Forestry Blight
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Forestry Blight. The canal and loch edges are preserved but 100m beyond are pine forests
Flower Power
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Flower Power
Loch Oich Pontoon
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Loch Oich Pontoon
Foxgloves Everywhere
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Foxgloves Everywhere
Anjea at Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Anjea at Loch Oich
Glengarry Castle
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Glengarry Castle. Or what's left of it.
Magnificent Scotch Pine
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Magnificent Scotch Pine
The Faraway Tree
Caledonian Canal
Caption: The Faraway Tree
Scottish Plumbing
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Scottish Plumbing. Invergarry Hotel.
Helen at the Hotel Glengarry Gatehouse
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Helen at the Hotel Glengarry Gatehouse
Evening Light on Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Evening Light on Loch Oich
Morning Light in Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Morning Light in Loch Oich. The light was there for just a moment.
Our Overnight Pontoon
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Our Overnight Pontoon
Anjea in Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Anjea in Loch Oich
Number Two
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Number Two. Helen takes the wheel.
Staircase at Fort Augustus
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Staircase at Fort Augustus
Bridge to Nowhere
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Bridge to Nowhere. This strange bridge over nothing goes nowhere.
The Crew
Caledonian Canal
Caption: The Crew. And a royal wave from Helen.
Waterfall
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Waterfall. At certain times the lock-keepers allow water to roar over the locks.
Fort Augustus Staircase
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Fort Augustus Staircase
Loch Ness
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Loch Ness
Loch Ness Ducks
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Loch Ness Ducks
Loch Ness
Caledonian Canal
Caption: Loch Ness
More Wind Turbines
North Sea
Caption: More Wind Turbines
Big Beautiful Sky Everywhere
North Sea
Caption: Big Beautiful Sky Everywhere
Another North Sea Ship
North Sea
Caption: Another North Sea Ship
Windfarms Everywhere
North Sea
Caption: Windfarms Everywhere
Strange Ships Everywhere
North Sea
Caption: Strange Ships Everywhere
Nearly There
North Sea
Caption: Nearly There. Starboard mark at the entrance to the Den Helder channel.
Small Cruise Ship
Amsterdam
Caption: Small Cruise Ship. Only 172m long.
Happy Pub
Amsterdam
Caption: Happy Pub
Big Cruise Ship
Amsterdam
Caption: Big Cruise Ship. They are going to ban them from the city center soon.
Hard to Believe
Amsterdam
Caption: Hard to Believe. The marina residents found it hard to believe a ship that big could navigate the river.
Bridge
Amsterdam
Caption: Bridge
Bridge
Amsterdam
Caption: Bridge
Coastal Cruiser
Amsterdam
Caption: Coastal Cruiser
Old Steel Barge
Amsterdam
Caption: Old Steel Barge. They are everywhere. Old boats waiting to be converted to living spaces.
Rub a Dub Dub
Amsterdam
Caption: Rub a Dub Dub. Three girls in a tub...
Explosive!
Amsterdam
Caption: Explosive!. The building on the right has exceptionally thick walls held together by steel rods. It used to be the munitions store!
Apartment Block
Amsterdam
Caption: Apartment Block
Passing Traffic
Amsterdam
Caption: Passing Traffic
Yet Another Tower
Amsterdam
Caption: Yet Another Tower
Canal-scape
Amsterdam
Caption: Canal-scape
Only in Holland
Amsterdam
Caption: Only in Holland
The Green Door
Amsterdam
Caption: The Green Door. Door colors in Amsterdam must be 'appropriate' and 'approved'. Maybe he was color-blind?
Modern Furniture Removal
Amsterdam
Caption: Modern Furniture Removal. Back when, you used the hook at the front of your house to raise your furniture to your open window. Now you hire a ladder.
Hugo
Amsterdam
Caption: Hugo
Amsterdam Canal
Amsterdam
Caption: Amsterdam Canal
Bridge
Amsterdam
Caption: Bridge
Bridge
Amsterdam
Caption: Bridge
Under the Bridge
Amsterdam
Caption: Under the Bridge
Scheepswerf
Amsterdam
Caption: Scheepswerf. Marnix in front of the shipyard
Historic Concrete Barge
Amsterdam
Caption: Historic Concrete Barge. One of many concrete barges built by the Americans after WWII
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Amsterdam
Caption: Het Scheepvaartmuseum. The National Maritime Museum
Nemo Science Museum
Amsterdam
Caption: Nemo Science Museum
New Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Caption: New Amsterdam. Lest you think Amsterdam is all about the past.
