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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
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Old Diesels Never Die
Old Diesels Never Die
Seventy-two Today
Seventy-two Today
Seventy-two Today
Seventy-two Today
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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
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. The stream is the source of water for this iconic drop.
Islay
Lagavulin Stream. The water that goes into your favourite tipple comes from this stream.
Islay
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.
Islay
Lagavulin Entrance
Islay
Anjea. Two free moorings in Lagavulin Bay.
Islay
Turrets
Islay
Ardbeg Distillery
Islay
Helen
Islay
Ardbeg Distillery. Open day had a slippery slide, tight rope, hoop tossing, coconut gallery and of course whiskey tasting.
Islay
Old Still. It was Ardbeg's annual open day.
Islay
Hot Rod
Islay
Ardbeg Open Day
Islay
Ardbeg Bay
Islay
Ardbeg Open Day
Islay
Walk. We walked the 1m from Lagavulin to Ardbeg for their open day.
Islay
Windswept Tree
Islay
Lagavulin Distillery
Islay
Dunnyvaig Castle. Ruins of a fort guarding the entrance to Lagavulin Bay
Islay
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
Tripping With the Maasai
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
A New Camera
Waiting
St Patrick S Day
Must be the Mayor
St Patrick S Day
No Snakes in Ireland. St Patrick driving the snakes out
St Patrick S Day
Snake Segment
St Patrick S Day
St Patrick. Replaced the snakes with Christians.
St Patrick S Day
St Patrick's Best Friend
St Patrick S Day
Puffins
St Patrick S Day
Misery. Even a shoulder-ride isn't enough for some.
St Patrick S Day
New Tooth
St Patrick S Day
Watching the Passing Parade
St Patrick S Day
YAT. Yet Another Tractor
St Patrick S Day
Athletics Club
St Patrick S Day
Juliette
St Patrick S Day
Dogs
St Patrick S Day
Ukranians Gone Green. Many displaced people now call Caheersiveen home.
St Patrick S Day
Posh
St Patrick S Day
No Limits
St Patrick S Day
Marie
St Patrick S Day
Beautiful Girl
St Patrick S Day
St Patrick Herself
St Patrick S Day
Happy Eyes
St Patrick S Day
Happy Eyes 2
St Patrick S Day
Green Superman. Is he St Patrick or the Green Man? And does it matter?
St Patrick S Day
The Football Club
St Patrick S Day
St Mary's
St Patrick S Day
Protestors. Yes, but on St Parick's Day?
St Patrick S Day
Fuel Man. Not green, but I couldn't live here without him.
St Patrick S Day
Sceilg Ola. The oil man
St Patrick S Day
Old Tractor
St Patrick S Day
Father and Daughter
St Patrick S Day
Green Man in a BIG Tractor. Muscle farmer in his shiny new machine.
St Patrick S Day
Most People Smiled
St Patrick S Day
Even the Leprechauns
St Patrick S Day
Colman
St Patrick S Day
Lost. This father has no chance
St Patrick S Day
Foilmore Comhaltas. Traditional music.
St Patrick S Day
Main Street
St Patrick S Day
Classy Hat
St Patrick S Day
The Green Man. He's in there somewhere.
St Patrick S Day
Sing Boys!
St Patrick S Day
Father and Son
St Patrick S Day
More Protesting
St Patrick S Day
Free Palestine. Free Israel.
St Patrick S Day
Tractor Number 999
St Patrick S Day
Mike Murts. Everyone ends up at Mike Murts eventually.
St Patrick S Day
Foilmore Comhaltas
St Patrick S Day
Ciaran. A man of many talents is our marina manager.
St Patrick S Day
St Pat and Helpers
St Patrick S Day
More Leprechauns
St Patrick S Day
Leprechaun 2
St Patrick S Day
Leprechaun 3
St Patrick S Day
... when I came across this ...
The Fairy Park
I've no idea who lives here ...
The Fairy Park
... but everyone knows where trolls live.
The Fairy Park
It was a very cold morning
The Fairy Park
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'.
Cahersiveen Town
Knocknadobar with trees. The trees are a clue to the weather.
Cahersiveen Town
Knocknadobar and gate. The 'hill of the wells'
Cahersiveen Town
Farms at the foot of Knocknadobar
Cahersiveen Town
Houses along the Fertha
Cahersiveen Town
Cahersiveen Street
Cahersiveen Town
One Hundred Thousand Welcomes. I walk past this almost every day.
Cahersiveen Town
Untitled Poem
Cahersiveen Town
One of the locals
Knocknodobar Walk
Jesus is laiden with his cross. The first of thirteen crosses on this beautiful trail.
Knocknodobar Walk
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.
Knocknodobar Walk
Heaven. Well, the top anyway. But the view from the top of Knocknadobar certainly is heavenly.
Knocknodobar Walk
Helen and Mark. It was several degrees colder at the top of the mountain and a brisk breeze made it seem even colder.
Knocknodobar Walk
The Fertha. We were very lucky with the weather: Knocknadobar is often wreathed in cloud or mist.
Knocknodobar Walk
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Knocknodobar Walk
Simon helps Jesus. It's a pilgrim trail and each cross celebrates a moment of Jesus' crucifixion.
Knocknodobar Walk
Soggy Track. Sometimes the trail is muddy, other times rocky, but it's always wet.
Knocknodobar Walk
Sheep-proof Gate
Knocknodobar Walk
The Blood of Jesus. Or someone was very sloppy with a can of paint.
Knocknodobar Walk
Stiles and Gates. The trail is thru pasture lands.
Knocknodobar Walk
Kerry Cliffs
Cahersiveen Arrival
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.
Cahersiveen Arrival
Helen. . Or is it Molly?
Cahersiveen Arrival
Boatshed
Cahersiveen Arrival
Yep, It's a Gate
Cahersiveen Arrival
Castletown Bearhaven
Cahersiveen Arrival
Sneem, Kerry
Cahersiveen Arrival
Weather and Light
Cahersiveen Arrival
View from Sneem Harbour
Cahersiveen Arrival
Great Skellig
Cahersiveen Arrival
The Bull, off Dursey Head
Cahersiveen Arrival
Star Wars Set
Cahersiveen Arrival
Watching the Raindrops
Cahersiveen Arrival
View from the Marina
Cahersiveen Arrival
Fertha Panorama
Cahersiveen Arrival
Coastal Panorama
Cahersiveen Arrival
Beautiful People
Cahersiveen Arrival
McGillacuddy's Reeks in the Background
Cahersiveen Arrival
Over the Water. Looking 'over the water' as the locals call the far side of the inlet on which Cahersiveen is situated.
Cahersiveen Arrival
Light Over the Water
Cahersiveen Arrival
Last Light
Cahersiveen Arrival
View from Castlequin to Valentia Island
Cahersiveen Arrival
Afternoon Light. Late afternoon light on an Autumn day on the Castlequin Loop walk
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
Late afternoon. Near the top of Castlequin
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
View from Castlequin Summit
Castlequin Late On An Autumn Afternoon
Sapphira Arrives at Dingle. at 14:09 26 August 2024, a few days after us
Cahersiveen Arrival
Helen Takes a Line
Cahersiveen Arrival
Mark Secures Line
Cahersiveen Arrival
Cows. There are still a lot of cattle on Flores but they are being reduced.
Azores Flores
Waterfall Lake.
Azores Flores
Waterfall Lake. This beautiful lakes is fed by numerous waterfalls.
Azores Flores
Fajaa Grande Anchorage. Anjea is second from the right.
Azores Flores
Stone House. Houses like this are everywhere.
Azores Flores
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.
Azores Flores
Typical Street
Azores Flores
Cliff Edge. The path to Ponta Delgarda is not for the acrophobic.
Azores Flores
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.
Azores Flores
Beach. No, I have not bought a drone -- this is the view from the path looking down on the rocky beach.
Azores Flores
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.
Azores Flores
Twisted Tree. The trees are fabulous shapes, twisted by the North Atlantic gales into amazing shapes.
Azores Flores
Coastal View. Looking back to our anchorage from the path to Ponta del Dardo.
Azores Flores
Merel rests her legs
Azores Flores
On top of the world. A beautiful place for a brief rest after the steep climb.
Azores Flores
Hydrangea. Hydrangeas were introduced centuries back and have made the island their own.
Azores Flores
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.
Azores Flores
Me
Azores Flores
View from the top
Azores Flores
Gate 1. Gate-making here is an art.
Azores Flores
Gate 2. This looks like something from The Shire.
Azores Flores
View of Corvo. You can just see the island of Corvo in the distance.
Azores Flores
Ratty 1. Our friendly rat gets his photo taken.
Azores Flores
Ratty 2. Ratty enjoyed Merel's cooking as much as me!
Azores Flores
Waterfall at Fajaa Grande
Azores Flores
Sapphira leaves Flores. Mark sails Sapphira off the anchor at Fajaa Grande. His motor is out of action.
Azores Flores
Sapphira on her Way. Mark sails off his anchor, on his way to Horta.
Azores Flores
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.
Horta
Poppycock. Bre's outstanding grafiti at Horta.
Horta
Pico. It's an old volcano but apparently still warm in the crater.
Horta
Clouds over Pico. Lenticular clouds over the volcano.
Horta
Pico from Horta
Horta
The Edge of Town. Horta is quite a small town.
Horta
Streetscape. The beautiful streets of Horta township.
Horta
Streetscape
Horta
Pavement Works. Laying new pavement is a laborious job.
Horta
Windmill Motif. Pavement designs depict many different aspects of Azorean history.
Horta
Pavement Detail. Pavements in Horta are intricately laid. Each street is different and the designs are very beuatiful.
Horta
For Sale. Many old buildings for sale in Horta.
Horta
A Fix-er-upper. Something for the renovator in you.
Horta
Horta Screetscape
Horta
Pavement. Another beutiful pavement design in Horta.
Horta
Horta Screetscape
Horta
Small Car. The smallest car I have ever seen.
Horta
Peter Cafe Sport. This is the place where many sailors have their first beer after crossing the Atlantic.
Horta
Building.. It isn't really curved - just horrible distortion from the extreme angle.
Horta
Caldera. The island of Faial is made up of several volcanos. This one is partly submerged.
Horta
Pavement Laying. Horta's beautiful pavements are being extended and renovated. It is a time-consuming highly skilled job, but worth it!
Horta
Horta Township . Porto Pim in the foreground.
Horta
Invader. Lantana and hydrangeas are not native but are everywhere.
Horta
Whale Processing Factory. Now a museum.
Horta
Porto Pim. The old whaling station is at Porto Pim, a 'suburb' of Horta.
Horta
Stairway.... ... to the top of the hill overlooking the whaling station and the town of Horta
Horta
Goose Family. Or are they just very big ducks?
Horta
Steep Cliffs
Horta
Old Naval Defenses. I am guessing that there was a big gun here in WWII
Horta
Horta
Horta
Pico
Horta
What is it?. You win a prize if you can tell me what it is.
Horta
Portable Toilet. Err, why here?
Horta
Communication Station. Where the undersea cable connecting Faial to the rest of the world comes ashore.
Horta
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?
Horta
Porto Pim
Horta
Saphira Leaves. Mark and Sinead leave Horta for Sao Jorge
Horta
Spruce Avenue. Country road above Horta.
Horta
Whale Entrance
Horta
The Whaling Factory. Sperm whales were dragged up this slope by the tail and decapitated here.
Horta
Pico in the Clouds
Horta
Horta Panorama
Horta
Weather. On the passage from Bermuda to Azores.
Azores Flores
Flower Garden
Azores Flores
Donkey
Azores Flores
Fancy House
Azores Flores 2
Nice Church
Azores Flores 2
Nice House
Azores Flores 2
Bermuda
Azores Flores 2
Crappy Wall
Azores Flores 2
Ruined House
Azores Flores 2
Bermuda Window
Azores Flores 2
It's a Drag. Merel and Hugo cool off.
Azores Flores 2
Man-of-war. Many of these weird jellyfish.
Azores Flores 2
Suriname River Bridge. Yayo and I took Anjea under the bridge and off to Trinidad.
