tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817468499740366082024-02-21T01:50:02.668-08:00SV FortuitousThis is a blog of the sailing adventures of SV Fortuitous, and some of our land adventures too. The oldest, from 2004, are at the bottom of the list. Please feel free to leave a comment. Click on the word comment, at the bottom of the posting, and add yours. Leave your comment under anonymous or name and URL and you can use your own email account. I hope you enjoy our journey. If you are a regular follower, it would be great to know that, so please sign up in that spot. Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-4723846033679462032016-04-15T10:51:00.001-07:002016-04-15T10:55:11.470-07:00To Mexico before Key WestYes, we ended up in Mexico first, rather than straight to Key West as planned. It's a long story, so bear with me.<br />
We headed from Caye Caulker, via ferry, and did our checkout in San Pedro. To go with Fortuitous we would have had to head out through a difficult pass in the reef, so we opted to check out of Belize this way.<br />
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These are the local ferries to San Pedro and Belize City.<br />
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Caye Caulker and San Pedro are both FULL of golf carts. One would think that would be less dangerous than cars, but not so much.<br />
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We were set to go the next day. Chris Parker gave us a thumbs up to head to Key West and so we were going for it. I (Cheryl) was still feeling quite under the weather with a sinus infection and found it impossible to go on to Key West. We had two terribly uncomfortable nights enroute now to Cozumel. The first night, a small sailboat (that didn't show up on radar at all) was approaching quickly across our bow, from the port side. It, of course, was my watch and I could see a green light, but it was low and kind of blended in with the shore lights. By the time we realized it was a boat, we just had time to put on the motor and turn to starboard. Thankfully, he finally must have seen us and also turned to starboard! When we passed we must have been 20' apart! We had the right of way, but you can still be 'dead' right! The second day and night, I was so sick that Ralph did pretty much all the day and night watch. We arrived in Cozumel at about 3am on the 31st. We were under sail the whole way and doing about 7 kts with the current. When we went to turn into the anchorage, in the dark, our motor wouldn't start. After SOME panic...especially from me since we were still drifting at 5 kts past the anchorage, we found the kill switch wasn't pushed all the way in...managed to get anchored by 5am and had a couple hours sleep before having to check into Mexico. Of course, we had a zarpe for Key West, but there didn't appear to be any problems...still took us all day and, with me still sick, it wasn't much fun. We stayed 2 nights and then moved on to the El Cid Marina, Puerto Morelos since more bad weather was heading our way.<br />
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We have no real photos of Cozumel, so I guess we'll have to go back. It was a terrible place, from a cruiser's point of view, since there was no dinghy dock and you had to land on rocks at the beach and drag up the dinghy and, hopefully, chain it to a palm tree. We went in a seldom as possible because of this. There were lots of tourist cruises and this boat was all lit up at night...too bad, a little blurry photo.<br />
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El Cid Marina resort was a very nice place. However, the birds and what they leave behind were a pain! Again, I was still sick so went to see the resort doctor who gave me 2 antibiotic shots and some cipro to cure what ails me.<br />
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No end of birds! This one's a frigate.<br />
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Here we are tied to the dock awaiting weather to head out to Key West. We arrived April 2nd and headed back out, enroute to Key West, April 6th.<br />
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It was a motorboat ride, but unbelievably calm, as you can see.<br />
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It reminded us very much of our trip down the Washington/Oregon coast in 2004. Glassy waters.<br />
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A three night passage, but pretty uneventful...thankfully!<br />
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The only problem we had was we kept being invaded by land birds. We have no idea where they came from as we were a long way out, but they were tired and needed to rest.<br />
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Unfortunately, they weren't content to stay outside, and headed into the cabin. This one is perched above our settee...we didn't let him stay long!<br />
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As you can see, several different types came and went. We finally had to screen up the cockpit to keep them out, and one or two still came in the hatches and we had to chase them out from below.<br />
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This is our chart plotter and our route to Key West from Mexico.<br />
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Sure nice to have these modern navigational aides.<br />
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Key West is a tourist haven and there is no end of sunset and day cruises for them to enjoy. Most of the boats came past us nightly loaded to the gunnels.<br />
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The lighthouse in Key West. A good view of a pretty little town.<br />
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I get dizzy just looking at this photo, never mind climbing up and down the 86 steps.<br />
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We thoroughly enjoyed Key West and walked about 7 miles that day!<br />
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Chickens and roosters are everywhere in town. We never really got to the bottom of why because some said they were protected others said no. It appears that they are all over the Keys because they're also in Marathon.<br />
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Someone told us that there's a fine if you run over one...really??<br />
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Someone's front yard, but probably not that person's chickens!<br />
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Lovely old houses and most well preserved. Even the Denny's was an old-style diner.<br />
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I'm guessing he's the reason there are more and more chickens!<br />
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Mile Zero of Route 1.<br />
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A banyan tree in front of some houses. Lovely vegetation and flowers. Very tropical but not nearly as hot as Guatemala, Belize or Mexico. Onward to Marathon in the middle of the Keys, then eventually around Miami and into the intra-coastal waterway around Ft. Lauderdale...at least that's the plan for now.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-52444430399054625872016-03-25T14:21:00.001-07:002016-04-07T12:06:46.765-07:00Robert's Grove, Placencia to Caye Caulker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So, here we are still in Belize. It was our plan to 'get outa Dodge' long before now, but we've had poor weather, on and off, and no opportunity to move North and on to Mexico and then Florida. At one point, another big blow was due so we moved into Robert's Grove, the marina we were in a couple of years ago when we lost our tranny. The first photos are from there. This time, we didn't inherit a rat...so it was much more pleasant. However, the expected wind didn't materialize, so we probably didn't need to move into the marina...hind sight is 20/20!</div>
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Their docks are well built, but a terrible plan in that the supports are on the outside which makes it difficult to come up against the dock and try to place fenders appropriately.<br />
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On the resort side, we went out here for drinks a few times. Met some nice tourists there, but boy...WAS IT WINDY!!<br />
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After that, we headed out to the Cayes where we finally managed to do some snorkeling. Here's a lobster Ralph found, but they weren't in season....DRAT!!<br />
We also ran aground in an area that, supposedly, was deep enough for us...but NOT!<br />
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Snorkeling, here in Belize, has for the most part been disappointing, but much better than some of our first attempts when we were here before.<br />
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We saw "Dorry" (sp??) but not Nemo!<br />
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We also were told about an old ship's anchor so Ralph went out to have a look.<br />
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This is me in my 'tele-tubby' suit...it's good for jelly-fish and also keeps me warmer when the water is cool. It was only 73 degrees then, but is now closer to 90!<br />
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Lots of fan coral and that is always beautiful!<br />
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A few more shots of the reef life.<br />
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We think this is some sort of sponge or ??<br />
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We have an anchor alarm program and this is what we wake up to, when it's been very windy. All those are the tracks of where we went over a few days in an anchorage in Belize.<br />
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Not a lot of height above the water in these parts. Tidal range is less than 2 feet. You can see why there is so much damage when a hurricane rips through here.<br />
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Enroute to Caye Caulker, Northern Belize, we passed 3 cruise ships anchored and ferrying passengers to and from Belize City.<br />
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This is Caye Caulker, where we currently are. Nice little town, dirt streets, and currently full of tourists and spring breakers.<br />
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We have tentatively decided to head on to Mexico, checking out of here after Easter weekend, supposing the weather holds.<br />
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Wish us luck! We have to get well up into Florida by June 1st, for insurance purposes...so fingers crossed!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-80833878987454705832016-03-19T09:34:00.000-07:002016-03-19T09:36:12.242-07:00Robinson CaysHere we sit, yet again. We were trying to make it north, and out of Belize to Mexico, but another cold front is coming in, Sunday night into Tuesday, from the USA (Damn Americans)! So, we had to find a good anchorage to weather the storm. Winds are coming from the North to NW and there aren't many good anchorages in northern Belize for that direction of wind. There can be squalls, as well, and the wind is supposed to be up to 30kts, and more with a squall (mini storm often with lightning etc.) So we are in Robinson Cays. We are the only boat here, which is good in that we don't have to worry about anyone dragging anchor on us...AGAIN...but bad in that it's kind of scary to be all alone. There have been some robberies, mostly when people are off their boats, and one boarding that we know of, but not here to our knowledge. Still a little worrisome and we'll both be glad to be out of here. This season has been very discouraging because of the weather and being hit by the Moorings catamaran. We still haven't received the compensation for that but they assure us that we will. More once we get out of here.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-17475197123169478462016-03-17T06:57:00.000-07:002016-03-17T06:58:26.384-07:00Colson CayAfter a good sail, but very blustery, we arrived in Colson Cay after leaving Wippari yesterday. More bad weather is coming Monday/Tuesday so we have to plan where to be for that. Winds will be from the North/NE and not many good anchorages for that direction.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-39490654880619167262016-03-09T14:39:00.000-08:002016-03-09T14:40:08.385-08:00Roberts GroveHere we sit awaiting the 'supposed wind storm' to come and go. We were here, 2 years ago, when Fortuitous lost it's tranny...and we gained a rat! We are zipped up, at night, to avoid the latter this time.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-73517600736087860902016-02-26T12:43:00.000-08:002016-02-26T13:08:28.465-08:00Placencia February 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, we spent nearly a week in the Golfete, a lake on the way from Monkey Bay Marina enroute to Livingston where we'd check out of Guatemala. After getting fuel in Fronteras, we headed down-river. Once a little way down, our motor quit. We restarted but still had problems so we anchored in the lake to figure out what was going on. Turns out, our filters were plugged so we changed those. We started again, but same problem and in the end, the uptake from the bottom of the tank was also plugged solid. We remedied that too, but had now missed our tide window to cross the bar at Livingston...so we crossed on Feb. 10th and headed straight to Placencia Belize. It's a much nicer town than Fronteras and English speaking. However, it is much more expensive to enter or be in the country and a lot more for provisions as well.</div>
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This is the main street, twice as wide as in Fronteras and NO semi-trailers or tuk-tuks to deal with.<br />
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As you can see, not even many cars going back and forth.<br />
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This is one of the 3 or 4 veggie stores. Strange, in Guatemala there were mangoes galore and avocados too...here, they say they're out of season...how can that be? Wish I'd bought more when we were in Guatemala!<br />
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This is one of the other general grocery stores...there are about 6 of these, all owned by very unfriendly Chinese folk. We're not sure why they're so unfriendly...we speculated that maybe they've had some prejudice problems, but don't know for sure.<br />
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It's very tropical here, obviously, and when it's hot it's VERY HOT!<br />
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But, for the most part here, this is what we've been seeing. There has been cold front after cold front coming into the Caribbean from the east coast of the USA.<br />
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Hard to see here, but it's just pouring and quite cold...for here.<br />
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So, one of the nights we had a big blow/rainstorm and this Moorings catamaran dragged anchor onto us at about 2 am (of course) in the morning in about 25 kts of wind and driving rain.<br />
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We were attached for quite a long time. The charterers didn't even wake up until we banged on the hull and woke them. Then, only the 2 men came to do anything. We didn't know how many were aboard, so asked. When they said there were 4, we were more than a little ticked off! Told them to get them out to help fend off. They didn't provide fenders, didn't start the motor or pull up the anchor until told to do so. Doesn't look like much damage, but we are very sad about this!!!<br />
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The charter people took full responsibility and we have been dealing with Moorings for the past week. They wanted to fix it here, but then we'd be here for another couple of weeks, so we said no. We'll have it all done in Florida, if we ever get to leave here.<br />
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Lots of scratches and gouges and the teak rail is lifted, so we'll have to reseal this before leaving. Moorings settled today, and paid us out so we can have it fixed in Florida. They were pretty good about it, but it all takes time. We hope to be heading out to the cays tomorrow, although there are 2 or 3 more cold fronts coming this way...we'll see how it goes. Still overcast and cold here.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-41348801247283021442016-01-24T06:53:00.001-08:002016-01-29T18:14:59.259-08:00BACK TO THE RIO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a map of Guatemala with the approximate location of the Rio Dulce.<br />
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Here is a google earth view showing our location. When we leave, we have to travel across the Golfete and down the river to cross the bar, at Livingston, and then head out into the Caribbean.<br />
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We returned to Guatemala on January 13th, and headed back to the Rio the next day. Here is view of the boats from the palapa where we have our late afternoon drink.<br />
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Some of the flowers blooming around the marina area.<br />
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One of the cruisers making a palm leaf display for her boat to celebrate the one year anniversary of their purchase. A couple of these leaves are up in the palapa too. A lot of work but very attractive.<br />
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Here is Fortuitous after nearly a week of work. Sails on and some cleaning done, but still lots to do.<br />
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Efrain is the marina care-taker. His kids are at the end of their Christmas holiday and taking a dip in the river. Ralph's had to go in to check our bottom paint but is careful to shower off right afterwards. The river isn't very clear but supposedly clean...our drinking water comes from there, filtered and chlorinated...so far we've been fine!<br />
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These are most of the people currently in Monkey Bay, with Efrain's family and the marina manager towards the back. Who knew Santa cruised in the off-season?<br />
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This is one of the local river 'buses'...at least they all seem to be wearing life jackets.<br />
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Friends of ours, the Middletons (a retired principal and his wife from Surrey district) are heading out on their cat to Roatan...wish it were us, but still lots to do!<br />
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The view of Fortuitous from the top of the mast. Glad this is not a pink job!<br />
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A selfie at the top!<br />
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This is Ralph's helper, Efrain...actually, kind of my helper because he does all the jobs that are too hard for me to do now.<br />
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This is our big expense! The battery cables were very corroded and some not really attached, so not much charging happened...$1500 later, new batteries! New cables made by Ralph. Crap!!<br />
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This is downtown Fronteras...my least favourite place to provision...for the obvious reasons! This is the only road through town, so semis come through here as well. Yesterday, there was a semi with a oversize tractor on it and it had to pass another semi right in the middle of town. I have to give it to the drivers, I don't think they killed anyone or took out anyone's fruit stand!<br />
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This is the 'main' grocery store...mostly dry goods. Not much like Save-on foods, is it?<br />
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This is one of the main reasons I don't like shopping in Fronteras...the cows are none to particular about when or where they do their business. Needless to say, we wash all fruits and veggies very well. They sell BBQ chicken, all uncovered, at the side of the road as well...we NEVER would buy that!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-1253324073782312842014-03-15T13:29:00.001-07:002014-03-15T13:52:40.097-07:00RAT-A-PHOOEY!!!<div align="center">
