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| Jost Van Dyke |
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| Marina Car |
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| The RMS Rohne |
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| The Baths, Virgin Gorda |
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| The RMS Rohne (Bow) |
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| The Baths, Virgin Gorda |
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Photos from the BVI's
British Virgin Islands
Tortola, Jost Van Dyke, Marina Cay, Virgin Gorda, Coopers Island, Salt Island and Bomba Shack, all places that added to the amazing time we had throughout the BVI's. Starting in Road Town, Tortola (mainly to find a replacement inverter) we took the BVI's on straight away with a quick couple of tours of the small town. Once we had exauhsted all the Road Town had to offer we moved on to a little island call Jost Van Dyke. Prisine waters and the soggy dollar beach bar more or less made this place, consisting of incredibly busy days flooded with day charter boats.
From Jost Van Dyke we moved on to Virgin Gorda to visit the baths. Nothing in words can describe how amazing these kind of places are so there will be a number of pictures to follow.
From Virgin Gorda we headed for Salt Island where lay the much desired wreck dive of the RMS Rohne. We spent the afternoon after arrival with a quick dive on the bow of the boat with inent to finish it off the next day. We spent to entire following day diving on the wreck with our starting dive at about 75/80 ft. Once we had finished our diving we set sail for Tortola to attend the famous Bomba Shack Full Moon party. The Bomba shack is more or less made up of old spare tin and number plates with drift wood structure, all that can be said was it was an interesting 'cultural experience'.
I know this is a fairly bland explination of what we did but the photos are the best way to describe everything.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
From Jost Van Dyke we moved on to Virgin Gorda to visit the baths. