Big Ben, London

Leg 1 - Sailing the High Seas

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September 21st 2001
Ahoy mates, just arrived in Lisbon last night. I guess the only thing I can say is INCREDIBLE! Sailing the high seas was nuts. 240 nautical miles from land in the Bay of Biscay behind the helm in a gail force 7 wind with waves crashing over the sides at 12:00 at night. Completely insane. After 5 days at sea, there is nothing like sailing along the Spanish and Portugese coast visiting ports. Vigo, ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more