Here, in Robert's Grove it's not all as peachy-keen as one would hope. We have one Guatemalan power boater who isn't smart enough to know he needs to slow down inside the marina. Going out, he went so fast that we slammed against the dock and damaged our toe rail. Coming in, today, he did the same speed. Ralph went down to speak to him but, of course, he said he couldn't speak English. For Ralph, that's not a problem so he spoke to him in Spanish. Again, no apology..."big motor, big waves, can't slow down any more...", you get the picture. He'd be the first to complain if someone else did that to HIS fancy boat!!</div>
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However, this has been the least of our issues here. We seem to have enticed a rat aboard with our smorgasbord of fresh fruit and taco chips. We found droppings in the cockpit, one morning, so I started looking for other signs. He'd had a "field day" in the tomatoes; he'd taken bites out of several apples and demolished the pears; he'd somehow gotten in the cupboard above the sink, in the V-berth, and stuffed himself on taco chips as well! At this point we were thinking/hoping for a mouse...a male mouse, but this was not the case. We put down small mouse traps and some sticky paper traps, the first night and hoped for the best.<br />
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The small traps, alone, with the sticky paper did nothing as the rat seemed to avoid the sticky pads and could steal out of the little traps without setting them off. We then borrowed these box traps from the chartering company here in the marina. This set up didn't work for us either. We think the rat came out of the opening you see above, and got one toe on the sticky pads. In trying to get free, he set off the two mouse traps and probably scared the crap out of himself, so he gave up for the night. We think this is probable because both traps were sprung and we found one sticky pad inside the opening, and it had a few tiny markings in it.<br />
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This was our last set up but, by this time he/she had been aboard 4 days. That's just too creepy and upsetting!!! We bought a trap of our own and baited it along with the other two. We also bought the large rat-size sticky pads, so it would have been next to impossible to get out of the V-berth area without being trapped or stuck to a pad. We settled in for the night...thankfully at the opposite end of the boat!! <br />
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SUCCESS!!! At midnight, Ralph got up to check the traps and we were in luck...not so much the rat!! We were upset to see that it wasn't a mouse, but glad to have trapped it. I'm not really a hard person, and I do like most animals, but I didn't shed a tear for this one! Ralph hung the trap from the dock, overnight, so he/she could take a midnight " dip"! No tears shed aboard Fortuitous, for this critter!<br />
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The next night, we put out the traps and sticky pads, but no sign (THANKFULLY) of any more stowaways! Then we had to set about trying to find where it had been, or if it built a nest...and what did it chew up to do so. There's Ralph pulling apart the V-berth, but no luck there. So far, we haven't found any sign of the nest or what may have been used to make one. We keep the companionway doors closed at night, now, and are careful to throw out all garbage and leave nothing enticing in the cockpit.<br />
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It should be mentioned here that we had several sets of people wanting to join us, this season...good thing we didn't set anything up with all that has gone wrong so far...oh, and this would have been your cabin...sharing with the stowaway!!<br />
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It's little blurry, in this photo, because it is raining hard! When it rains here, it really rains! We got 20 plus gallons of drinking water added to our tanks. We should have taken a photo, but what we do is wait for the decks to be thoroughly wet, scrub the foredeck, then damn it up behind the deck intake...and let the water run in. Works very well and faster than our watermaker.</div>
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We anchor off this bar, called Yoli's, where we can get free internet from the hotel next door. They don't have food, except a BBQ on Fridays.</div>
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There is no country check-in, in Placencia, so you have to go to the big ship dock area by water taxi. This is the Mango Creek water taxi stop, and from here we go by land taxi to Big Creek for check in. We thought you might never have seen a menu quite like this one...we haven't either. Really, who orders seaweed and Ovaltine?</div>
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In Placencia they have what they call the "narrowest street in the world"...really a board walk. Lots of little shops and restaurants. Barefoot Bar is one of our favourites.</div>
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Little guys on the front porch. Wonder where Mama is?</div>
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This is actually a little out of order as we really did this river tour/hike after returning from Garbutt, which are the photos below these. It's just too much work to reorganize it, so I'm just going with it like this...unless I let my OCD take over and correct it. <br />
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I let Ralph talk me into yet another river tour/hike combo. Don't even ask!!! Just plain stupid, is all I can say. We went with Homers' Odyssey (Stan and Lynn), fellow cruising buddies from Calgary, and their landlubber friends, Pat and Harry. </div>
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This is where we started, called the Monkey River Tour, and the bugs started too. Before that, we were going too fast for them to keep up. There were some new ones, called "Doctor Flies" because of their liking to take blood...you get the picture!!</div>
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Our guide was actually very good, but I had a very difficult time paying attention and focusing on what he was saying because I was trying to keep myself safe from the bugs. They loved me, even though I'd slathered deet on before the trip, and during. I was a lot better off once Harry suggested I use this breadfruit tree leaf as a swatter! What a brilliant man!! Here, Brent, our guide, is showing us how the little hooks on the back of the leaves act like Velcro.</div>
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Once on land, the doctor flies left us alone...must be just along the river...or maybe just a change of shifts?? The mosquitoes took over...and did an even better job! They drove us all nuts and we cut it a bit short as all were being "bugged to death"! Here we are at a large stand of bamboo.</div>
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On the way back, we stopped to watch the manatees. We didn't get many good looks, nor many good photos. They're not big on jumping out of the water.</div>
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After a very long wait for weather, in Placencia, we finally escaped and headed north. We had a great sail to Garbutt Cay. When we went to anchor, and go into reverse to set it...we had no reverse. We couldn't figure it out but the end result is that the tranny is on the fritz.</div>
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We hung out there, for several days, waiting for Cucumber Beach Marina to tell us they had room. Eventually, after a real run around, we headed back to Placencia. We had waited almost a week for them, but no real help. The junk and plastics on the beaches is just appalling! </div>
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While there, we went ashore to the tiny mangrove island where we found this huge pile of conch...it's almost obscene when you see this and wonder how long it must take them to get that size. I must google that.</div>
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This is where the fisherman lives...talk about basic!</div>
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This was his collection of fish floats, hanging in the tree. He also had several hard hats, not sure where from or what for.</div>
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So, here we are in Robert's Grove Marina awaiting the arrival of our new rebuilt tranny from Maine. We'll be here a couple of weeks, to three, probably.</div>
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And here is the culprit. No fun for Ralph, getting this out. 150 lbs., all together, and of course not easy to get at. Wish us luck!</div>
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We left Vancouver January 20th and flew to Guatemala City. I (Cheryl) had arranged, through the owner of the hotel where we usually stay, to see a local doctor about the bug bites I received last season. I wanted some answers regarding the chance that the Polymyalgia Rheumatica, diagnosed in Canada, could have been a result of the tabano fly bites. After numerous tests, he told me I had had (but no longer have) Lyme Disease and that this could have been transmitted by these flies. So, needless to say, I will be watching for them all this season and will be requesting more in-depth testing at home, in Canada. But, enough about me...<br />
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We headed to Fortuitous, on the 22nd, and found her to be in pretty good shape...nice and clean inside and out.<br />
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Here she sits in Monkey Bay marina, where we keep her in Rio Dulce.<br />
