Fin d’une autre étape…. De retour au bateau après trois jours d’auto, nous découvrons que nous rapportons plus que des photos de notre périple….. Jean-Pierre d’abord, puis moi, sommes affectés par une diarrhée carabinée!! Nous cherchons la cause; nous croyons que c’est le petit déjeuner pris dans un kiosque au bord de la rue, dans La Vega. Une pochette de poulet frite dans l’huile et un grand verre de jus frais (bien recherché par les mouches….lors de la préparation) sont, il nous semble, une source probable de quelque chose qui ressemble à [View Full Entry]

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Jimmy and I are in Puerto Rico now and plan to spend Christmas on the boat this year. Since the last blog entry we have put a few miles under our belts. We left Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela in late October and headed out of the country via the offshore Venzuelan islands of Los Roques and Los Aves. We spent a couple of days in each island group before sailing to Bonaire. Bonaire is part of the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao). This was our second visit to Bonaire. Jimmy and I were in Bonaire about 10 years on a [View Full Entry]

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We've anchored in Mayaguez, Boqueron, Ponce and Salinas Puerto Rico. We plan to sail to the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Central America, the Rio Dulce in Guatemala or Cartagena Columbia. Then we plan to go thru the Panama Canal in January 2010 and circumnavigate with the World ARC (maybe). We'd like to wish everyone Merry Christmas. [View Full Entry]

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I made a pot of Squash and Zuchini with onions, garlic, and the PR people loved it, was none left. This is for their benefit, I am putting pictures on here of both. [View Full Entry]

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Acerola : Acerola (Malpighia glabra) or Acerolla, also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. It ranges from southern Texas south through Mexico and the Caribbean to Peru and Bahia in Brazil. It is also cultivated in India. It grows to 3 m tall, with a dense, thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five pink or red petals. The fruit is bright red, 1.5-2 cm [View Full Entry]

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Cool Change is a 27 ft Catalina with a single hander, Juan Cuartas. Juan's Father is Cuban and his Mom is Colombian. His home is in Augusta, Georgia. Juan is getting ready to leave Ponce this week behind Ike. He needs to get back to the US. He has traveled to Margarita Island, in Venezuela, where he was boarded by bandits, beat up, robbed of clothes, money and auto pilot. David Smedley, is from Kemah, Tx. Where he was a realtor for many years. Then he moved to Dunedin, Fl for 9 years. It is a small world, he knows Laurel [View Full Entry]

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Upon arriving in La Guancha May 3 of 2008, we were told of Tatin and Gretel, they own #20 kioske on the boardwalk. They are originally from Cuba. They had a restaurant for many years in Ponce, and then sold it. At that time they opened this Kioske. I am putting pictures of them on here. By the way, she makes several good dishes, including ropa vieja, caldo de pescado (fish soup), and caldo Gallego. This place is a meeting place for Cubans, we all seem to find them. They make a mean Mojito! Guaranteed 2 of them and your knees [View Full Entry]

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As I described the event in the Labor weekend page, I will not go into more details. Just posting pictures on this one. [View Full Entry]

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