Azores Flores 2
Rough Seas. Suriname to Trinidad was an unpleasant leg. Good wind but rough, short seas
Azores Flores 2
Sails in the Sunset
Azores Flores 2
Trinidadian Carnival Arse
Azores Flores 2
Carnival in Trinidad
Azores Flores 2
Carnival Audience
Azores Flores 2
Carnival in the Caribbean
Azores Flores 2
Carnival
Azores Flores 2
Visitor in Trinidad
Azores Flores 2
Roy. Four circumnavigations. Awesome.
Azores Flores 2
Flowers. Somewhere in the carib, probably Carriacou
Azores Flores 2
Carriacou Sunset
Azores Flores 2
Before Her Bottom was Painted
Azores Flores 2
Carriacou
Azores Flores 2
Anjea. Anjea goes back in the water with new paint on her bottom.
Azores Flores 2
Merel Arrives. Rejoining Anjea in Antigua after her South American tour.
Azores Flores 2
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...
Azores Flores 2
Antigua Coastline
Azores Flores 2
Awesome Tree
Azores Flores 2
Weird Cactus
Azores Flores 2
Weather
Azores Flores 2
Flying Fish. They come from everywhere. This one came through an open hatch for a soft landing on the settee.
Azores Flores 2
Big Blue. Anjea's new Code 'D' (Gennaker) is a great success.
Azores Flores 2
Merel and I
Azores Flores 2
Bermuda Seas. Bermuda
Azores Flores 2
Haunted Church?
Azores Flores 2
Unfinished Church
Azores Flores 2
Death. The bird and the flower were just there.
Azores Flores 2
Volcanic Things
Azores Flores 2
The Wall
Azores Flores 2
The Cut. All ships must pass thru this narrow channel to enter the Bermuda Lagoon.
Azores Flores 2
Nice Boat
Azores Flores 2
Bollemaat
Bollemaat
Bollemaat
Bollemaat
My Favorite Pastime
Bollemaat
Bollemaat. A great boat on the outside but...
Bollemaat
Bollemaat Underway. Leaving the Suriname River.
Bollemaat
Bollemaat Underway. On the way to Trinidad with Yayo and Wim
Bollemaat
Tired. At the end of my night watch.
Bollemaat
Unusual Yacht. I love yachts that bend the rules. Not sure about that mizen though.
Bollemaat
Broken Toilet. But I fixed it.
Bollemaat
Chef Yayo. With Wim standing by.
Bollemaat
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
Bollemaat Underway
Bollemaat
Édouard's House
Bollemaat
At Édouard's House
Bollemaat
The House that Édouard Built. There are no structural bolts or screws; the timber frame is held together with wooden pegs.
Bollemaat
Édouard's House
Bollemaat
Édouard's House. Decoration surrounding the entrance, looking thru to the central courtyard.
Bollemaat
Dominica. Wim and Yayo enjoy a cold beer.
Bollemaat
Dead Already.. Well, that it explains it :-)
Bollemaat
Waterfalls. One of several valleys our excellent guide took us to.
Bollemaat
Yet Another Waterfall
Bollemaat
More Waterfalls
Bollemaat
Volcanic Steam. Wim with our guide to the volcanos of Dominica.
Bollemaat
Steam Vent. Volcanic steam vents are common.
Bollemaat
Celebratory Drinks. With Wim and Yayo
Bollemaat
Stern-to in Dominica. A brilliant and quirky little anchorage that we enjoyed enormously.
Bollemaat
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Still in Suriname
Confusion. First, figure out how it was supposed to work! Then why it doesn't work! Then fix it!
Suriname
Spaghetti
Suriname
The Suriname River. A deep, fast-flowing river that we followed upstream past Paramaribo, the capital, to Domburg where we anchored.
Suriname
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Saamaka River Experience
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Flying to Anjea
Silicia and Javeh
Saamaka River
Javeh.. A rare smile from our indefatigable captain.
Saamaka River
Ida stringing her hamock
Saamaka River
Ida catches piranha any way she can!
Saamaka River
Captain Javeh.. His skill negotiating the rapids was awesome.
Saamaka River
Evening over Brokopondo Lake
Saamaka River
The hills under Brokopondo Lake have become islands.
Saamaka River
Brokopondo Lake.. The dead trees still stand.
Saamaka River
Belé hides under checkered shawl.
Saamaka River
Silicia and children.. Kids everywhere!
Saamaka River
River and jungle.. Except where there is a village, the bush meets the river with no open spaces.
Saamaka River
Silicia with Belé's son and Belé
Saamaka River
Toucan. Their wings are clipped and they are kept as curiosities.
Saamaka River
Belé and family.
Saamaka River
Damaged prop
Saamaka River
Tree on rock.
Saamaka River
Wood carving underway.
Saamaka River
Carving.. Saamaka Museum.
Saamaka River
Saamaka Museum
Saamaka River
Saamaka Museum
Saamaka River
The entrance to the Saamaka Museum.. Beautiful, intricately carved entrance doors.
Saamaka River
Ladder.
Saamaka River
Merel in front of a tranditional hut.
Saamaka River
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 River
Saamaka villager.
Saamaka River
Young man carving an aluminium plate. His only tools are a pencil and a sharpened screwdriver.
Saamaka River
The finished plate
Saamaka River
A carved calabash bowl.. Silicia tries her hand at sanding a carved bowl using a 'sandpaper leaf'.
Saamaka River
Casava bread baking
Saamaka River
Silicia with the chief baker
Saamaka River
Silicia helps out with the baking.
Saamaka River
Casava bread
Saamaka River
A Calabash tree. The fruit has a hard shell which is used as a bowl. The pulpy insides are inedible and have no value.
Saamaka River
Wooden dish.. The Saamaka are consumate woodworkers.
Saamaka River
An evening meal.. We were well fed on mostly traditional foods.
Saamaka River
View from Pineapple Mountain. We were just in time to catch the dawn.
Saamaka River
Pineapple Maountain jungle view.. The 'mountain' rises about 30m above the jungle floor.
Saamaka River
Cactus on Pineapple Mountain
Saamaka River
Orchid on Pineapple Mountain.
Saamaka River
Classic Sky
Saamaka River
Striped Barbados Lily
Saamaka River
Jungle
Saamaka River
Merel in the Jungle.
Saamaka River
Track
Saamaka River
Fork in the Road. It's the track on the left. No! I mean the right, I think... Fortunately our guide knew the way.
Saamaka River
Tappawatra Falls. Javeh, Clarins and Ida.
Saamaka River
Tappawatra Falls
Saamaka River
Mermaids. Merel and Silicia at Tappawatra Falls
Saamaka River
Yes, it's Merel. The sign names one of the rooms at the hostel that Merel has been helping to organize.
Saamaka River
Travelling by Canoe
Saamaka River
Bush trail damaged by logging
Saamaka River
Belé's New Canoe
Saamaka River
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
Des Képis Blancs
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
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
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View from our first anchorage. The upmarket end of 'new' Sao Luis.
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Merel ventures ashore. That's her next to the dinghy on the beach talking to some locals.
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Patient bird. These birds stand for ages waiting for a crab to emerge from it's mud burrow.
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Stuck in the mud. When the 7m tide goes out Anjea sinks into the soft mud.
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Red Herron. Many of these spectacular birds come to feed on crabs at low tide.
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Merel, Luisa and Eduardo
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Food vendor
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District Sign. Local signs are beautiful ceramic
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Eduardo the wannabe rastafarian
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Luisa and Eduardo at the Festival
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Old Town Fascade
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Pre-car streets
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Old Town street
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Portuguese Facade. Many fascades are clad with tiles imported from Portugal
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My new head band
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Me on the steps
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Merel
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Steps into the Old Town
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Festival onlooker
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Eduardo, Luisa and Merel in the Old Town
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Not so Traditional . Eduardo doesn't know how to translate, Merel wants to know, and Luisa works it out: PUSSY!
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Crab in Tequila. But how does the crab get in the bottle?
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The Hat. Merel looking elegant
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Festival Streetscape
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Old Town street
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A Heavy Load. Merel and I both had the urge to run up and help the poor guy
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Fascade
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More Dancing
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Impromptu. This looked like an unrehearsed combo of music and dance but was great!
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Musician
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Is it dance or martial arts?
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The essential juice. The dancers and musicians are lubricated with a home-brew version of this.
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Now that's a dining table!
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Me, Luisa, Eduardo and Merel. Sorry about the quality!
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Ice Bear
Saint Helena
Ice Bear. We arrived at the same time as Kurt, Caroline and Steven on Ice Bear.
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Approaching Saint Helena. It's an isolated volcanic island.
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Stairway to Heaven. Originally 700 steps, one step was removed by roadworkers.
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The Last Phone Box?. Telephone boxes are still in use.
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Ladder Hill Fort Entrance
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The Barracks, Ladder Hill Fort
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A View of Earth from Heaven. The top of Jacob's Ladder is 1,000 feet (~280m) above the bottom.
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Jamestown
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Steve
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A Planters House
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Ringing the Bell. The stone rings like a bell when struck.
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Eucalypts. All the original vegetation has been stripped. Only introduced species and a few isolated native plants servive.
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Lot
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Farmland
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Contrasts. The contrast between the lush farmland and hills behind could not be more intense.
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Merel
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Valley
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Road. Roads on the island are narrow and winding.
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Agriculture. Farming on the island is limited. This was the only herd of cows I saw.
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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.
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Embrasure. You stick your gun thru the slit and hope the guys on the other side don't see your muzzle flash.
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Inside the Fort. Solid stone walls without windows.
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The Fort
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The Ferry. Getting from Anjea to shore and back is made easy by the ferry service that does the rounds every hour.
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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!
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Perfect Rainbow
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Road to the Start of Diana's Peak Walk
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Mount Acheron. The other end of the ridge from Diana's Peak is Mt Acheron
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Fuschia Flowers
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White Weed. An invasive plant that does extremely well on Saint Helena covering large areas.
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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.
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Merel in the Ute. On the way to Sharks Bay.
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Me and ???
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Weather over Sharks Valley
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Marl. Closeup of the mud.
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Ed
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Manya Descending Sharks Valley
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Ed. On the way back up Sharks Valley
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Rain = Green. It's been a wet year so plenty of lush green against the brown hills.
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Ed
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Manya
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Manya
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Me at Sharks Bay. Yes, yes, Cherryl I know I need a haircut.
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Me by Merel. At Sharks Bay
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Manya
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Ed and Merel
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Living Dangerously. This crab and many of his family live there lives at the base of a waterfall.
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Manya
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Addy at Sharks Bay
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Tradewind Surf at Sharks Bay
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Closeup of Atlantic Ocean
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Wild Mango. The path goes under the tangled wild mangoes -- no fruit unfortunately.
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The Heart Shaped Waterfall
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Merel . Merel on the way to Lot's Wife's Ponds
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Masked Booby. Many nesting boobies along the way to Lot's Wife's Ponds
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Masked Booby
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Crabs. They love the excitement of the littoral.
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Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk. Crab heaven.
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Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
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Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
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Fairy Tern
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Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
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Lot's Wife's Ponds Walk
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Geologic Profile. The mix of rocks and soils is amazing.
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Rocks
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Jamestown Mainstreet
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Typical Jamestown Mainstreet Building
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Jacobs Ladder. A waste of diesel (most electricity on the island is generated by diesel)
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Methodist Church
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Switchback. Switchbacks are everywhere on the steep roads and traffic jams are common: two cars traveling in opposite directions can't pass.
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Catholic Church. As the sign says, this church was built on the site of a Chinese temple.
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Anne's Cafe. Anne is gone, but the flags live on. Anne died some years back but it's still the place yachties congregate.
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Grafiti in the Fort
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An Alien in South Africa?
An Alien in South Africa?
Naukluft Mountains
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Unnamed Dune Predawn
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Unnamed Dune. The two small dots on the ridge -- they are people.
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Early Morning Light on Unnamed Dune
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Dune Sunrise
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Dune Reflection. The bizzare sight of of a desert sand dune reflected in floodwater.
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Naukluft Mountains. The air is clear and clean: it seems you can see forever.