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Alas, all was not as good as it first appeared. We'd had tarps over both booms, thankfully, but when we removed them and it rained...and boy, did it rain a couple of the days, we found several leaks we weren't expecting. The worst was in the aft head where, apparently, the new hatch was not sealed properly to the deck. Water had leaked inside and totally destroyed the headliner. Thankfully, we had lots of the vinyl and Ralph managed to find the 1/8" plywood. So, here I am sitting on the dock making the new headliner. The old one, covered in mould and mildew, is in the foreground. As well as this leak, we had a leaking aft cabin window, a front main cabin hatch leak, and a couple more leaking chain-plates. We re-sealed all of them and all seem to be in good order now. Another big issue was we had tenants in the transom of our dinghy, which we had kept in land storage under cover. Termites had basically almost destroyed it! Thankfully, we were told there was a Guatemalan fellow who could repair this. We got a hold of him and, voila!! 3 days later the dinghy came back and seems also to be in good order, so far. We should have taken photos of this damage but, as is usually the case, we were so upset and in a dither that this didn't occur to us!<br />
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This is the view, of Monkey Bay Marina, from the marina skiff that we were lucky enough to borrow to go to Fronteras to buy provisions and such. Our dinghy was out for repair, much of the time, and besides that it is so small that we would be soaked (along with all our groceries) trying to return from Fronteras to Monkey Bay. It is quite a long ride.<br />
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Speaking of Fronteras, here are some shots of what it is like to shop there. Mostly, we have to go from little shop to little shop, and they are mostly all lined up along the road you see below, along with food vendors, hardware stores, plastics and you name it!<br />
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As you can see, this is quite a challenge as this is also the main road, from Guatemala City to Belize. All the big trucks carrying gas, food, cattle, and all other types of vehicles travel this road...meanwhile, you are standing at the side of the road trying to pick out bananas and pineapples. It's a life-threatening experience and, by far, my least favourite town so far!<br />
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There is one "supermarket" and I use this term very loosely!! It is really only for dry goods, with a few veggies and a little meat. There isn't much in the way of the American/Canadian products that we are used to at home, although some of the smaller shops carry a few things, but at great expense. <br />
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We have to take a boat to Fronteras, as there is no road from Monkey Bay. We get off at a dock near a bar/restaurant called Bruno's. There is a lot of boat traffic here, large and small. These local Guatemalans use these small Cayucos to get about...not much freeboard on these.<br />
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And some of the boats are unbelievably overloaded!!<br />
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We watched the Super Bowl game across the river, at another marina. It was a neat venue, but nothing like the San Blas 4 years ago! A great game if you were Seattle fans...and we were!<br />
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We were lucky enough to touch bases with some cruising friends, from last season: Barry and Lindy (on Samarang) and Sue and Dave (on New Horizon). Always fun to meet up with friends!<br />
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We never tire of the beautiful flowers of the tropics.<br />
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We headed downriver on February 4th, to check out in Livingston and head to Belize. We saw these water-lilies enroute. We checked out and spent 2 nights at Tres Puntas, 2 hours away, still fixing some other leaks. Then, we headed for Placencia, Belize, which is our current location. Today, we checked into Belize and all went well with that. We will be heading out to some of the Cays in the next day or two, and trying to head to some of the northern areas of Belize, that we didn't see last season, then possibly on to Mexico and Cuba. We are having difficulty getting our email to work through our SSB Radio, so may stick around a couple more days to try to get that going. We're used to being in touch. More to come from the Cays!<br />
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Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-65776092837962881542013-05-18T15:36:00.001-07:002013-05-18T15:36:17.670-07:00NEW CREW MEMBERThe season we were cruising the San Blas, we had our son Greg aboard as crew. Jeff and our Daughter-in-law Sarah joined us to go through the Canal and have a month aboard Fortuitous. Well, we're sorry to say that they've all been replaced. Meet our new crew member.<br />
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Here he is hiding behind the speaker in the cockpit. We have yet to name him and are taking suggestions...so far, none has hit the mark.<br />
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This was the easy time....he stayed in the cockpit and the greatest annoyance was when he jumped on my leg when we were having sun-downers with fellow cruisers. Amazingly, he didn't freak me out at all...not sure why. There's something "personable" about geckos...maybe it's the insurance ads?? Maybe it's just that they eat the bugs, that LOVE to bite me...maybe it's just he's so tiny??<br />
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For those of you who know Fortuitous, this will give you a bit of scale.<br />
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He's a big, little problem now as he no longer stays in the cockpit...he's everywhere in the salon and who knows where else...on Mothers' Day, Ralph and I were watching a movie on the computer. Something landed right on my head, in the dark!!! Needless to say, he wasn't there very long! I quickly brushed "whatever" off my head...he landed on Ralph! Ralph transported him outside.<br />
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Here he is on the cupboard behind the sink. We are so afraid, now, that we'll step on him or crush him somehow...what a pain! I know another cruiser friend stepped on hers, by accident...that would be terrible!!! Others have said that ones they've had aboard have made a big mess (if you know what I mean), but we've not found anything so far. Does that mean he's discreet, or does that mean our boat is so messy that I haven't noticed??<br />
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We are presently in Placencia and have checked out of Belize and should be leaving the country tomorrow. So, unless I give an update from the Rio, that is it for the season from Fortuitous.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-86748982989729379722013-05-18T15:16:00.003-07:002013-06-23T12:11:09.938-07:00Belizian CaysWe have spent most of time, in Belize, out in the Cays that are offshore of the mainland. Some of these are very tricky to get to as there is coral reef everywhere. Add to that the uncharted coral heads, ...well, you get the picture. We've had some worrisome entrances to anchorages...OK, so Ralph worries....some, I worry A LOT!!<br />
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Some are quite beautiful, and much like the San Blas...coconut trees and sand.<br />
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Others are all mangroves...not so attractive, especially late afternoon and evening when the sand fleas and every other fricken bug comes looking for me!!!<br />
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Fortuitous at anchor in Belize.<br />
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One island that had been affected by one hurricane or other was busy starting their own coconut palm nursery.<br />
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After all my crabbing, whining, and complaining, I hesitated to include this photo. This is what all of you think comprises every day of our cruising season.<br />
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We thought this was an interesting building concept (look toward the far end of the dock)...the post is in the way, so the wharf board is too long...well, we'll just let it stick out farther than all the rest. No need to cut it off, even with the rest of the wharf boards. <br />
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As you can see, it's not a mirror calm anchorage...none of them have been.<br />
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This is a Belizean fishing boat. It's amazing how many men are aboard.<br />
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Tied to the dock to get water or?? Can you believe all these guys (we counted 7+ of them) sleep aboard...apparently cheek by jowl!!<br />
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Either the last guy can't get aboard, or....<br />
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Or, he's steering with his foot!!<br />
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In one anchorage, we had a nurse shark underneath the boat for a few days. A few days later, he/she was replaced with this guy!<br />
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This is a reasonably, or unreasonably large barracuda. I guess it depends on your point of view. We saw a few of these guys when we were snorkelling too...a few is too many in my books!!<br />
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I think this has been our first dolphin escort in the Caribbean. These guys were just fabulous!!<br />
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The water was just so clear and they stayed with us a long time, twirling and swimming in the bow wake.<br />
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We do get some beautiful sunsets!!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-71523884855319235502013-05-18T14:45:00.003-07:002013-06-23T12:14:15.145-07:00BELIZE, UNDERWATERBelize has not been one of our favourite countries for snorkelling. That being said, the camera has worked well and we have quite a few decent shots underwater.
