chaser 2
Chaser 2
Yvonne Chapman
Fri 13 Oct 2006 13:41
This is our last day in
Rubicon, yesterday we stowed our dingy and tidied up the boat. Last night Jon
and Kate (Yvonnes brother and his wife) came to the boat to graze and have
a couple of lemonades with their daughter Sophie. So we've swapped a few
books and DVDs and we'll say goodbye this evening. We'll meet up next with them
in St Lucia, just after Christmas. Sophie is happy now her friends have arrived,
they'll be leaving for ST Lucia too, but after her, then everyone
will meet over the new year. The photos are of the five of
us.
We looking forward to
seeing Gran Canaria, like any new port it is different and a new
experience, but we will miss Rubicon. Its a spacious marina, lots of facilities
including a nice pool, Laura and the rest of the office staff are
very helpfull and polite as too are the marineros. We would recommend anyone
passing to stay a while.
Tried to buy a camera
today, a good camera, they said the price was 125 euros (a bargain) so I decided
to have it. I wanted to see the box, it was sealed but one of the other lads
came over to talk to us, asking silly questions while the other took the box
away. Yvonne followed him to make sure he didn't take anything out or swap it
for something else. Then they said the battery charger is missing, you must come
back later and collect it. These people must think we were born yesterday. They
had no intention of selling it for that price, but they intended to rip us off,
so be careful buying from these shops in the duty free towns. They're not all
the same but if the price appears too cheap keep your eyes open and make sure
you get what you think you're paying for. We bought Sophies birthday
present its a xxxxxxxxx can't say what in case she reads this, she's 14 in
a couple of weeks, time flies, we remember when she arrived on their boat Aries
in Moraira after coming from St Lucia via the Azores and she was only about 18
months.
Time now to shower and
fill our water tanks before moving out to the fuel dock, hasta
pronto.
