Treasures of Isabella
How can I already have spent two blog entries describing Isabella when I haven’t much touched upon our real adventures there? I think Roger and Lisa would agree that it […]
How can I already have spent two blog entries describing Isabella when I haven’t much touched upon our real adventures there? I think Roger and Lisa would agree that it […]
We started out pretty much being lazy tourists in Isabela. Well, not Lisa, since she climbed up a hill and then down into a hole, while Roger and I […]
We had a pleasantly uneventful 85 nautical mile transit from San Cristobal to Isla Isabela night before last. The glittering tiara of Banquerizo Moreno faded away behind us before […]
We’re prepping to depart San Cristobal for Isla Isabela this afternoon. The waterfront in the port town of Baquerizo Moreno was, as I’d heard, pretty much dominated by sea lions, […]
Our agent, Sr. Bolivar Pesantes, came highly recommended in at least one cruiser’s post that I’ve read. I second that. He was prompt in attending our boat soon after arrival, […]
Our dramatic arrival at San Cristobal was heralded by the silhouette of the island that grew out of the east in the dawn. The sharply notched shadow of Kicker Rock […]
Whether fully sanctioned by the International League of Shellbacks or not, we’re calling ourselves shellbacks. With just polliwogs aboard Mabrouka, we have only our formerly, woefully inadequate, slime of the […]
I actually don’t know the protocol for this rite, but as we’re approaching the equator without any shellbacks aboard, we polliwogs are going to have to wing it. I’ve set […]
Best guess right now is that we’re two, maybe three days out from Galapagos. The winds have continued light and even slacked a little more as of noon on February […]
Bob and Irma from Gaia and I have sought a different sort of wilderness than has been our venue for months, inverted with all the wildlife surrounding us from above […]