Category Archives: Janine

Well, our blog posts are getting slightly out of sync – with Pete throwing in a couple of posts about our time in the DR and his solo crossing of the Mona passage to Puerto Rico.  Hope we haven’t got … Continue reading →

Our last days in Puerto Rico were spent madly cleaning, repairing and restocking – a seemingly endless task.  Pete had multiple trips to hardware stores, marine stores and one day carried two propane gas tanks a total of 9 kms … Continue reading →

A visit to Puerto Rico is not complete unless San Juan, the capital is explored.  We hired a car for the day, and headed straight to the old town, about an hour away from the boat.  With forts and castles … Continue reading →

The boys and I arrived safely, although not happily into San Juan after a quick, uneventful flight.

As Pete finalised his visa and then returned to the boat to set sail that afternoon for Puerto Rico, the boys and I made our way to the accommodation we had booked in the Zona Colonial – the old town … Continue reading →

Janine: Well, it’s hard to believe that over a month has passed since my last post.  I blame lack of hardware (my laptop charger died), strong willed children competing aggressively for available devices (now limited to Pete’s laptop), and so … Continue reading →

I had started to describe trip to the 27 Waterfalls in my last post, however, technology and time prevented me completing it, so here is the rest of the the story.

Famous for diving, diving and diving, this very low lying group of islands is surrounded by coral reefs and beautiful blue coloured water.  Our marina is very basic, attached to a boat yard, however the laundry very close, clean hot … Continue reading →

We departed George Town on route to the Turks and Caicos islands, coincidentally just in front of Sandy Feet who were heading to Cuba the same day, and exactly 2 weeks after we had arrived.  Embarrassingly, Sandy Feet got to … Continue reading →