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We aren't sure what this purple-blue plant/animal is. But it was gorgeous!<br />
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Spotted butterfly fish...in Belize, we saw some of the largest ones we have ever seen.<br />
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You don't see many starfish.<br />
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Although they don't look blue in this shot, these are blue tangs. We see large schools of these almost every time we snorkel.<br />
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Sea fans or sea ferns??? OK, so it's not such an educational blog...<br />
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Lovely fan coral<br />
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I know, I know, I should know what all of these are...but there are sooooooo many fish and so little time!!!<br />
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I got this one...a ray!!!<br />
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He looks like he's about to eat that little fish, but I believe they eat mollusks and crustaceans.<br />
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This was sooooo funny...well, for me, not for Ralph. This is a type of remora and, apparently, he thought Ralph was a big shark because he kept trying to suck onto Ralph's leg!! <br />
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Ralph was very concerned it would go up into his bathing trunks...what's the problem with that...what a sissy!!??
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Ralph eventually just gave up and got back into the dinghy...it just wouldn't leave him alone!!
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This appears to be some sort of tube worm or...I'm open to suggestions...<br />
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This is it when all the "feelers" are pulled in.<br />
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A large angel fish, not too colourful, but very large!!!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-63419999819958194772013-05-03T08:19:00.000-07:002013-05-18T14:18:15.604-07:00BLUE GROUND RANGE, BELIZEOK, Campers...what the H!!!! are we doing out here???!!! Backing up a little, we left Glover's Reef Monday, April 29th, and headed to Southwater Cay. This place was quite pleasant, quiet water, but a little more humid than Glover's. However, that could just be a general change in the weather as the two anchorages aren't that far apart. The snorkelling was possibly the best we've seen this season.
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Two days ago there was a warning for isolated thunderstorms posted, and this activity was to begin Thursday night and into Friday. The problem with Belize is that there is little protection from wind and wave in most of these anchorages as the islands and reefs are barely above water (there's only about a 2' max tide in the Caribbean). Add to that, that some of the anchorages are cramped and shallow (we were anchored in 8' of water in Southwater Cay), putting out a lot of chain is not possible without swinging into other boats or reef when there are storms. The best that can be offered is barely above water mangrove covered reef islets but, with those, come the bugs when the wind isn't blowing. So, you think long and hard about going there, for protection, when you aren't even sure if the thunderstorms are going to occur. It's not a lot of fun to be in 80 to 90 degree temperatures (with the same humidity) and have to be down below, in a screened up boat, with no wind to speak of. That being said, along with the possibility of 50 to 60 kt winds, the wind direction was also going to change. This meant that Southwater Cays were not going to be safe for us. We thought long and hard about where to go. We had three options within our range of travel. One was a tiny anchorage in the mangroves, good for 2 or 3 boats and already had two. Another would be on the mainland, but we chose not to go there because it was farther away, a shallower and more cramped anchorage, and it seemed there'd be quite a few boats in there. We always prefer lots of space, and deeper water, if there is this kind of unsettled weather, especially because there are lots of charter boats out here. It's hard to say how much experience these charterers have? Another of our thoughts was that maybe these thunderstorms might stay over the mainland area as we had seen thunderstorms out to that direction for several days already. This was not to be!! So, we decided to head to Blue Ground Range, a mangrove anchorage with 40' of water (a bit deep for our liking, but a large anchorage somewhat protected by an outside reef).
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So, this morning we are still firmly anchored and facing more strong winds tonight but, supposedly, no squalls (thunder clouds). Ask me if I'm having fun yet!!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-45577108090213221542013-04-25T08:07:00.000-07:002013-04-25T08:06:55.918-07:00ArrivedHi all,
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<br>Sorry for the group email but knew you'd want to know that we arrived safe and sound in Glover's Reef, Belize. Sorry we didn't check in yesterday. We left Utila Cays at about 5 pm and arrived here at around 11 am yesterday after an overnight sail. We were supposed to have a GPS track out of the Utila Cays, but for some reason it was lost. However, the reef was more or less visible so, except for a bit of stress (on my part) we made it out OK. We had a "boisterous" sail with 15+ kts of wind. We had a double reefed main up, for stability, and a tiny bit of the headsail out and managed to keep it down to about 4 kts. You can pretty much walk that fast! The problem was that it was only a 60 mile trip, or so, which is too much to do in the daylight, but too short to do in an overnighter and not arrive before daybreak. You want to arrive, with good light, so you can see the reefs and coral heads. The wind and waves were on our beam, so it was not a comfortable ride. The wave height was in the 8 foot range...not comfortable either! We took a couple small hits, into the cockpit, complete with one flying fish on deck and one in the cockpit. Amazing little sea life. We saw nothing enroute, no dolphins or anything. One lonely freighter or fishboat, during the night, and one in the morning. We arrived, bagged, to Glover's Reef and all the small reefs, at the entrance, seemed very clear on the chart, but not so much in person. Take a look on Google Earth. We managed to weave our way into the south entrance and are anchored near South West Cays. A large barracuda was visible, at our bow, when we were coming in. I hope he stays out there!! Last night was windy, but the water was calm and we stayed put. There's a lot of reef to snorkel on here, so hopefully it will be good.
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Since we, but more precisely "I" belong to the "chicken shzt" school of cruising, we have been in Utila for almost a month awaiting weather that would be conducive to sailing to, and being anchored in Roatan (another Bay Island of Honduras). We have dragged around the anchorage 3 times, in 25+kts of wind. All three times, the wind changed direction almost 180 degrees and this, coupled with the fact that the bottom holding isn't good here, has made for 2 very exciting black of night re-anchoring, and one during the day. This is our pal, "chicken"...he has been with us, outdoors in the cockpit, since San Diego. We found him in the parking lot of the Police dock, when we were moored there. He has been though a lot with us.<br />
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This is at shore in Utila's main harbour. As you can see the water is very clear here, but there seems to be remarkably little sea life, especially compared to Roatan.<br />
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The owners of the pangas and other boats, in these islands, seem to favour pulling their boats up out of the water. Not sure the real reason, but we've heard that it's because of the swell and it seems that most don't seem to have any bottom paint (anti fouling), and this would save them some money for sure.<br />
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Since this is an island, off mainland Honduras, all supplies come in by boat. Since we re-anchored 3 times, the last one at night, we weren't too fussy about where we ended up the last time. It was blowing 25 kts, the anchor windlass wasn't working properly and it was the black of night. We ended up right in line with the main dock where these boats, and the local ferry, tied up. We were well out from this dock, but in line with the route for these boats. Suffice to say, we were knocked about a fair bit by their wakes. However, we seemed to have been well dug in and weren't interested in up-anchoring and trying our luck somewhere else, so we stayed put!<br />
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Main street in Utila. Very few cars, mostly bikes, quads, tuk-tuk taxis, and motorcycles.<br />
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It is a pretty big dive centre and one wonders how all the shops manage to make a living with that kind of competition. Having snorkelled here, it doesn't seem to be the place I'd want to learn. We've seen a lot of dead coral, and very little in the way of sea life.<br />
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The bikes, quads, tuk-tuks all come pretty close to you when you are walking. The street isn't really wide enough for all the pedestrians, along with the vehicles.<br />
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Many of the houses are built on stilts, supposedly something to do with avoiding the insects. We did see some pretty big spiders in webs, but didn't have the camera that day. The worst problem seemed to be the tiny black sand flies. They were quite prevalent when the wind died down...I guess that was the only good part about so much wind, it kept the bugs at bay!<br />
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Fortuitous at anchor in Utila Harbour.<br />
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You can tell, from the flags, that the wind is blowing pretty hard. We have a yellow bucket, on the side deck, so we can dunk our feet before getting into the cockpit or going below. Once the salt is below, everything feels damp. With this wind, it has been impossible to avoid so dampness is pretty much the state of affairs, aboard Fortuitous, right now!<br />
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We had 2 or 3 resident remoras below Fortuitous. They'd come out any time we threw veggies etc. overboard...they seem to like mango...who knew??<br />
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More traffic in Utila!<br />
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Beautiful hibiscus in Utila. <br />
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There is money, in Utila, for sure! However, I think the majority of the people don't have a lot. Since it's a tourist stop, there's probably much less poverty than you'd find on the mainland. Speaking of that, when we checked out of Honduras, we were charged $20. Now, this doesn't sound like much unless you know that someone 2 days before was charged nothing, another charged $10, and several (a few days after us) were charged $30. Guess where that money is going...<br />
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One of our favourite restaurants, El Picante. Most of the restaurants were pretty "divey" not like this one.<br />
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As said before, the groceries and all goods come by boat. When Ralph was in town, a herd of cattle came down the street, just offloaded from one of the supply ships.<br />
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Just like Pamplona, and running of the bulls!<br />
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Here I am taking my usual 3 hours to get ready to go in snorkelling. Of course, Ralph always has the camera so I end up having these glamorous shots taken!<br />
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A school of blue tangs, I think... We had more shots, but Ralph had the camera on the wrong setting...hopefully more from Belize!<br />
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In Utila, we finally met up with Stan and Lynn Homer, on Homers' Odyssey. They are friends of ours from Canada. Here they are in Utila Cays, where we moved once the weather settled a bit. They just left, today, to head back to Rio Dulce. We will be leaving shortly to head to Belize. Wish us luck and a safe trip! It is a short over-nighter, so shouldn't be too bad. Weather seems pretty benign. Next posting from Belize.<br />
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Here we are finally at anchor. We love our boom tent but it was not helpful, the first night in this anchorage. The wind piped up to 20 to 25 kts, and with this "house" we were dragging anchor in the middle of the night. We usually take this down or roll it back, but we just didn't think about it. Lots of retraining required! Thankfully, not too many boats here, but still not what you want to do in the black of night. We've ended up actually doing this twice.<br />
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This "ferry" comes through the anchorage 2 or 3 times a day...pretty big wake, but not so uncomfortable that we want to up-anchor. It looks like a giant fork-lift!<br />
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This is our favourite restaurant so far, ashore, "El Picante". Good food, good margaritas, and a very friendly owner. He just needs a bigger Canadian flag!<br />
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That yellow building is the restaurant, middle floor. There are some shops below. This is the view from our cockpit.<br />
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On Ralph's birthday, April 4th, we hired a tuk-tuk taxi to take us on a "tour" of the island...very small 't'.<br />
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He took us on some back roads to some caves, also with a very small 'c'! Here I am contemplating the descent. <br />
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As you can see, I WAS talked into it!<br />
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Here's Ralph looking suitably impressed!<br />
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Ralph finally had an opportunity to take the kayak out for a spin...I must try that some day!<br />
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Nothing like a cool one after all that exertion!! We've obviously had too much to drink as we are sliding a little to the left! That's Fortuitous in the distance.<br />
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Sunset, from the El Picante restaurant...a birthday well spent!<br />
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Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-12913182653086111982013-03-25T11:04:00.001-07:002013-04-07T16:05:15.559-07:00Finally, Back To Fortuitous and the Rio Dulce!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We arrived at Fortuitous on March 6th. Here we are with our travelling sideshow of boat parts, guitar, uke, and clothing.<br />
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Fortuitous was in decent shape, considering she's been here two long years. Last time we were here, over a year ago, we had lots of mould and mildew. We bought a dehumidifier and, WOW, what a difference!!! Not a speck of either of the "M & M's"!!!<br />
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She was nice and clean and the gel coat was still in good shape. Ropes and lines were green and gross, though! Let the cleaning begin!!<br />
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This is the view of our "backyard". This is the palapa for Monkey Bay. Unfortunately, we haven't had a lot of time to use this area. When there's some time, it's dark and the bugs come out...they love me!!<br />
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Orchids growing wild on the Monkey Bay Marina property.<br />
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SOOOOOOOO beautiful!!!<br />
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These guys are our constant companions and seem to "laugh" at us all day long, chastising us for wasting a beautiful day working!!<br />
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They all have their pecking order and fight over who gets which post!<br />
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Efrain, the caretaker/dock worker gives us a hand cleaning ropes, lines, and sunbrella covers. There was a lot of outside work, and with 30 + degrees, and more than 90% humidity, we were happy to pay $5 an hour for the extra help!<br />
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Glad to be working on the "shady" side of the boat for awhile. We had to sand, scrape, and re-varnish toe rails,grab rails, and bow decoration. I'd made covers for all, but the wind had blown off the toe rail covers in a couple of spots. The marina manager did his best to keep them in place, but that's a tough job. I've now added some more weight bags, and ties so, hopefully, they will stay in place better next season.<br />
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Fishermen come by daily. They throw that ball out aheadof their dugout canoe, then follow with the net.<br />
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This boat, with lots of foodstuffs, came by our marina. This is the easy way to provision. Veggies and fruits were very nice, and the meat was pre-frozen...gotta love that!!<br />