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Thompson's Gazelle and Namibian Dune
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Oryx in Naukluft Mountains
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Naukluft Mountains. Some parts of the mountains received rain and turned green, others remained dry.
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Coming Down the Dune
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The Other Way to Climb the Dune. The boys decided to go straight up instead of following the ridge. They made it.
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Matt and Jen. Climbing the only accessible dune. The road to Sossusvlei was flooded.
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Dune Near Sesriem. Before dawn the colors are mute.
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Climbing the Dune. As Edmund Hillary replied when asked why he climbed Everest, 'Because it's there'.
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The Color of Rain. Rain has dusted the landscape with soft green.
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Desert Resident. The desert looks deserted at first glance but when you look closer there are bugs, beetles and lizards everywhere.
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How Deep Is It?. Matt contemplates the river after a flash flood closes the road to Sossosvlei.
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Exploring Luderitz Peninsula
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Fjord. A yacht the size of Anjea would just about fit into this deep but narrow inlet.
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Dry Coastal Dunes. While the inland mountains enjoyed rare rain the coastal dunes around Luderitz remained dry.
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Flamingos in Flight
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Luderitz Lighthouse
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Bartolemeu Diaz' Padrão. Marker for the stone pillar left by Diaz on his African voyage in 1488.
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Leaving Richards Bay
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Walter. With Warrior, the racing boat he sailed, in Port Elizabeth
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Walter. Watering the garden at home. Water is restricted so garden water comes from tanks.
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Bird
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Big Old Bull
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Warthog. Nice chops, pity about the warts.
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Lazy Lions. We saw a pride of lions lazing around, unfussed by all the fresh meat in cars.
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Dirty Boy. A very muddy elephant.
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Dung Beetles. With 600 elephants to clean up after these guys never finish.
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Boys will be Boys. A group of young bulls having fun.
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Tortoise
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Ha ha ha!
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Walter and Merel. Walter entertained us with great stories of his sailing exploits.
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Walter and I
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Merel Steering
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Danger Point Light House
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Walter at V&A. Arriving in Cape Town on a yacht for the 38th time.
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V&A Marina Arrival. We circle while waiting for the Bascule Bridge to open.
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Bascule Bridge, Cape Town. The second of two opening bridges.
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Anemone
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Ray
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Cape Penguin
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Dancing on the Roof. Merel tests the transparent floor of the MOCCA roof.
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Maybe I can break it this time!
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Didn't Break!. Dancing on the roof of the MOCCA silos
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Merel Outside Zeitz MOCCA. The Museum Of Contemporary Art is housed in a re-architected set of silos.
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MOCCA. There is a hotel above the silos.
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MOCCA Roof. The roof is semi-transparent.
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Escher. Staircase at MOCCA
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Looking Down. From the top of the silos at Zeitz MOCCA.
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MOCCA Floor
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MOCCA Ceiling
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MOCCA Silos
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Inside MOCCA silos
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Zeitz MOCCA
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Cape of Good Hope
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Surf. Cape of Good Hope is open to spectacular swell.
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Simonstown. Just over the mountain from Cape Town.
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False Bay. Those little specks on the beach are people.
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The Flats. Most of Cape Town's population live here
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Merel and Leprechaun. Merel meets a fellow Irishman.
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A Sip of ... Water.. At Spiers wine farm.
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Wine Cellar at Neetlingshaus
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Me, Merel, Beattie and Ken. At Neetlingshoff for a wine and food pairing.
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Wine Pairing. Food and wine from Neetlingshoff
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Old Stuff. Outside Muratie Cellars in Stellenbosch.
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Muratie. Muratie wine farm dining room.
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Dancing Seal. V&A marina is inhabited by a large population of these animals.
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Cape Town. V&A Marina, with Anjea to the left of center.
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The Mountain. Wherever you are in Cape Town, Table Mountain is there.
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Contortionist. Dancer, yogi, contortionist, this guy was amazing.
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Contortionist
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Contortionist
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For Sale. An iconic Cape Town pub. You can buy it if you want.
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Walter on the Bus
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Ado Elephant Park. Jacqui did all the driving.
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Classic Cape Town
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Old and New
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Walter. Outside his favorite pub, Mama Africa.
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Fish
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Lies. This incorrect label cost me and the hydraulic engineer days of pain.
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Test Sail . Merel and me. The smile says it all.
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Treated But Not Cured
Treated But Not Cured
Me in hospital. A character-building experience.
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A 1,300km Tanzanian Safari
A 1,300km Tanzanian Safari
02 CB and Das' Bunting. They got it it up, but will they ever get it down?
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04 Tony. Married life hasn't changed him. Yet.
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08 Roy Has a Present
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09 And it is Beautifully Wrapped. (Not)
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06 DJ Karina
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10 Sailor's Gift Wrapping
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12 The Knife is Passed to Gene
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11 Bloody Dynema!
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13 Gene has a Go
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14 This Knife is Blunt!
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15 Success! But What Is It?
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16 Realization Begins
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17 But Really, What Is It?. Tony knows.
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18 Now They Get It!
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19 Champers All Round
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20 Cutting the Cake
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21 And More Dancing
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07 And there was Dancing
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01 Flags are Flying. Roy's ensign is bigger than anyone elses'
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03 Sally and Tony Arrive. They got hitched at the Registry Office.
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05 Gene Played
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Mbahe Farm. Our first stop is Simon Mtuy's beautiful permaculture farm in the Kilimanjaro foothills.
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The Farm. Roy strolling through the permaculture gardens at the farm.
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Window. My room was built mostly of recycled materials.
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Permaculture Garden. Like the entire area, everything at the farm is inspired by permaculture.
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Dining. Food from the farm, except meat, and I am standing in front of a big open fire.
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Red Hot Poker Plant
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Yep, It's a Door
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Malaika
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Do I Have to Smile?
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Male Chameleon. Males have horns on their head.
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Female Chameleon. Females lack horns.
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David Attenborough. Roy with a chameleon, doing his best to look like David Attenborough.
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Lilly
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Goats. Domestic animals are kept close to the house, traditionally inside the house.
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Kid
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Local Boys
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House
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Simon. Simon Mtuy is a wonderful host, but is also a serious campaigner and fund raiser for the local Chagga people.
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Everything Grows
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Crossing a Stream. Simon Mtuy helps the girls keep their feet dry.
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SBB. (Twitcher-speak for Small Brown Bird)
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Marina, Miriam and Malaika
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The Heywood's Model Agency. Marina, Miriam and Malaika
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The Heywoods
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Cress. Watercress is cultivated in every waterway.
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Under Construction. Houses take many years to build as money and resources are found.
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Reluctant Cow
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Shy Girl, Shy Cow
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Bold Girl, Shy Cow
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Marina. An Angel - well, sometimes.
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Marangu Gate. Approaching the National Park Gate, the official start of the walk to the summit of Kilimanjaro.
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The Crew at the Summit. A model of the mountain for climbers who don't want to spend 6 days getting to the top.
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Malaika and Marina at the Top. Our subsititute for climbing the real thing is a model of the mountain just inside the Marangu Gate.
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The Height of Our Fantasy. This is as high as we got. Maybe I will climb the real thing next time...
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Our Host. Simon is our host at Mbahe Farm. His record has since been broken by younger runners he helped train.
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First Guide. He guided many people to the top of Kilimanjaro in his 125 years.
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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.
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Like Old Wine, Crusty but Benign
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Marina. Defying the cold water. There are permanent glaciers at the top of Kilimanjaro.
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Miriam. Mother of two beautiful girls and Arthur's wife.
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Dancing on Rocks. Us old farts are not as nibble as we used to be.
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Waterfall. One of several waterfalls.
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Beauty and the Beast. Here is proof that Roy can be nice to children!
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Waterfall and pool
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Malaika
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In the Tree House
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Traditional Chagga House
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Traditional Chagga House Sign
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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.
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Pelican
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Ol Doinyo Lengai. It is an active volcano that last erupted in 1960.
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Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Roy. Avid biologist.
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Grey Headed Gull
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Pelican Family
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Lizard
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Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Elegant Flamingos
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Giraffe against Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Giraffe. Surely the most graceful of animals.
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Waterfall. Arthur risks a wet camera.
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My Favorite Wild Child
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Wilson and Marina
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Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Classic Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Tree and Zebra
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Crikey! A Tourist!
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Zebra Family
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Arthur and Miriam
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They're Off!
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Zebra Filly
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Our Mountain. Ol Doinyo Lengai is the background to everything.
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Myrrh. The resin is used as an analgesic and perfume.
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Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Ol Doinyo Lengai. The lava flows stretch for many kilometres around the mountain.
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Enroute Flamingo Colony. To call it a track is to exagerate. It's just a bush bash thru the pensinsula to the island colony.
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Early Morning at the Flamingo Colony
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Årke . Our host at Lake Natron Camp, Årke took some great shots.
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Greater Flamingo
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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.
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Flamingo Island. Most birds are nesting.
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Flamingos. An early morning visit to the Greater Flamingo nesting site.
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Lesser Flamingo. Both the Greater and Lesser Flamingo are present but the Lesser Flamingo is rarer.
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Flamingo Flight. It can be hard to tell one end from the other.
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Flamingo Runway. They run on those long spindly legs before comitting themselves to their wings.
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Flamingos
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Flamingos
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Maasai Guide. This man guided us through a trackless wilderness of grass and acacia to the flamingo nesting site.
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From my tent. Being a carbonatite volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai's lava causes the lake to be highly alkaline with a pH around 12.
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Ol Doinyo Lengai. Unique among active volcanoes in that it produces Sodium Carbonate based lava instead of the usual Silica-based lava.
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Snake Eagle Takeoff
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Goats. Maasai herd of goats.
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Pelican Parade
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Pelican
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Pelican in Flight
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Pelicans in Flight
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Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Wildebeest. With Ol Doinyo Lengai in the background
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Wilson and Rock. Wilson explains that the rock was used for protection.
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Sundowners. Wilson leads us to the spring, our sundowner destination for today.
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A Study in Contrasts. The beauty of the contrasting landscapes brought tears to my eyes.
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Arthur, Malaika and Marina. Cooling off in the spring.
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The Odd Bunch. A single greater flamingo wades with a spoonbill, a sacred ibis and a bunch of lesser flamingos.
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More Flamingos
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Fish. The pool at the spring has vast numbers of small fish that nibble your toes.
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Desert Rose. This strange plant has an enormous trunk (that someone has bored a hole in), very few leaves, and masses of beautiful flowers.
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Flamingos
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Zebra
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Pelican
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How to Frighten the Birds. Birdwatching be buggered! Chasing them is much more fun for Marina.
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Ready for Takeoff
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Feathers are Collectibles. This looks like a pelican feather but the flamingo feathers are awesome.
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Wilson and Marina. A short wade got us from the mainland to the island for our final sundowners.
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Pelicans in Flight
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Sundowners on the Island. We waded out to a small island for our last sundowner.
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Sunset from the Island
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Last Sunset. Our last sunset at Lake Natron Camp.
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Malaika on the Island. Everyone enjoyed sundowners at Lake Natron because we always went to a different place.
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Roy Enjoys a Beer. Our last sundowner at Lake Natron.
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Me at Sunset
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Ol Doinyo Lengai. (The mountain of God)
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My Villa at the Lodge
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My room at the Lodge
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Setee in my Villa. The lodge is beautifully furnished.
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Tourists on the Lake. I have no idea who they are but they took more photos than I did!
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The Lake at Ngare Sero Lodge. The lodge has an extensive waterway with trout farm, energy recovery and this beautiful lake.
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Common Room. The Ngare Sero lodge common room has the biggest fireplace I've seen for a long time.
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Common Room at Ngare Sero
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Kilimanjaro at Sunset. Our only view of the summit was from Moshi, 65 km away, on the last day. A rare sight.
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Two Birds on a Lake. The lake at the Ngare Sero Lodge is popular with birds.
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Perfect Begonias. Everything grows to perfection on the slopes of Kilimanjaro
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The Essential and Exquisite Pleasure of Pissing
The Essential and Exquisite Pleasure of Pissing
Bar Near Muheza
Tanga Muheza Bike Ride
Father and Son. Nathan and his father Arthur.
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A Park Surrounds the Bar. The bar on the outskirts of Meheza is surrounded by manicured gardens.
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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.
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Bike Dirt. Me on arrival back at the club, covered with dust. Photo by Malaika, age 6.
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Dow and Anjea. Anjea is the middle boat with the tent.
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Our bikes. We stopped for a coke in a small village.
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The Beast . While taking a drinks break in a village near Gombero.
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The main street. Chickens, goats and people dodge the traffic in the main street.
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Tanzanian River between Gambero and Muheza
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River
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Arthur and the Bikes
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Mabayani Reservoir
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Mabanyani Reservoir with East Usambara Hills
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No Antidote for FGF*
No Antidote for FGF*
The Child In Charge
The Child In Charge
The Child In Charge
The Child In Charge
The Child In Charge
The Child In Charge
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
Crossing the Indian Ocean
The Market
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Young Stallholder. At the market
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Market Stallholder
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Outside the Entrance to Amboni Caves. Charles on the left and the guide on the right.
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Amboni Caves
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Amboni Caves Gallery
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Inside the Entrance to Amboni Caves. The caves are extensive, one person found his way to Mombasa 50 miles away!
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Circular Chamber
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Another Circular Gallery. There were many of these deep circular galleries.
Tanga Tanzania
Bat Patterns. The caves are full of bats that create these weird patterns on the ceiling.
Tanga Tanzania
The Ship
Tanga Tanzania
Scorpion. Our guide called this a scorpion. It's about 40 cm across those long arms.
Tanga Tanzania
Tree Roots. They look like stalactites but are live roots.
Tanga Tanzania
The Mosque
Tanga Tanzania
The Penis. There is a whole gallery of rather explicit material!
Tanga Tanzania
The Church. Our guide had a name for every gallery and formation.
Tanga Tanzania
The Aeroplane. Charles hams it for the camera.
Tanga Tanzania
Daylight At Last!
Tanga Tanzania
Fresh Air At Last
Tanga Tanzania
Disused German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Disused German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Charles on the Old German Bridge
Tanga Tanzania
Charles With Motorbike in Background. My transport, translator and general fixer.
Tanga Tanzania
Dawn on the way to Pangani. Charles on the left and George, the driver, on the right. Sisal plants in the background.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Water Lilly Lake. It is the beginning of the dry season so lakes are all full.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Bird
Pangani And Saadani National Park
White-thoated Beeeater on a Dead Branch. Not too sure about this one but it's definitely a bird!
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Giraffe
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Giraffe
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Male Water Buck
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Boggy National Park Road
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Bird
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Zebras. The only mob of zebra we saw.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Hornbill
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Beeeater. Is there any other noun with three e's?
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Bush Pig. The pigs are safe because the villagers are Muslim!
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Trusty Toyota MPV
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Saadani National Park Road. Rare sight of a good road.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Beeeater on a Wire
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Madagascar Beeeater
Pangani And Saadani National Park
George Inspecting the Road. Yes, we made it through!
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Flamingo. They look a lot more elegant on the ground.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Flamingos
Pangani And Saadani National Park
National Park Road. Roads were only just passable in our non 4WD people mover.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Saadani Village Restaurant. Coconut thatch is popular because it is cooler than corrugated steel but steel doesn't need replacement every couple of years.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Hippopotomuses. The only mob of hippos we saw.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Hippos
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Bush Pigs. They kneel to feed.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Baboons are Common.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Baboon. Baboons are everywhere.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Saadani National Park Beach
Pangani And Saadani National Park
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.
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Slave Warehouse
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Pangani Slave Warehouse
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Pangani Slave Trade House
Pangani And Saadani National Park
Bus Stop Vendors
Tanga Tanzania
Roadside village. A typical sight on the road from Tanga to Dar es Salaam
Tanga Tanzania
Yet another Cargo Ship to Dodge
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Sky
Indian Ocean
Sabang Boat
Indian Ocean
Sabang Shoreline
Indian Ocean
Weh Landscape. Sabang is situated on the island of Weh, which is quite hilly inland.
Indian Ocean
Gay Sabang Boats
Indian Ocean
Sabang Main Street
Indian Ocean
Colonial Era Building. Sabang has many old building from the Dutch colonial era
Indian Ocean
Sabang Foreshore
Indian Ocean
Sabang Park Attendant
Indian Ocean
Sabang Bay
Indian Ocean
Sabang Township
Indian Ocean
Anjea in Sabang
Indian Ocean
Jean Marie. Jean Marie in Sabang, Indonesia, We left Sabang at the same time.
Indian Ocean
Sabang Jetty
Indian Ocean
Sabang Harbour. Jean Marie and Anjea are in the middle distance
Indian Ocean
Sabang Harbour Masters Office. The building dates to the 1800's but has been 'renovated' Indonesian-style.
Indian Ocean
Sabang Cat
Indian Ocean
The River of iPhones
Indian Ocean
The Swell. The swell was usually less than 1m with choppy waves on top of that.
Indian Ocean
Late Afternoon Clouds
Indian Ocean
Spinnaker. Yay!! It flies!
Indian Ocean
The Office. I take the wheel off when underway. The autopilot steers Anjea reliably for days on end.
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Swells. Long, slow, easy swells.
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Clouds
Indian Ocean
The Back Porch. The seat where I spend a lot of my time outside.
Indian Ocean
The First Dhow
Indian Ocean
The Magic Is About To Start
The Magic Is About To Start
Long-tailed macaque. Forty thousands macaques are 'used' every year in the name of science.
Rebak Island
Young Longtailed Macaque
Rebak Island
Hermit crab.. The other name for the Long-Tailed Macaque is the Crab-Eating Monkey
Rebak Island
Rebak marina panorama
Rebak Island
Rebak Marina
Rebak Island
Teddy on a rainy day
Rebak Island
Joggers.. A rare sight, apart from me.
Rebak Island
Fast ferry. Two 250 HP outboards push these boats along at well over 20 knots.
Rebak Island
The Marina entrance.
Rebak Island
Morning light on my running track.
Rebak Island
Langkawi in the distance
Rebak Island
View from Rebak towards Langkawi
Rebak Island
The island is under the flight path.
Rebak Island
The resort.. There's a 'deep south' feel to the resort buildings.
Rebak Island
Resort grounds.
Rebak Island
Rebak beach at low tide.
Rebak Island
Rebak beach.
Rebak Island
The yoga pavillion. The only use I've ever seen for this area is morning yoga.
Rebak Island
Back to Java
Back to Java
Station Staff. line up to wish us bon voyage.
Java
Java from the Train. Taken somewhere between Bandung and Yogyakarta.
Java
Jogja Hostel.. Good inexpensive accommodation.
Java
Oh Dear
Java
Stoneage Figure
Java
Prehistoric Relief. I think it is a rubbing from an ancient stone carving
Java
How to Live.. Yep, it was all there in 600AD, if you can read Arabic.
Java
Guard.. The big waddy is for keeping evil spirits in line.
Java
Birth and Death.. The bed on the right is for birthing, the other for dying. Don't get them confused!
Java
Ouch!
Java
Garduda. The eagle is revered everywhere it seems.
Java
The Battle for Yogyakarta.. Lifesize diorama.
Java
Becaks.. Traditional rickshaws or pedicabs.
Java
Indonesian Wiring
Java
Gamelan Band
Java
Traditional Upside-Down Coffee. You need good teeth for this stuff.
Java
Sunrise from Borodudur
Java
Borobudur
Java
Borodudur Tourists
Java
Me at Borodudur. Taken by Joy.
Java
Dawn at Borobudur
Java
Borobudur Upper Level. Each stupa encloses a statue of Buddha
Java
Borodudur Lion with Joy
Java
Borodudur Lion (800AD). Clearly a very long time even then since anyone in Java had seen a lion!
Java
Borobudur Relief Sculpture. Every one of the thousands of panels tells a story.
Java
Borobudur Relief Sculptures. The lower levels are covered with relief sculptures.
Java
Base of Borobudur
Java
Joy at Borobudur
Java
Borodudur Ground Level. Borodudur is massive.
Java
Man with Borobudur Lion
Java
Prambanan Approaches
Java
Temple
Java
One of the Main Temples. There are 3 main temples.
Java
Frieze. Like Borobudur, Prambanan is there to tell stories.
Java
A Prambanan Lion
Java
Brahma
Java
Brahma, The Creator. One of the three Trimurti, each of whom has a large temple.
Java
The Three Main Temples. One for each of the Trimurti: Brahma,Vishnu, and Shiva.
Java
Partially Restored. If you are good at 3D jigsaws then Prambanan has a challenge for you.
Java
Prambanan. The largest hindu temple in the world.
Java
Malang City Hall. Just around the corner from my hotel the city hall is just one of many fine buildings and gardens.
Java
Malang Streetscape
Java
Malang Heroic Statue. The slain giant represents Japan and the Netherlands
Java
Hotel Entrance. I stayed here in Malang. Excellent.
Java
The River in Malang
Java
Malang Houses
Java
Church of St Immanuel. Originally a Dutch protestant church, it still houses a bible from 1681.
Java
Masjid Jami' Malang. The old main mosque has been restored and repaired many times.
Java
Malang Girls
Java
Squirrel for Sale. The animal market in Malang
Java
Birds for Sale
Java
Green Lizards for Sale
Java
Serpents for Sale
Java
Old Dutch Building
Java
Idjen Boulevard. Lined with fine old houses, some virtually palaces.
Java
Cathedral of St Teresa. A catholic cathedral built in 1934 and now named for St Mary.
Java
Traffic Clown, I mean Cop. Looks like he's been run over a few times
Java
Stone Sculpture in Hutan Kota Malabar. Just this isolated piece. No other sculpture in the forest.
Java
Pathway . Hutan Kota Malabar is a forest in the middle of Malang, sponsored by Otsuka, a Japanese pharmaceutical company.
Java
Malang Traffic
Java
A Dangerous Dance. The traffic police are amazing.
Java
Bung Tomo's Car. He was a rabble-rouser on the right side of the struggle for independence (~1945) and thus a hero
Java
The Heroes Monument Surabaya. There is a museum under the monument.
Java
10th November Mural. Depicts the battle for Surabaya on 10th November 1945.
Java
Old House in Surabaya
Java
Old Quarter. Surabaya's old streets are lined with Dutch architecture.
Java
Chinese Architecture. Many old Dutch and Chinese buildings still stand in Surabaya - some preserved, some not.
Java
My Guide to Surabaya. Not much English but he worked out what I wanted.
Java
Surabaya Traffic. As it is everywhere in Java
Java
Local Shipping in Surabaya. My guide to Surabuya in front of what seems like a very overloaded ship.
Java
Me at Surabaya Harbour
Java
Rebak Ferry. Anjea has a 50hp diesel. With ten times the power the ferry got me home in a hurry!
Java
Rebak Marina - Home. The plane I arrived on returns. Anjea is to the right, out of frame.
Java
Jakarta Station Porter. You won't find service like this at an airport.
Java
The Train to Bandung. The two young drivers flashed their lights and blasted their horn for show.
Java
Inside Jami' Mosque
Java
Bank Mandiri, Bandung. A colonial precursor to ABN AMRO.
Java
Tour Bus Driver
Java
Bandung Streets
Java
Mosque .. Malang Jami' Mosque.
Java
The Train to Jogja.. Fast, clean, comfortable.
Java
Go Now or Later?
Go Now or Later?
Go Now or Later?
Go Now or Later?
Anjea. New livery -- orange genoa and boot-top look great.
Langkawi
Scarborough Fish & Chips. Mikey, Frederick and Dennis on a Sunday evening.
Langkawi
Chinese Temple. I found this on the hill on Rebak Island, off the beaten track.
Langkawi
Kuah, Pre-Dawn
Langkawi
Teluk Dayang Bunting. Teluk Dayang Bunting on the left and Pulau Gubang Darat on the right.
Langkawi
Teluk Dayang Bunting. The cliffs are spectacular but the anchorage is exposed to the swell.
Langkawi
Big Fishing Boat. Apparently they drink a stupendous amount of beer!
