I managed to sleep soundly for about 3 hours, then we heard the anchor being raised, the engine of our 1st class yacht purrrrrring and soon enough the rough seas throwing us all over our cabin... It was going to be a long night! We were sailing from Santa Cruz Island to San Cristobal and would be sailing for 6 hours overnight - great. The alarm went off at 6.15 as breakfast was served at 7 (I don´t think i´ve ever had breakfast at 7!!), and we were greeted by a veritable banquet... fresh fruit, yoghurt, cereal, bacon, eggs, potatoe things, suasages and other bits and pieces. Somehow i managed to fit it all in and then we departed in the dingy for some snorkelling! Pauline was slightly aprehensive (to say the least) as there was
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