Thursday 17th December
In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Thu 17 Dec 2009 18:12
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position 12.18N 72.05W
Things have
improved! Santa Marta was a very useful stopover
and today is a new world. Found the Columbian Mr Fix-it who located some steel wire and bulldog clips which we used to secure the stays and he ferried out 100 gallons of diesel.The coast guard were a little twitchy but gave up as he didn't speak any English and we certainly wern't admitting that we understood a word he said!! We were lucky to avoid the pirates (Columbia has big security issues and there was an attack in Cartagena on the 2nd Dec) All in all we enjoyed our 24hr stay and everyone we met was friendly and helpful. We set off again at midday Wednesday before the police and coastguard returned.. The weather had abated and as I write (midday Thursday) we are rounding Punta Gallinas and heading for Aruba, Curacao and finally Bonaire. Christmas is back on and Dave and I should make the flight back to Amsterdam on the 21st. |