Langkawi
Great anchorage. Between Langgun and Dendang Islands
Langkawi
Dayang Bunting Weather
Langkawi
Protection. One end of the Langgun anchorage.
Langkawi
Hangman's Noose. Clearly, this is where the pirates end their days!
Langkawi
Brahminy Kite. The symbol of Langkawi.
Langkawi
Brahminy Kite Takes Flight
Langkawi
Langkawi 'eagle' in flight. Not actually an eagle but a kite.
Langkawi
Small Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Langgun Island. A spectacular anchorage between two islands.
Langkawi
Typical Fishing Boat. Many boats like this operate around the islands.
Langkawi
Island and Fishing Boat
Langkawi
Evening at Singa Besar
Langkawi
Exhaust Leak!. It's taken 2 years to find this little exhaust leak!
Langkawi
Kuah at Sunset
Langkawi
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
Cable ties have all sorts of uses.. When the nut holding the wheel fell off and was lost, I came up with this solution.
Sumatra
Filthy Weather.
Sumatra
Rain.. This tropical downpour lasted for several hours.
Sumatra
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.
Sumatra
Gearbox. The gearbox failed in forward but still operated in reverse.
Sumatra
Deep Chill
Deep Chill
Hong Kong.. View from a Sampan in Aberdeen.
Deep Chill
Anna and Gary.. Crew and owner, respectively.
Deep Chill
Hitchhiker.. At one stage we had a bunch of butterflies join us.
Deep Chill
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
The Office. Most cats have a comfortable external helm station.
Deep Chill
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
Slam!. Catamarans are prone to 'slamming', when a rough sea collides with the bridge between the hulls.
Deep Chill
Big seas behind.. 2 to 3m swells pushed us south to Vietnam.
Deep Chill
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
Stowaway Egret.. We were followed by a variety of birds but only a few used us for transport.
Deep Chill
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
Nha Trang Skyline.. It's as modern as it looks and there's a crane on every second building.
Deep Chill
Nha Trang Beach.. No tourist town is complete without a carpeted beach!
Deep Chill
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
Anna shoots a fish.. Outside the Nha Trang Oceanography Institude.
Deep Chill
Vinpearl Land.. Opposite Nga Trang is a gigantic island amusement park.
Deep Chill
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
Vietnamese Fishing Boat.. They are beautiful boats with rakish style!
Deep Chill
Gary on watch. We started with 4hr watches but found 2hrs to be much easier because of all the traffic.
Deep Chill
Cats are Roomy!. Anna preparing lunch. Lots of space in the saloon compared with Anjea.
Deep Chill
Passenger. . Another Egret.
Deep Chill
Bold Egret. This guy wanted to come inside. Maybe he likes bacon?
Deep Chill
Squall.. Mostly they were rain and little wind.
Deep Chill
Anna Takes a Watch.. It's actually hard work because of all the fishing boats, cargo ships and tankers everywhere.
Deep Chill
With Anna on the Singapore Ferry.
Deep Chill
Aberdeen Boatyard Alleyway.. A full range of marine engineers line the alleyways.
Deep Chill
Wheel Shop
Deep Chill
Spring Shop
Deep Chill
Different Spring Shop
Deep Chill
Stainless Steel Shackle Shop
Deep Chill
Aberdeen Boast Club Foyer.. ABC was my little piece of sanity away from Deep Chill during the preparation.
Deep Chill
Lesley Gets to Drive Another Sampan.
Deep Chill
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Deep Chill
Now that's a Chandlery!. Ap Li Chow hosts a string of specialised chandlers that together stock most boat bits.
Deep Chill
Lesley Drives a Sampan
Deep Chill
Deep Chill at Simpsons Dock
Deep Chill
Deep Chill. The boat used to be known as 'The Island'
Deep Chill
View from the ABC.. Panorama of Aberdeen from the boat club.
Deep Chill
Our Destination.. Sebana Cove Marina, Malaysia, just across the way from Singapore.
Deep Chill
Happy Dave.. Relief at being back on Anjea after the Deep Chill delivery. It is good to be home.
Deep Chill
Phinisi. Local wooden boats.
Rinca And Komodo
Fishing Village on Rinca Island
Rinca And Komodo
Icarus.
Rinca And Komodo
Entrance to Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rinca And Komodo
Stream of Rubbish.. Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rinca And Komodo
Rubbish on the Current.. The rubbish, mostly plastic, floats in on the strong currents flowing into Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rinca And Komodo
Icarus.. At anchor in Lehok Uwada Dasami.
Rinca And Komodo
John the Dragon Wrangler.. There is a dragon in those bushes.
Rinca And Komodo
A Komodo Dragon Hiding in the Brush
Rinca And Komodo
The Beach Collects Everything from Nautilus Shells to Plastic
Rinca And Komodo
Rubbish in Paradise
Rinca And Komodo
This Dragon was Camera Shy
Rinca And Komodo
Dragon.
Rinca And Komodo
Komodo Dragon.. She saw me, stopped, then continued on her way.
Rinca And Komodo
Big Komodo Dragon.. I estimate this one was about 3m overall.
Rinca And Komodo
Dragon walking thru Rubbish.
Rinca And Komodo
Esperanza Underway
Rinca And Komodo
View from Anchorage.. At Lehok Ginggo, Rinca Island.
Rinca And Komodo
Two birds.. I think they are Swallow-Tailed Kites
Rinca And Komodo
Sunset over Lehok Ginggo.. Looking West over Komodo Island
Rinca And Komodo
Sangeang Api. . Last erupted in May 2014. I sailed past quietly.
Rinca And Komodo
Atauro Island
Atauro Island
Wini. The Wini foreshore as we leave for Alor
Alor
Ferry in Alor Fjord
Alor
The Alor Fjord. With Mer Sea in the foreground.
Alor
Mer Sea. In the Alor fjord.
Alor
Fish Farm. In Alor Fjord
Alor
Fish Farm. In Alor Fjord
Alor
Pulau Pulu and Pulau Pantar. Taken from the fjord leading to Kalabahi on Alor
Alor
Kalabahi. Alor
Alor
Sunset off Kalabahi
Alor
Pirahu. (Canoe)
Alor
Alor Pontoon. The organizers of the Alor event built us a dinghy pontoon.
Alor
Race boat. This boat ultimately won the boat race at the welcoming ceremony
Alor
Race boat. One of the racing boats at the welcoming ceremony
Alor
Indiginous Da. Welcoming ceremony
Alor
Indiginous Dancer. Welcoming ceremony
Alor
Lesley. Dancing at the Welcoming ceremony
Alor
Jennifer and Indiginous Dancer. Everyone takes photos: we photograph them; they photograph us!
Alor
Indiginous Dancers. At the welcoming ceremony in Halabahi
Alor
Local Dancers. At the Welcoming ceremony
Alor
Dolphin. En route to Atauro from Dili, Timor Leste
Timor Leste
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.
Kroko And Solor
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!
Kroko And Solor
Sunset over Kupang Harbour
Timor
Intense Drummer.. The beat is everything in traditional music.
Timor
Musicians. Gongs and drums are the only instruments.
Timor
Skippers are Given Roti Hats
Timor
Another hat-wearer.
Timor
This guy can wear a hat!
Timor
Robert in Roti Hat.
Timor
Roti Hats.. Some people can wear them, but not these two!
Timor
Definitely looks good in a Roti hat.
Timor
She could move!
Timor
Lesley saying Thanks
Timor
Roti Dancers.
Timor
Roti Dancers.
Timor
Island off the North Coast of Flores
Flores
Fire and Smoke Every Evening.
Flores
Jean Marie at Anchor near Labuan Bajo
Flores
Phinisi at Waicicu near Labuan Bajo, Flores
Flores
Fine Mud.. The mud in the springs is extremely fine and mixed with an oily base. It feels smooth and velvety on the skin.
Timor Leste
Mud Spring. Mud bubbles up from within the earth. It is cold, not hot. The darker color is oil.
Timor Leste
Indonesian - Timor-Leste Border. Our guides are in Indonesia; Lesley and I are in Oecusse, Timor-Leste.
Timor
Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border.. From left: our driver, Antonio our guide, Lesley, and our wonderful Tourism contact Irene.
Timor
Indonesia - Timor-Leste Border Marker
Timor
A Traditional Tais.. Our driver modelling a traditional Tais.
Timor Leste
A Traditional Tais
Timor Leste
Lesley takes a bit of fence-hurdling in stride.
Timor Leste
Lesley walking up the valley to the falls.
Timor Leste
Antonio. . Climbing the valley to the waterfall.
Timor Leste
Cave with Cross Inside.. Fighting during the war of independence was intense along this valley and many locals lost their lives.
Timor Leste
Waterfall
Timor Leste
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.
Timor Leste
Local Water Source.. Water is captured in a small weir at the bottom of the falls and piped down the valley to the village.
Timor Leste
Candle at the Falls.
Timor Leste
Waterfall
Timor Leste
Antonio.. Our guide to the falls, and all of Oecusse.
Timor Leste
Antonio. Antonio, our guide to Oecusse, wearing a traditional hat.
Timor Leste
Oecusse Woman's Hat.. Of Portuguese inspiration, these hats look wonderful! They are woven from local materials.
Timor Leste
Pet Monkey.
Timor Leste
Pet Monkey Shaking Hands.. He is as intrigued by our hands as we are by his.
Timor Leste
Dry Season Hills.. They turn green n the wet.
Timor Leste
Village School Motto
Timor Leste
Curriculum.. The village school's aims are social as much as academic.
Timor Leste
The Street Outside the Village School.. Goats wander freely and seem to be reasonably traffic-conscious.
Timor Leste
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.
Timor Leste
Portuguese Fort.. A dry stone wall is all that remains of a Portuguese fort built to overlook Oecusse.
Timor Leste
Fences are Minimal.. Fences look simple and primitive but are surprisingly elegant in design.
Timor Leste
Village Child.
Timor Leste
Happy Lad
Timor Leste
Dinner.. Like chickens, goats and other animals, pigs generally roam freely. That these two are tethered probably means they are destined for the pot.
Timor Leste
Family House.. Each extended family has a house where sacred objects are kept and certain ceremonies and offerings are made.
Timor Leste
Tais Weaving.. It takes months to weave a single garment.
Timor Leste
Weaving Loom
Timor Leste
Tais Weaving Loom.. Traditional Tais are hand-woven. Women sit with the loom in front of them and it's slow, back-breaking work.
Timor Leste
Do Not Adjust Your Monitor.. It could be a Tais weaving.
Timor Leste
Mud Springs
Timor Leste
Maja near Riung
Flores
Maja and Briony Rose near Riung
Flores
Briony Rose near Riung
Flores
Riung Sunset
Flores
YAS.. Yet Another Sunset.
Kroko And Solor
Lamakera Fishing Village. Full of goats, children, busy women and idle men.
Kroko And Solor
Fishing Boat.. Another fishing boat and another bunch of enthusiastically waving locals.
Kroko And Solor
Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
View from Lamakera. Volcanos are everywhere
Kroko And Solor
Fishing Boat off Solor
Kroko And Solor
Returning Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
Indonesian Fishing Boat
Kroko And Solor
We get the Thumbs Up!
Timor
Renee from Mer Sea with school kids
Timor
Schoolchildren
Timor
Ersin handing out gifts
Timor
School photo shoot
Timor
Ersin
Timor
Our guide, Redy, took more photos than us. Cameras are everywhere
Timor
Books and Pencils were popular gifts
Timor
Schoolgirl
Timor
Lesley with friends
Timor
Tracey and friend
Timor
Flags for Independence day
Timor
The Road to Tamkesi. Clould do with a bit of maintenance
Timor
Cows roam freely
Timor
Tamkesi Reserve
Timor
Tamkesi Headman
Timor
Two opposites. He is from New York; she is from Tamkesi
Timor
Renee and friend
Timor
Tamkesi village huts
Timor
Tamkesi Huts. With sacred hill in the background
Timor
Finished!. These guys just finished putting the roof on this traditional family hut
Timor
Gecko
Timor
Crystal Cave Stairs
Timor
Jesus. Inside the Crystal Cave
Timor
Jesus. Inside the Crystal Caves
Timor
Crystal Caves Entrance
Timor
We Won!