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This is the HARD way to provision. Carry lots of bags full of stuff and shop at all the little stalls.<br />
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Fronteras has to be one of my least favourite places to be or shop. The stalls pour out in to the street, as you can see.<br />
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The foodstuffs are fine, but it is so hot and humid that it is a brutal job to go from stall to stall looking for what you need.<br />
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Add to that, that this is a one road town and all the traffic to and from Guatemala City, Belize, and Flores passes down this street.<br />
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You have to be especially careful of the cattle trucks...for the obvious reasons!!<br />
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These large trucks pass within inches of the stalls...which means less than that between YOU and the trucks!<br />
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Somehow, even though these are good shots, it doesn't really look as bad as it is! You have to be there, I guess!! Trust me, you wouldn't want to be!!<br />
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These aren't the best shots as it took Ralph a bit too long to get the camera out. <br />
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However, I just had to include them...take a look at the freeboard on this canoe!! Not much between these boys and the water, is there? Pretty scary considering the pangas and other motorboats aren't that considerate about their speed!<br />
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This is the local gravel truck. It comes and goes, most days, just behind our boat.<br />
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We were planning on heading down river to Livingston, today, and checking out of Guatemala. Then, we were heading out for an over-nighter to Roatan tomorrow morning. However, the weather report says there is a front coming and the winds will pick up to 25 kts. We're not fond of that, nor the resulting sea conditions, so we'll wait here for a couple of days.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-55736001821662222092013-02-28T18:39:00.000-08:002014-03-06T17:53:21.199-08:00Southern Chile, Feb. 2013<div align="center">
Ralph completed work, in Chillan, and we took time to travel to Southern Chile and Torres del Paine. This was on Ralph's bucket list. I have to say, it wasn't on mine but I'm glad I went. We were pretty fortunate, with the weather, given that we were a bit late in the season for that far south. We flew out of Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas and rented a car to see the sights.</div>
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So here we are at the end of the world, as the sign would indicate.<br />
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This is downtown Punta Arenas. Very bleak area, but you can't actually tell here. It was February, which is like August back home for season comparison. It wasn't warm! That tall building, in the background, is the casino/hotel and quite modern as structures in this town went.<br />
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These were very interesting murals on one set of buildings. It was about the most interesting thing here!<br />
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Outside of Punta Arenas, there was a penguin colony. I wasn't that keen on going as we'd seen penguins before. However, this was incredibly interesting. They all nest well inland, and they have all their little trails where (not surprisingly) they follow each other like penguins down to the sea to meet up with all their friends.<br />
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This is our path, but these guys don't seem to know that! We humans have raised pathways so as to not disrupt their comings and goings.</div>
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We saw quite a bit of wildlife, on the roads, like this red fox.</div>
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We came upon this farm that said it had a car museum. We decided to stop and it was actually pretty good, with a lot of display cars. I'll take that one!</div>
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This is a nandu (pronounced nyandu), like an ostrich.</div>
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Guanaco, a relative of a llama.</div>
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Just loved this statue. This is in Puerto Natales, where nothing else was worth taking a photo of. It is very windy there, and these are supposed to be free spirits blowing in the wind.</div>
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This is in Torres del Paine park. These are the Cuernos, or horns. Quite spectacular and we could see them from our hotel, across the lake!</div>
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These are the Torres, or what we can see of them. I believe one is behind the mountain to the right.</div>
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This was on the day we were leaving. They'd had the first snowfall, overnight. Changed the view entirely.</div>
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Ralph wanted to hike up to the Torres. I'm not fond of hiking, so declined.</div>
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And up we...er Ralph goes!</div>
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He said it was a very long slog, and he was very sore the next day. He didn't make it all the way to the top of the Torres, because it's a technical climb. He made it to the base, but it was unfortunately socked in so no good photos.</div>
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We went on a glacier tour on Lago Gray. Again, I wasn't that keen as we'd seen glaciers before. But this, by far, was the highlight of the trip south, for me!</div>
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This arch was spectacular and we've done nothing to adjust the colour, here...this is the way it was!</div>
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An unforgettable sight!</div>
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All in all we had a great time there and both enjoyed our trip immensely! Ralph would have liked to go to Antarctica, but we just didn't have the time this year. We needed to get back to Fortuitous as there'd be no cruising time if we waited any longer.</div>
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We didn't have much company, this time around in Chile. There really wasn't much to see in Chillan, and Ralph couldn't take much time off work to sight see in Santiago. Luckily, our friends Ron and Heather were coming at a time, in January, when many people were off on holidays. Ralph was able to arrange some meetings, in Santiago, which co-ordinated with their arrival in Valparaiso.</div>
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We saw all the usual sights, in Santiago, but a trip to Chile wouldn't be complete without a trip to at least one winery and vineyard.</div>
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We took them to Concha Y Toro...and what a great tour it was. We'd been to several vineyards/wineries, when we lived in Chile in 2000 to 2002, but we'd not visited this one.</div>
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Part of our tour took us into Casillero Del Diablo wine cellar. It was very interesting and they did a wonderful presentation, in the dark, on the brick walls.</div>
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We took in their specialty wine tasting too. I wasn't sure that we should do this, cause it cost quite a bit more...but it was very well done and excellent wine and cheeses. We didn't even bother having lunch, after that!</div>
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We took some time, just before I headed home for the summer (Chile's winter). We took off for the Galapagos Islands, one of the places on both our "bucket lists". We had a great boat, and met some terrific people. You don't meet slouches and couch potatoes on a cruise in the Galapagos. All very outgoing and outdoors oriented people. All had done a lot of interesting travelling and made for interesting table mates, over dinner.</div>
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This was our cast...all great people. We're heading off for one of our adventures.</div>
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This was our very large cabin...pardon the clutter...Didn't realize the photographer was on shift! It was pretty wide, and didn't have hand-holds so, when it was rough, it made it a bit tricky for walking around. We're used to being in a sailboat that you can touch all the side walls or hand-holds.<br />
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Looking down the deck from our cabin. It was a very nice boat.<br />
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That's our boat, in the distance, as we head back from a shore excursion.</div>
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Of course, one of the main attractions, in the Galapagos, is the land tortoises. They certainly are much larger than you think! </div>
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And not all that attractive.</div>
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I believe this is Lonesome George, who passed away shortly after we left Chile. He was the last of his particular breed, and they'd not had any luck breeding him with other females. </div>
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These sea lions are incredibly tame and patient.</div>
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Just hoping that he can beat out the pelican for whatever scraps might be available.</div>
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If you think I look bored, you're probably right! We saw so many of these marine iguanas, that it just became old hat...and an ugly old hat, at that!</div>
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Well, apparently if you're another iguana, you might not feel quite the same way as I do! </div>
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A Sally Lightfoot crab. Very colourful and not much camouflage if you live on black lava rocks.</div>
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Talk about looking at ease and comfortable!<br />
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OH MY GOD...MY FEET ARE BLUE!! A blue footed boobie...gee, this bird can't win...blue feet and a terrible name! </div>
