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Climbing back to civilization

We’re about 3 hours out of Barbuda with 2 hours left to sail. Our destination is Dickinson Bay which is a bit of a touristy spot. We’re supposed to be able to get fresh veg here which will be nice. After Barbuda this will all be culture shock.

Last day in Barbuda

This morning we moved Dignity up to Low Bay on the western side of the island. In our guidebook it suggested we could haul our dinghy over the sand into the lagoon behind and get to Codrington, the sleepy capital, that way. It seems the islanders don’t like that advice as they’ve fenced the crossing […]

Bread

This morning the kids went ashore to take a look at the east coast around Spanish Point. The landscape is very rugged there with pounding seas crashing against ancient volcanic rock. As soon as they had dinghied back we motored around to the west side of Cocoa Point. It was only two miles but the […]

The Oscar Speech

Sitting here off the south coast of Barbuda I feel like we’re approaching the end of the beginning of this amazing trip. The stresses are subsiding. The thoughts of “why the hell did we do this?” are less frequent. Maintenance is mostly routine rather than reactionary. We are certainly more relaxed. We’ve put a lot […]

Turqouise

Helen says the sea around us is turquoise. It’s important to get this right.