Paranagua

Spindrift
David Hersey
Sun 6 Jan 2008 22:17

6/1/08 5:45PM

 

Last night we had dinner in Paranagua and I ordered Prawns Greek style thinking garlic and oil etc.  What I got was 8 deep fried prawns stuffed with an emmental like cheese served with huge portions of vegetable rice and chips. The prawns were served on souvlaki sticks which must be what made them Greek.

 

This morning we explored some of the mangroves near the city in the dinghy and tramped around town which this Epiphany Sunday was deserted. We left at noon for Punta Del Este approximately 700 miles further South and a bit West. It took an hour and three quarters to motor the 12 miles out to open sea. By mid afternoon we were sailing to windward at a reasonable speed but of course heeling a bit. `

 

I’m enclosing some snaps.   I don’t know what order you will see them in but here goes:

1)      A welcoming committee on our approach.

2)      Several shots of the city

3)      Christmas decorations are still everywhere.  They are mostly made from thousands of chopped up water bottles and some spray paint.  They slice the bottoms off as a basic building block and use the tops to make flowers etc. A brilliant use of rubbish.

4)      The mangroves are very beautiful.

5)      I like the fishing boats.

6)      And last but not least we have “Speedy Spink.”

 

I'm splurging by sending this many pictures, so I'll be more conservative for a few days.  It's very difficult not to send dozen’s more but then everyone would get bored.

 

20:00

Frustration.  I spent quite a bit of time preparing the previous entry and sending a number of pictures.   After half an hour of air time and a large bill at the last second it crapped out and nothing was actually sent.  It’s the last time I’ll send more than 2 or 3 pictures at a time. So here’s a couple, more to follow.

 

We’ve been sailing, sort of, to windward a good 30 degrees off track and we’re constantly headed.  I have just turned on the engine to motor sail. This will lead to a certain amount of slamming and a lot of water on the deck, but at least we’re going more or less on course.  It will not be a good night for sleeping

 

 Steve is preparing Tiger Prawns (which we bought this morning in the fish market) and pasta and the scent of garlic wafts upwards. It will be more Greek than what I had last night.

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