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BVI's to Azores - Ocean Passage

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June 6th 2014
25thMay We've been at sea for 8 days now and couldn't believe it yesterday when it had been a week already. The time has passed very quickly for both of us. The first couple of days were sunny and blue skies, and no wind so we had to do a bit of motoring. Then, we had a mackerel sky at night, followed by big, black storm cells all round us. I took so many photos of the big banks of c ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Azores » Faial

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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