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Tag: quito

Posted on Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Quito

Hotel lobby

Madonna

Basilica — BasilicaA

Basilica

Old town

Old town

Ecuadorian coffee

Coffee break

Looking down at Quito

Quite high enough

Yours truly

Cocktails

Loads to see and do, but not much oxygen!

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Karen’s Travels

Exploring Brazil
Huge relief all round … we made it … arriving into Recife as the sun dropped below the horizon last Wednesday evening. Fizz all round and sleep, blessed sleep. As usual, we spent a couple of days organising work on the boat (Genoa and main furler motors being the top priority) and I cleaned myself […]
Very nearly there … can almost smell those Caipirinhas!
I am so ready to be there … we have 37 miles to run and we should make it by 9pm latest. This has been a really long 12 days. We had very light winds for the first 9 days. Beryl did really well – pulling us along at 5.5 to 6 knots – not […]
First Mate’s Log – Day 5, 1160nm to run until we reach Recife, Brazil
So far so good. After a slow start (no big white fore-sail after the furler failed), we were able to hoist Beryl – the yellow peril parasailor. Beryl is our downwind light sail; she looks beautiful but is fragile; she is highly sensitive to strong winds and squalls – either of which can blow her […]

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