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This was my first time kayaking, and I really liked it. However, as you can see from the extra feet, I'm not alone. I'm not fond of tandem bikes, and this was a bit reminiscent as I didn't have total control of where I was and how close to the rocks we came. Now, those of you who know me well, know I like control...so you can imagine how this all went!</div>
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Once again we are heading to Chile. Started out being not so bad a thing...lot of money and living in Santiago. In the end, it wasn't quite the way it worked out. It went from there, to perhaps to Concepcion, and then to Chillan. By the time the dust settled, we were in too deep, in reality, to back out. So, off we went, at then end of Feb. (and the end of their summer, I might add). We landed in Santiago, picked up our pick up truck and headed south. Chillan is about 500kms south of Santiago, and about 100kms from Concepcion. Ralph's office, at the mill, would be about halfway between Chillan and Concepcion.</div>
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Thus is our luggage outside the Holiday Inn in Santiago, Chile. We stayed here a couple of days, picked up our vehicle and headed to Chillan. No one said we travelled light, but then we were going to be there for a year.</div>
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We stayed in the local hotel, on the town square, and tried to find an apartment. We were lucky in that one of the concierges in one of the buildings thought that one of the owners might be interested in renting, and she was. So we didn't have to "hotel it" for too long. The apartment didn't have much of a view (as you can see), and wasn't very well outfitted with appliances and the like, but it was nice enough and decently furnished, and had 2 bedrooms, so it had room for me to paint. The rest we could buy. It was also not far from the main square so, everything that Chillan didn't really have, was close enough by. </div>
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This is where I painted quite a bit, and practiced guitar, occasionally. I actually turned out quite a few paintings, that year...not much else to do!</div>
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This was a walking street, off the main square in Chillan. Notice all the wild dogs. There were an amazing amount, but most looked healthy and many had some german shepherd blood. This seemed unusual, but some people thought that several of the guard dogs, used by the wealthy, were just set loose or were inbreeding. This was likely.<br />
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A typical little grocery store in the outskirts of Chillan. They did have a regular larger grocery store, or two, but they don't carry the same products as at home. As far as fresh fruits and veggies are concerned, if it's out of season, it's not there. </div>
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We had to come into Santiago, one weekend, for Co. business, but didn't realize there were no rooms to be had. We ended up in a fabulous hotel and this was the view. We DO LOVE Santiago! </div>
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You really don't have to drive far out of Chillan for it to become very rural. </div>
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Some areas were quite pretty, but you could only go on so many drives in the country.<br />
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Friends of ours, Julie and Dale, still live in Santiago. They've also bought a lovely place in Vina Del Mar. This is the view from their balcony.</div>
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It's a different country...very progressive, in some ways, not in others.</div>
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Crab wagon in one of the coastal towns.</div>
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We went off for a drive, one day, and we had to take a ferry...little did we know that this was !!</div>
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This is our truck aboard. Just a bit freaky, actually!</div>
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A lady outside the main market in one of the outlying towns in our area.</div>
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Quite a spectacular view. I'm surprised they get anyone up here! The road is incredibly poor.</div>
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As I said, also a ski area. Ralph went skiing, during Chile's winter, when I was back in Canada enjoying Canada's summer.</div>
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As you can see, it looks a little different in the winter.</div>
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We took a weekend trip to Santa Cruz. It's a grape growing/wine tasting area and quite lovely!</div>
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There was a display about when the Chilean miners were trapped, and how they got them out. Incredible feat!!</div>
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Terraced vineyards.</div>
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<br />Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-30869720160775492652011-07-01T18:34:00.000-07:002011-07-01T19:51:17.670-07:00Rio Dulce, Guatemala May 2011From Roatan, we headed to The Rio Dulce, Guatemala. There, we checked in, in Livingston, and headed up the Rio to Monkey Bay Marina where we will keep Fortuitous for hurricane season.<br />
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The Rio is very tropical, as you can see.<br />
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</div>Temperature is in the 30's (90+ F) and the humidity is the same.<br />
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</div>Fortuitous med moored in Monkey Bay.<br />
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The view from the lounge area of the marina.<br />
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Fortuitous, almost ready to spend the season.<br />
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Ralph had to go up the mast to plug holes to protect us from bees. We'd had them before, didn't want to go there again. This is the view of the marina from above.<br />
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The lounge area viewed from the top of the mast.<br />
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Looking down of the deck of Fortuitous.<br />
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A self portrait of Ralph, taken at the top of the mast. Now time to head off, to Guatemala City and fly home.<br />
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These are the flavelas in Guatemala City...no roads, no water, some with electricity. There are a lot of poor people in this country.<br />
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A taxi driver gave us a tour of downtown. The hotel owner said it wasn't recommended for us to go downtown alone.<br />
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Peanuts or pigeons anyone?<br />
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Lorraine, from SV Zephyrus was leaving to return to the US on the same day as we were, so we travelled to Guat City together.<br />
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Notice the fancy, lacy aprons. They are just amazing!Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-8061785332536052382011-05-01T10:07:00.000-07:002011-07-01T18:46:06.679-07:00Roatan, Honduras May 1stWe left Providencia and had again, as posted earlier in the blog, a rather boisterous sail!! We had practically nothing up for a head sail and still had trouble keeping Fortuitous under 5 kts. This is not the usual problem for Fortuitous...usually we can't go fast enough, not the reverse. Although the photo below is under the Providencia page, it is appropriate to include it here.<br />
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</div><div style="border: currentColor;">Lance, too, is a water baby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpjJQdOz-OvpkKjG-yqpnBqQNMQSogTFsQVoy_zNSgf0957d2ttK7t4HIkelVjKEUsepQ5KUDjSXZGC8Gj-MLk76bOj8O3YYIbywovoK3n80PtISpFoKmH9jp64GP0i-mdaBtqRgn9H4/s1600/P4240019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpjJQdOz-OvpkKjG-yqpnBqQNMQSogTFsQVoy_zNSgf0957d2ttK7t4HIkelVjKEUsepQ5KUDjSXZGC8Gj-MLk76bOj8O3YYIbywovoK3n80PtISpFoKmH9jp64GP0i-mdaBtqRgn9H4/s640/P4240019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor;">There were divers in the same spot. It was weird snorkelling above them, and through their bubbles. Ithink you can see about as much snorkelling as they can diving. However, we'll see as Ralph would like to dive here in Roatan.</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpN2EO3FMbQQgIN5BsX34fSzNhwJjsJ1jEvVH08ubQRsMPozQOb4YTboX_wOQLeeOVyq0jjOljK9_gLw-vqh8pZkhtBg5cKZ5CGgEDYSQo2DtsRnrmYKxHEfndLcr4I-U8bPPqu8H2U4/s1600/P4240021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpN2EO3FMbQQgIN5BsX34fSzNhwJjsJ1jEvVH08ubQRsMPozQOb4YTboX_wOQLeeOVyq0jjOljK9_gLw-vqh8pZkhtBg5cKZ5CGgEDYSQo2DtsRnrmYKxHEfndLcr4I-U8bPPqu8H2U4/s640/P4240021.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>The coral was spectacular, but we didn't see that many fish.<br />
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<div style="border: currentColor;">Now you see him, now you don't...pipe fish.<br />
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Spectacular coral!<br />
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This is my computer wallpaper, right now.<br />
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Fan coral amidst the other types. Amazing!!<br />
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</div>Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781746849974036608.post-42430181109736368032011-04-20T18:41:00.000-07:002011-04-20T18:40:36.190-07:00April 20thWe are here in Roatan, Honduras now. Wow, what a sleigh ride last night. We had nothing of a sail up and still couldn't keep it under 5 kts. We have 20 kts of wind in the anchorage, but no fetch. It was great meeting up with Dan and Lorraine after 3 years. They came out to the entrance to the anchorage in their dinghy and guided us in. That was good because the light wasn't good and the markers were crappy too. Then, they came back and picked up our laundry and later took us to town so we could shop and check in, then back to the boat. What great friends!! Looks like we'll probably be cruising with them next year as they want to do some of the same things we do. We are sure glad to be here! We don't like the passages, only the being here. I'm thinking, at least right now, nothing goes to weather like a 747...maybe that's how we'll see OZ and NZ and maybe even the South Pacific.Cheryl and Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400707888127528568noreply@blogger.com1