We Won!
Over the Top
Over the Top
Sunrise over Cape Hotham . I've made it across the Gulf of Carpentaria
Nt
Cape York. The tip of mainland Australia is a big tourist attraction.
Nt
TI Cardinal. Tides are big in Torres Straits so the currents are strong.
Nt
Thursday Island. Last sight of land for three days crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Nt
Sunset over the Arafura Sea
Nt
Underway. Darwin to Dili
Nt
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Hobart to Sydney
Cairns
Cairns
A windblown Lesley. At the summit of Fitzroy Island.
Queensland
Dave at the Summit of Fitzroy island.
Queensland
Fitzroy Island Lighthouse. View from near the summit looking to the lighthouse.
Queensland
Yoga at the Summit.. A fabulous view from the summit of Fitzroy Island.
Queensland
Fitzroy Island. The anchorage on the north west side of Fitzroy Island with Anjea in the middle.
Queensland
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.
Queensland
The North Queensland Coast
The North Queensland Coast
The North Queensland Coast
The North Queensland Coast
The North Queensland Coast
The North 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
The Queensland Coast
Brown Booby
Queensland
Brown Booby
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Pearl Bay
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Sunset over Pearl Bay
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Jimmy. Cigarette in one hand, oyster in the other.
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Moon over tree over rock over sea.. Shaw Island in the southern Whitsunday group.
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Manta Ray Bay. Whitsunday anchorage
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Pot of Gold. Off the north side of Hook Island in the Whitsundays
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Lesley with Her Feet Up
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Preparing a Mackerel.. Mackerel are one of the best eating fish and plentiful.
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Big Broadhurst Reef. Unless you get under the water there is not much to see on the Great Barrier Reef
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Sunset over Big Broadhurst Reef
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Lesley. On board Anjea
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Lesley on Watch
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Lucina Sugar Jetty from Orpheus Island. This is taken from Orpheus Island, about 10nm from the jetty.
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Lucinda Sugar Jetty. The 6 km long Lucinda Sugar Jetty is the longest sugar loading jetty in the world.
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Hinchinbrook Island
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Golden Sand. Gold flakes in the sand of Mulligan Beach Hinchinbrook Island give it a metallic sheen
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Shell on Beach
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Shell on Beach
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Shell on Beach
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Shell on Beach
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Lesley on Mulligan Bay Beach, Hinchinbrook Island
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Beach Debri,. One plastic container had contained Triclopyr herbicide.
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Beach Debri
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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.
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Mangrove Creek
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Mangroves and Mud
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Haycock Island, Hinchinbrook Channel
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Hinchinbrook Island from the Channel
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Me
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Bow Wave
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Cay at Taylor Reef. So tiny it provided little protection.
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Balding Bay, Magnetic Island. The Nudie Beach of Magnetic Island.
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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
Sunken Ketch. A reminder of the force of the Fitzroy river in flood.
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Dressing Up
Dressing Up
Dressing Up
Dressing Up
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
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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
On the Way West
On the Way West
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Mt Rugby and The Best Beer Ever
Mind Mangling
Mind Mangling
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Tiger Snakes and Mountains
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Time to Go Home
Port Hacking
Port Hacking
Big River
Big River
Iluka
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Harwood Marine. Anjea was built at this yard in 1997. We were not encouraged to visit so we gave it a miss. Disappointing.
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They Look Ridiculous. Pelicans are so outsized that they look quite silly perched on a pile.
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Harwood Marine. Where Anjea (then, Sudden Impulse) was built.
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Approaching Harwood Bridge. Harwood Bridge is being replaced, hence the cranes and construction work.
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Harwood Bridge.. The bridge is opened on demand with 24hrs notice.
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Clarence River
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Public Jetty at Maclean
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Anjea
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Anjea at Maclean. At the public jetty.
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Fishing
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Anjea at Maclean
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Anjea at Maclean
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Pelican Taking Off
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Fishing Boat
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Yacht
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Boats on the River
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The Big River
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Clarence River
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Anjea
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Shag Takeoff
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Cane Fields
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The Road
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Church by the Clarence
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House by the Clarence
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Farm House
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House on Clarence
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Farm House
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Clarence River
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Farm House
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Ducks Lined Up. Ducks in flight over Clarence River canefields.
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Farm House
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House by the Clarence
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Flight
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Classic Boat
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Anjea at Brushgrove. At the Brushgrove public jetty.
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Anjea at Brushgrove
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Flowers
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Anjea at Brushgrove.. Looking from the pub lawn over the South Branch.
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Brushgrove Pub
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Anjea at Brushgrove. Anjea at the public floating pontoon at Brushgrove.
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Brushgrove Bridge
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Anjea at Brushgrove. Anjea at the Brushgrove public jetty
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Brushgrove Bridge
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Clarence River
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Foggy Morning. Morning mist over the Clarence River at Ulmarra
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Anjea at Brushgrove
Nsw Northern Rivers
The Clarence River at Dawn
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Three Birds
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Anjea. Yes. The Clarence River has been known to flood occasionally.
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Ulmarra Hotel. A very attractive town and a fitting destination. This is as far upriver as we got in our pubcrawl.
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Ex Pub, Ulmarra
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Sunset Over the Clarence
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Sunset over Anjea. The sun sets over Anjea at Ulmarra Public Jetty
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Anjea at Lawrence. The only public jetty that was not a floating pontoon. Still an excellent jetty though.
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Wooden Dinghy by the River
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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!
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River Church
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Anjea
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Birds in Flight
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Fishing Boat
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Clarence River
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Pacific Highway Bridge. The Pacific Highway crosses the Clarence at Harwood carrying your Amazon trinkets up the East Coast of Austalia
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Harwood Bridge.. That's a bit of the Pacific Highway up there!!
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The First Night Onboard
The First Night Onboard
The Cloud
Sydney Pics
Schouten Island
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Disappointment. How did such a small fish manage to get hooked on such a big lure?
Sydney Pics
Musselroe Bay. Windfarm at Musselroe Bay
Sydney Pics
Little Green Island with Cape Barren Island in the Background
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Strzelecki Peak just above
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View from Strzelecki Peak
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Pot Boil Shoals
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Pot Boil Shoals
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Pot Boil, Flinders Island. Passing through the Pot Boil Shoals off Flinders Island is spectacular.
Sydney Pics
Past the Pot Boil. We made it past the Pot Boil Shoals.
Tasmania
Whale Blow off Eden
Sydney Pics
Humpback Whale. Off Bermagui NSW Coast
Tasmania
Whale Diving off Eden
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Sailing off Bermagui
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Mt Tit and...
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Point Perpendicular from the north
Sydney Pics
Climbing Strzelecki Peak. We both reached our limit.
Sydney Pics
The View from Strzelecki Peak. Anjea in the bay in the far background
Sydney Pics
Strzelecki Peak. Ran out of time and energy. We never got to the peak.
Sydney Pics
Anjea. In the Furneux Group of islands, at Lady Barron
Sydney Pics
Rainbow off Kiama
Sydney Pics
Kiama Blowhole
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Kiama Boat Harbour
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Barnes Bay. On the way there we spent the first night at Barnes Bay, off Bruny Island.
Port Davey Images
Pre-Dawn Light over Recherche Bay. Dawn broke as we left Recherche Bay for Port Davey.
Port Davey Images
South East Cape
Port Davey Images
Maatsuyker Island
Port Davey Images
Spain Bay Rocks. White rocks at Spain Bay where we spent the first night in Port Davey.
Port Davey Images
Bathurst Harbour. Looking out across Bathurst Harbour inside Port Davey
Port Davey Images
Davey River Reflections. The perfect reflections in the water are disorienting.
Port Davey Images
Mt Rugby. After saying nope to ourselves for several days, we climbed it.
Port Davey Images
Davey River Reflection
Port Davey Images
Riverside Brush. Brush lines the lower reaches of Davey River
Port Davey Images
Port Davey
Port Davey Images
Port Davey
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Davey River. There is a lot of what looks like regrowth after bushfires
Port Davey Images
Port Davey Reflection. Even ordinary scenes become magical.
Port Davey Images
Davey River Regrowth. I think this is regrowth after a fire
Port Davey Images
Davey River Reeds
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Tree and River Bank. OK, so it's rotated 90 degrees, but after a while this is how it really starts to seem.
Port Davey Images
Having Fun in the Dinghy. Do you think she is happy?
Port Davey Images
Overhanging Tree
Port Davey Images
Lower Reaches of Davey River
Port Davey Images
Davey River Mind Bend. It's just rocks and water but it is hard to keep your bearings.
Port Davey Images
Rocks and River. Rotated 90 degrees.
Port Davey Images
River Rocks and Trees
Port Davey Images
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.
Port Davey Images
Davey River. I had to include just one 'ordinary' photo.
Port Davey Images
Davey River
Port Davey Images
Windeward Bound
Port Davey Images
Anjea. The original name was 'Sudden Impulse', but buying it was anything but.
Port Davey Images
The Waterfall. Fresh water is easily gathered from the waterfall, which is rigged with a bucket, hose and even mooring lines!
Port Davey Images
Panorama from Mt Beattie
Port Davey Images
Tiger Snake. This guy did not like being photographed and went for me just after I took this shot. I landed on my arse but the camera was just fine thank you.
Port Davey Images
Morning Mist
Port Davey Images
Celerytop Islands
Port Davey Images
A Hard Climb to the Top. Mt Rugby is not for the faint-hearted
Port Davey Images
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.
Port Davey Images
Sunset at Clayton's Corner
Port Davey Images
Southern Ocean Weather
Port Davey Images
Weather over Bathurst Harbour
Port Davey Images
Two trees on Bruny Island
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Me
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Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
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Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
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Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
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Lesley at the helm running downwind up the east coast of bruny
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Lesley relaxing on the east coast of bruny
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Bruny Island East Coast
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Bruny Island East Coast
Tasmania
Bruny Island East Coast
Tasmania
Bruny Island East Coast
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Steam boat Hobart Wooden Boat Festival, 2017
Tasmania
Tenacious
Tasmania
Wooden Boats
Tasmania
More Wooden Boats
Tasmania
The Music Boat. http://reiniersijpkens.nl/index.php?pagina=home
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Coota Boat
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Music Boat
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Steam Boat
Tasmania
Steam-driven boat
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Australian Tall Ships
Tasmania
Life is but a Dream
Tasmania
Boats, boats, boats
Tasmania
Wooden Boat
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Tenacious
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Tenaciouis
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Tenacious Bow Sprit
Tasmania
Sleeping Black-Faced Shag
Tasmania
Stainless Steel work underway
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Stainless Steel work underway
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Stainless Steel work underway
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Stainless Steel work underway
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Stainless Steel work underway
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Shake it baby!
Tasmania
Peacock with attitude
Tasmania
Wow I'm Beautiful!
Tasmania
I love me, I love me...
Tasmania
The Stephen Brown, inside.
Tasmania
1200HP 2-stroke Diesel Engine on Stephen Brown
Tasmania
Overview inside Stephen Brown
Tasmania
The Stephen Brown
Tasmania
More wet miserable Cox
Tasmania
Nice warm Coxes stuffed into Skippy
Tasmania
Cold wet miserable Cox being towed
Tasmania
Chromis with a sopping wet bunch of Cox
Tasmania
Firewoman (aka Alli)
Tasmania
Dave and Sam
Tasmania
Harrison shows how it's done
Tasmania
It went BANG!
Tasmania
Ben, Toby, Roten, Niall and Dale, with Sam where he shouldn't be
Tasmania
Typical AMC Students Niall and Dale.
Tasmania
Ben, Toby and Roten
Tasmania
Skippy
Tasmania
Old GPS. It hasn't worked since I bought the boat
Tasmania
Gulls. Gulls circling over a seal killing a shark.
Tasmania
Gull. Gull circling over a seal killing a shark.
Tasmania
Yacht on the Derwent River
Tasmania
Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Tasmania
Mt Wellington from the Derwent River
Tasmania
Mt Wellington in a dark mood
Tasmania
Mt Wellington. A beautiful sight with it's snowy cap.