Amsterdam Tower
Amsterdam
Caption: Amsterdam Tower. One of the many towers of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Tower
Amsterdam
Caption: Amsterdam Tower. Another one
Amsterdam Tower
Amsterdam
Caption: Amsterdam Tower
Helen and Marnix
Amsterdam
Caption: Helen and Marnix. Marnix is our skipper, transport and extraordinary guide.
Holiday Time
Amsterdam
Caption: Holiday Time. The last week of the summer holidays
Grimburgwall
Amsterdam
Caption: Grimburgwall
Pretty Boat
Amsterdam
Caption: Pretty Boat
Woops!
Amsterdam
Caption: Woops!
Chilling
Amsterdam
Caption: Chilling
Hanging Out
Amsterdam
Caption: Hanging Out
Look at Me!
Amsterdam
Caption: Look at Me!
Straight is Relative
Amsterdam
Caption: Straight is Relative. I was told they lean out so the furniture can be hauled up the front. Hmmm...
1960's Hippie
Amsterdam
Caption: 1960's Hippie. At home on the water.
Was A Bicycle Park
Amsterdam
Caption: Was A Bicycle Park. This bike park was too small so they've built a bigger one!
The EYE Film Museum
Amsterdam
Caption: The EYE Film Museum. Amsterdam's answer to Sydney's Opera House
Sixhaven
Amsterdam
Caption: Sixhaven. Our little marina is directly opposite the old city center of Amsterdam.
Sixhaven Marina
Amsterdam
Caption: Sixhaven Marina. Boats are packed tight and rafted up 3-deep at night.
Marnix ,Hugo and Me
Amsterdam
Caption: Marnix ,Hugo and Me. Helen snapped this on our canal tour
Towers in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Caption: Towers in Amsterdam
Algae
Harlingen
Caption: Algae. The cause of the insect explosion.
Countless Insects
Harlingen
Caption: Countless Insects. On the IJselmeer on a still summer day the insect population explodes
Replica Traditional Ship
Harlingen
Caption: Replica Traditional Ship. Many of these beautiful ships, designed for the shallow waters of the canals, lakes and seas around Holland, are still being built and restored.
Work Area
Harlingen
Caption: Work Area. Anjea may spend a few weeks in one of those sheds being refurbished.
Shooting the Breeze
Harlingen
Caption: Shooting the Breeze
Morning Light
Harlingen
Caption: Morning Light. The big canals have many working boats carrying everything imaginable.
Fishing
Harlingen
Caption: Fishing. This was snapped directly outside Multiship.
Harlingen Lion
Harlingen
Caption: Harlingen Lion
Lion 2
Harlingen
Caption: Lion 2
Witte Swaen
Harlingen
Caption: Witte Swaen. Willem Barentsz and crew cast off in 1596 to find a northern, Arctic, route to China. This boat is a replica.
It's a Whale
Harlingen
Caption: It's a Whale. I think.
Zuiderhaven
Harlingen
Caption: Zuiderhaven. The main canal in Harlingen.
The Fishing Fleet
Harlingen
Caption: The Fishing Fleet
Streetscape
Harlingen
Caption: Streetscape. Or should that be 'Canalscape'?
Harlingen to London
Harlingen
Caption: Harlingen to London. In Harlingen in the 1800s, you could buy a ticket to any major port in the world.
Java
Harlingen
Caption: Java. Many houses are named for the place their builder traded.
Small Canal
Harlingen
Caption: Small Canal
My New Electric Motor
Harlingen
Caption: My New Electric Motor. I finally traded the petrol outboard for this ePropulsion unit. Very happy so far.
Wind Farm
Harlingen
Caption: Wind Farm
Mermaid
Harlingen
Caption: Mermaid. Built as a steel cargo ship in 1907 she was refitted as a passenger ship in 1990.
Mermaid
Harlingen
Caption: Mermaid. Flat-bottomed with gigantic lee boards instead of a keel.
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