Flight to Brisbane to meet with my mates of the Chilean Navy training ship "Esmeralda"
June 28th 2012 And finally a date I was looking forwards to, arrived. The Chilean Navy tall ship training vessel "Esmeralda" arrived in Australia as part of this year's 9 month 'round the world trip. The "Esmeralda" touched port in Sydney and Brisbane.
I was part of the crew of this vessel in 2002 and 2004 and this year I had two good friends as part of the crew: Lt. Eduardo Moreno and Lt. Cmdr. André
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