Tasmania
Mt Wellington. Mt Wellington is Hobart's dominant feature
Tasmania
01 The Road Up the Mountain. Arthur's trusty Pajero knowns the way
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02 Switchback Road
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03 The Welcoming Comittee
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Perry. Our first night out we kept pace with our friends on Perry.
Southern Namibia
Fog. We ran into fog on the last day. Almost in the tropics yet the water is les than 15C
Southern Namibia
Fogbow. As we approach the coast the fog parts and we can look back at it.
Southern Namibia
Luderitz Lighthouse. Our first sight of the lighthouse.
Southern Namibia
Luderitz. First sight of Luderitz, Namibia.
Southern Namibia
Window Light
Southern Namibia
Window 1
Southern Namibia
Doorway
Southern Namibia
Interior
Southern Namibia
Watch Your Head
Southern Namibia
Window 3
Southern Namibia
Hospital Interior
Southern Namibia
The Hospital
Southern Namibia
Light, Shade and Sand
Southern Namibia
No Shit?
Southern Namibia
Door and Sand
Southern Namibia
Merel
Southern Namibia
Fabulous Stove. What's missing? The chimney is routed under the floor.
Southern Namibia
Nice Hat
Southern Namibia
House 2
Southern Namibia
Window 2
Southern Namibia
House
Southern Namibia
Merel Taking a Bath 2
Southern Namibia
Merel Taking a Bath
Southern Namibia
Merel in Window. Keep passing the open windows
Southern Namibia
Doorway and Sand
Southern Namibia
Interior/Exterior
Southern Namibia
House with Half Roof
Southern Namibia
House
Southern Namibia
Light and Shade
Southern Namibia
Skeleton
Southern Namibia
Sand Sculptures. The dunes are full of such patterns.
Lencois Brazil
Dunes and Freshwater Lake
Lencois Brazil
Merel Traverses the Marshes
Lencois Brazil
Beach and Sky
Lencois Brazil
The Front Beach (3)
Lencois Brazil
Dramatic Skies. OK, so I overdid the photoshopping but the skies were so amazing they deserved it!
Lencois Brazil
Merel Can Still Kick High
Lencois Brazil
Merel Holds up the Sky
Lencois Brazil
The Front Beach
Lencois Brazil
Front Beach (2)
Lencois Brazil
Petrified Tree Stumps
Lencois Brazil
Must be a Church
Lencois Brazil
The Health Centre, Lençois. I just loved the textures and colors.
Lencois Brazil
Ariane 5. We thought this was the rocket, but it's a mockup at the museum. The real rocket is further away.
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
With Merel
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Families, space buffs, kids, and yachties
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Thru the Clouds 2
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
And Away. The vapour trail glows in the setting sun
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Vapour Trail. No, it didn't loop-the-loop! The wind just rearranged it like this.
Ariane 5 Rocket Launch
Steps
Illes Du Salut
Contrasting Stonework
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The Prison
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Spider
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Stone Path
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Drystone Wall
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More Drystone Walls
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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.
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Helicopter. Supplies are brought in by helicopter.
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Ille Diablo. Looking across the narrow but dangerous strait to Devil's Island
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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.
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Walking Path
Illes Du Salut
A Garden in Paradise. Once a prison, now a paradise.
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Coconuts. Coconuts grow anywhere and everywhere.
Illes Du Salut
Anjea off Ille Royale
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Beautiful Lizard
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Crumbling Bars. The whole island is slowly eliminating the signs of its past.
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'Réclusion'. Entrance to the isolation cells.
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The Prison
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The Prison
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Gaia Takes it Back
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Prison Cell
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A Prison Cell
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The Prison
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The Prison
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Ille du Salut
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Ille du Salut Resident
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Ille du Salut . Built by French convicts for French convicts.
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Phillipe
Saint Laurent
Statue at High Tide
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Anjea in the Maroni River, Saint Laurent
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Saint Laurent House
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Unusual Building
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Colorful Shack in Saint Laurent
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Wrecked House, Saint Laurent
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Colorful Saint Laurent House
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Wrecked House
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Statue in Saint Laurent
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Merel on the Suriname River
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Making Way up the Suriname River
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Me on the Suriname River
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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.
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Welcome!. At least I *think* it means welcome.
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Paramaribo Waterfront
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Paramaribo Waterfront
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Wreck
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More Wrecks
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The Jules Wijdenboschbrug Bridge. This enormous bridge connects east and west Suriname.
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Yet Another Wreck
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More River Wrecks
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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!
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River House. Interesting architecture along the Suriname River.
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View from Anjea After Sunset. Looking North to Paramaribo.
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Raft of Vegetation
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Early Morning on the Suriname River
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Misty Morning
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Anjea's Dinghy . The fast-flowing river is a highway for trees, weeds, rubbish and even whole trees.
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Worker's Houses
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Old Worker's Accommodation
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Administrator's House. The Transportation Camp administrators lived well. With an endless supply of free skilled labor, why not?
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The Post Office
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Administration Building. admin
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Administration Building. Beautiful French architecture, built by convicts.
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Transportation Camp. The camp was built by convicts for convicts.
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The Hospital
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Court House
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Saint Laurent Transportation Camp
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Merel. Merel at the transportation camp.
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Beautiful Keepers. These are the keepers for the shutters. Beautiful workmanship by convicts.
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Shutters at the Transportation Camp. Hundred year old woodwork is still functional.
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The Main Entrance. Thousands of French convicts passed through these gates to the Saint Laurent Transportation Camp on their way to Illes du Salut.
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The Best Beer. Superb Affligem beer. We could be in France!
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Anjea From the River Breeze Restaurant
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Over the Water. Knocknadobar towers over the settlement at its foot. The sheep on those farms all have two legs longer than the others.
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Pure Yellow
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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.
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Daniel O'Connell's Birthplace. I imagine someone will renovate it and turn it into a tourist attraction one day.
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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.
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First Bluebells
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Row House
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Seascapes
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Cahersiveen Marina in Evening Light
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Cahersiveen Marina
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Sea Vixen. Big sister to Anjea
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Marina and Town
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Hearts Content
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St Winifred
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Amazing Wooden Boat. The intricacy of this hull and the challenge of shaping it from wood just boggles my mind.
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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.
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Valentia Lighthouse. This famous lighthouse is quite a sight in an Atlantic gale.
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The Fertha. Cahersiveen in the distance and Knocknadobar is the big lump on the left
Valentia
The Virgin's Grotto
Valentia
Our Lady's Grotto. no comment
Valentia
It's a New World
Valentia
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.
Valentia
Atlantic Ocean. America is out there somewhere...
Valentia
Looking Towards the Skelligs
Valentia
Transatlantic Bay. It's real name is Foilhommerum Bay and it is where the first operational transatlantic cable was laid.
Valentia
History of Transatlantic Telegraph
Valentia
History of Transatlantic Telegraph
Valentia
Telegraph Station. These slabs are all that's left of the transatlantic telegraph station.
Valentia
My Trusty Bike. But now getting very rusty from a few years at sea.
Valentia
The track to Bray Head Tower. You can just see the tower in the distance.
Valentia
Bray Head Tower
Valentia
The Skelligs. With the remains of the Bray Head flagpole .
Valentia
Valentia Channel. Portmagee is the village to the right of the bridge. Valentia Island is on the left.
Valentia
Fishing Boat. Heading home.
Valentia
Bray Head Tower
Valentia
Alternative Transport. If you don't fancy a boat trip then there are other ways to visit The Skelligs.
Valentia
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.
Valentia
Mad Sheep. Close up, why do sheep look mad?
Valentia
Skipper of the God Met Ons. God knows how he stays awake going back and forth every 20 minutes or so.
Valentia
The Ferry. The ferry at Knightstown takes at least 15 cars, plus bikes and foot traffic.
Valentia
God Met Ons. Translates from the Dutch as 'God is with us'
Valentia
Beautiful Church at Knightstown
Valentia
Row Houses. Today these are mostly holiday rentals.
Valentia
House 2
Valentia
House 1
Valentia
House 3
Valentia
Faeries. Bloody faeries are everywhere in Ireland!
Valentia
Murphy's Boatyard. A horrible home. Boatyards are not designed for humans.
Valentia
Go Mark!. The sign -- nothing like a bit of encouragement.
Half Marathon
WTF. He sees the sign.
Half Marathon
Yeah!. He's read the sign.
Half Marathon
Race? What Race?
Half Marathon
Happy Children
Half Marathon
Yet more Happy Runners
Half Marathon
Runner
Half Marathon
The Walkers. Local walkers insisting on spreading out across the road.
Half Marathon
Round 2
Half Marathon
Proud Father. His son ran in the 10km.
Half Marathon
Children Amused Themselves
Half Marathon
Colorful Kit. Something in the water here -- everyone is smiling.
Half Marathon
Hugo
Half Marathon
Father & Son
Half Marathon
The Showoff. If you've got it flaunt it.
Half Marathon
She Came from America. Apparently she came all the way from New York for this event.
Half Marathon
Very Happy Runner. Or maybe it's pain?
Half Marathon
Happy Runner. I have never seen so many smiles on the faces of the runners.
Half Marathon
View from the Coffee Shop
Half Marathon
A family affair. Even the kids joined in.
Half Marathon
Show off.
Half Marathon
Two-way Finish. 10km runners finished down the hill; half-marathon runners finished going up; and cars came through as they pleased!
Half Marathon
Round 1
Half Marathon
Winner of the 10km
Half Marathon
Happy Faces
Half Marathon
The Sheep weren't Impressed.
Half Marathon
Runner
Half Marathon
The Finish!
Half Marathon
Mother & Daughter. They thought I was a news photographer and wanted their photo taken.
Half Marathon
Inishbofin Half Marathon
Half Marathon
Winners Can Be Grinners.. Well he is trying to grin.
Half Marathon
One of Several Little Inlets
Cromwell S Fort
Signpost
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Colorful Weed
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Anjea in Inishbofin. A great natural harbour that's been fought over for centuries
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Entrance to the Fort
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Embrassure
Cromwell S Fort
Hugo
Cromwell S Fort
Two Chimneys. Looking down two chimneys
Cromwell S Fort
Arrowslit
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
The Harbour Entrance
Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
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Cromwell S Fort
Panorama of the Inishbofin Harbour
West Quartye
Catholic Church. Elsewhere, they'd at least paint it white.
West Quartye
Irish Light
West Quartye
Perfect Pebbles. The perfect arc of this beach is amazing.
West Quartye
Helen Gathering Pebbles
West Quartye
Heterogenous Pebbles. The beach is has attracted a huge variety of stones.
West Quartye
Unusual Tower
West Quartye
Wall and Window
West Quartye
A Fixer-upper. Note the one ton bags holding the caravan down against the Atlantic gales.
West Quartye
Escaped Sheep Number 1
West Quartye
Shepherding Sheep Number 1. Helen trying to persuade it to go thru the open gate.
West Quartye
Wet Starling and Prize
West Quartye
Success!. Sheep number 1 safely back in it's field.
West Quartye
Memorial. Two young lads lost their lives here a few years back.
West Quartye
Fellow Walker
West Quartye
Easy Walking. And fabulous views.
West Quartye
Spectacular Cove
West Quartye
Great Trails
West Quartye
Helen. Walking the Westquarter.
West Quartye
Rabbit Warren
West Quartye
Ancient Road. Maybe constructed to access the peat bogs.
West Quartye
Shame. This is our internet access. I am amazed it works at all.
West Quartye
It's Spring!. Maybe even Summer if you squint.
West Quartye
Traditional Currach. They were very light rowboats covered in hides.
West Quartye
Cromwell's Fort. Originally constructed by Grace O'Malley and her Spanish pirate friend and taken by Cromwell after the Reformation.
West Quartye
Escaped Sheep. Another lamb that Helen eventually managed to shepherd back into the field.
West Quartye
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.
West Quartye
The Virgin Protects Sailors
West Quartye
Leading Marks. Two of several marks used to guide shipping past the rocks at the entrance to the bay.
West Quartye
Anjea on a Mooring at Inishbofin
West Quartye
Island of the Cow
West Quartye
Rainbow. The pot of gold is just the other side of that rock...
Enroute Sligo
Perfect Inishbofin Rainbow. Two pots of gold.
Enroute Sligo
Light on Rocks. View from our mooring in Inishbofin harbour
Enroute Sligo
Mooring. Our anchorage in Inishbofin.
Enroute Sligo
Helen. Pretending to be Grace O'Malley
Enroute Sligo
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.
Enroute Sligo
Seagull
Enroute Sligo
Flowers that grow anywhere
Enroute Sligo
Achill Island
Enroute Sligo
Sea Fog. Beautiful weather for photos; not so much for sailing.
Enroute Sligo
Hitchhiker. Arctic Skua. S/he landed on the bimini and stayed awhile. Fabulous seafarers.
Enroute Sligo
Sheep on Kid Island
Enroute Sligo
Fabulous Coast
Enroute Sligo
7 Miles High
Enroute Sligo
Benwee Head
Enroute Sligo
Extraordinary Geology
Enroute Sligo
Dun Briste Seastack. No wind this day so we motored.
Enroute Sligo
The Pirate Queen. Gracie O'Malley (aka Helen Barr)
Enroute Sligo
Sligo Entrance
Enroute Sligo
Knocknarea
Enroute Sligo
Sligo Entrance
Enroute Sligo
The Metal Man. Channel Marker at the entrance to Sligo Harbour
Enroute Sligo
Carrowmore Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Stone tombs
Sligo
Megalithic Tomb
Sligo
Tomb
Sligo
Helen and Molly
Sligo
Helen and Molly
Sligo
Strange Mushroom
Sligo
Hazelwood Forest. Molly exploring ahead
Sligo
Male Mallard
Sligo
Windswept Lough Gill
Sligo
Female Mallard Duck
Sligo
Female Mallard Duck
Sligo
Southern Cross. A Chris White catamaran -- the only cat I've ever liked.
Kerrera
Helen . On the road to the Tea Shop
Kerrera
Oban. From Kerrera.
Kerrera
Winding Road
Kerrera
Helen Phones Home
Kerrera
Kerrera (Oban). Support the Oban Mountain Rescue Team
Kerrera
Goat Beach. No sheep allowed.
Kerrera
Healthy Rabbit. Kerrera hosts a healthy population of bunnies.
Kerrera
First Transatlantic Phone. The site of the first transatlantic phone cable.
Kerrera
Sheep Beach. No goats allowed
Kerrera
The Road to the Tea House
Kerrera
On the Way
Kerrera
Highland Cattle. An ancient breed known for their hardiness.
Kerrera
Thunderbox. Otherwise known as a dunny
Kerrera
Little Ones
Kerrera
A Cow Surveys It's Castle
Kerrera
Healthy Cow
Kerrera
First Sight of Gylen Castle
Kerrera
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.
Kerrera
Gylen Castle. Impregnable from the sea. Not so much from land.
Kerrera
Kerrera West Coast. The west coast of Kerrera is exposed to the Atlantic
Kerrera
Gylen Castle Battlements
Kerrera
View from Gylen Castle
Kerrera
Gylen Castle Fireplace
Kerrera
Steps. What's left of the circular staircase in the tower.
Kerrera
Gylen Castle Entrance
Kerrera
Sir Walter Scott Monument
Edinburgh
Busker. Songs I'd never heard before, and very good!
Edinburgh
Graves at Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Tolbooth Kirk. The highest point in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Greyfriars. The cemetary is intimately connected with Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
Shame
Edinburgh
It's a Doggie World
Edinburgh
Tourists. I guess it's inevitable that Harry Potter would stir up the masses like this.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Lanes
Edinburgh
Tolbooth Kirk
Edinburgh
New College, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle. It's ugly, and the stadium jammed up its arse is just painful.
Edinburgh
For Real?
Edinburgh
Wild Man
Edinburgh
St Giles Exterior. Originally built over 900 years ago, the church has been central to Scottish history.
Edinburgh
Seagull Upon Earl
Edinburgh
Stained Glass Window. Just Stunning !
Edinburgh
St Giles Organ
Edinburgh
St Giles Cathedral Interior. It was built as a Roman Catholic church but taken over by the Presbyterians in 1559.
Edinburgh
Stained Glass Window. Amazing!
Edinburgh
St Giles Interior
Edinburgh
I think I saw him in Melbourne (and Brisbane and various other places)
Edinburgh
View From Pub Window. Behind me are 330 Scotch Whiskies.
Edinburgh
Coloseum. Yep, it's an unfinished copy of the Coloseum.
Kerrera
Silica Mine. The main industry here is the silica mine.
Lochaline
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.
Lochaline
In Charge. Good to know someone is looking after things.
Lochaline
The Old House. This was the original house on the Ardtornish Estate. More of a fort than a house.
Lochaline
Lochaline Ferry. You don't want to meet it coming the other way in that very narrow channel.
Lochaline
Slate Stash?
Lochaline
Water Everywhere. There is even a hydroelectric scheme to power the estate.
Lochaline
Anjea in Lochaline
Lochaline
Loch Aline . Looking towards the entrance
Lochaline
Big House. The view from my back porch (when it isn't raining).
Lochaline
Wet Sunshine
Lochaline
Ardtornish House. This place somehow attracts the sun
Lochaline
American Couple. It took them just 2 hrs to do Lochaline. I've been here 2 weeks and will be sorry to leave.
Lochaline
Babbling Brook?. This one roared!
Lochaline
YASC. Yet Another Scottish Castle
Caledonian Canal
Charles Simonyi's Yacht
Caledonian Canal
Spectacular Sunset in Oban
Caledonian Canal
Beached Boats. At Corpach
Caledonian Canal
Ben Nevis. From Corpach at the start of the canal
Caledonian Canal
Fort Williams from Corpach
Caledonian Canal
Light on the Hills. Evening light on Ben Nevis from Corpach
Caledonian Canal
Not Friendly. Just hungry
Caledonian Canal
Anjea Ready for The Canal
Caledonian Canal
Waiting to Enter the Canal. We had to wait for boats to exit the last lock before we could enter
Caledonian Canal
Lock Leaks. Many leaks into the lower locks
Caledonian Canal
Ageeth Handling Lines
Caledonian Canal
The Crew. The girls learn rope handling fast!
Caledonian Canal
Lock
Caledonian Canal
Lock Gates
Caledonian Canal
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.
Caledonian Canal
Lock Keeper
Caledonian Canal
Scouts?. Whatever -- they were having fun.
Caledonian Canal
Music.. These guys played for a couple of hours.
Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal. Near Loch Oich.
Caledonian Canal
Forestry Blight. The canal and loch edges are preserved but 100m beyond are pine forests
Caledonian Canal
Flower Power
Caledonian Canal
Loch Oich Pontoon
Caledonian Canal
Foxgloves Everywhere
Caledonian Canal
Anjea at Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Glengarry Castle. Or what's left of it.
Caledonian Canal
Magnificent Scotch Pine
Caledonian Canal
The Faraway Tree
Caledonian Canal
Scottish Plumbing. Invergarry Hotel.
Caledonian Canal
Helen at the Hotel Glengarry Gatehouse
Caledonian Canal
Evening Light on Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Morning Light in Loch Oich. The light was there for just a moment.
Caledonian Canal
Our Overnight Pontoon
Caledonian Canal
Anjea in Loch Oich
Caledonian Canal
Number Two. Helen takes the wheel.
Caledonian Canal
Staircase at Fort Augustus
Caledonian Canal
Bridge to Nowhere. This strange bridge over nothing goes nowhere.
Caledonian Canal
The Crew. And a royal wave from Helen.
Caledonian Canal
Waterfall. At certain times the lock-keepers allow water to roar over the locks.
Caledonian Canal
Fort Augustus Staircase
Caledonian Canal
Loch Ness
Caledonian Canal
Loch Ness Ducks
Caledonian Canal
Loch Ness
Caledonian Canal
More Wind Turbines
North Sea
Big Beautiful Sky Everywhere
North Sea
Yep, It's a Bird
North Sea
Another North Sea Ship
North Sea
Windfarms Everywhere
North Sea
Strange Ships Everywhere
North Sea
Nearly There. Starboard mark at the entrance to the Den Helder channel.
North Sea
Small Cruise Ship. Only 172m long.
Amsterdam
Happy Pub
Amsterdam
Big Cruise Ship. They are going to ban them from the city center soon.
Amsterdam
Hard to Believe. The marina residents found it hard to believe a ship that big could navigate the river.
Amsterdam
Bridge
Amsterdam
Bridge
Amsterdam
Coastal Cruiser
Amsterdam
Old Steel Barge. They are everywhere. Old boats waiting to be converted to living spaces.
Amsterdam
Rub a Dub Dub. Three girls in a tub...
Amsterdam
Explosive!. The building on the right has exceptionally thick walls held together by steel rods. It used to be the munitions store!
Amsterdam
Apartment Block
Amsterdam
Passing Traffic
Amsterdam
Yet Another Tower
Amsterdam
Canal-scape
Amsterdam
Only in Holland
Amsterdam
The Green Door. Door colors in Amsterdam must be 'appropriate' and 'approved'. Maybe he was color-blind?
Amsterdam
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.
Amsterdam
Helen and Hugo. Cruising the canals in Marnix's boat
Amsterdam
Hugo
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Canal
Amsterdam
Bridge
Amsterdam
Bridge
Amsterdam
Under the Bridge
Amsterdam
Scheepswerf. Marnix in front of the shipyard
Amsterdam
Historic Concrete Barge. One of many concrete barges built by the Americans after WWII
Amsterdam
Het Scheepvaartmuseum. The National Maritime Museum
Amsterdam
Nemo Science Museum
Amsterdam
New Amsterdam. Lest you think Amsterdam is all about the past.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Tower. One of the many towers of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Tower. Another one
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Tower
Amsterdam
Helen and Marnix. Marnix is our skipper, transport and extraordinary guide.
Amsterdam
Holiday Time. The last week of the summer holidays
Amsterdam
Grimburgwall
Amsterdam
Pretty Boat
Amsterdam
Woops!
Amsterdam
Chilling
Amsterdam
Hanging Out
Amsterdam
Look at Me!
Amsterdam
Straight is Relative. I was told they lean out so the furniture can be hauled up the front. Hmmm...
Amsterdam
1960's Hippie. At home on the water.
Amsterdam
Was A Bicycle Park. This bike park was too small so they've built a bigger one!
Amsterdam
The EYE Film Museum. Amsterdam's answer to Sydney's Opera House
Amsterdam
Sixhaven. Our little marina is directly opposite the old city center of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam
Sixhaven Marina. Boats are packed tight and rafted up 3-deep at night.
Amsterdam
Marnix ,Hugo and Me. Helen snapped this on our canal tour
Amsterdam
Towers in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Algae. The cause of the insect explosion.
Harlingen
Countless Insects. On the IJselmeer on a still summer day the insect population explodes
Harlingen
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.
Harlingen
Work Area. Anjea may spend a few weeks in one of those sheds being refurbished.
Harlingen
Shooting the Breeze
Harlingen
Morning Light. The big canals have many working boats carrying everything imaginable.
Harlingen
Fishing. This was snapped directly outside Multiship.
Harlingen
Harlingen Lion
Harlingen
Lion 2
Harlingen
Witte Swaen. Willem Barentsz and crew cast off in 1596 to find a northern, Arctic, route to China. This boat is a replica.
Harlingen
It's a Whale. I think.
Harlingen
Zuiderhaven. The main canal in Harlingen.
Harlingen
The Fishing Fleet
Harlingen
Streetscape. Or should that be 'Canalscape'?
Harlingen
Harlingen to London. In Harlingen in the 1800s, you could buy a ticket to any major port in the world.
Harlingen
Java. Many houses are named for the place their builder traded.
Harlingen
Small Canal
Harlingen
My New Electric Motor. I finally traded the petrol outboard for this ePropulsion unit. Very happy so far.
Harlingen
Wind Farm
Harlingen
Mermaid. Built as a steel cargo ship in 1907 she was refitted as a passenger ship in 1990.
Harlingen
Mermaid. Flat-bottomed with gigantic lee boards instead of a keel.
Harlingen
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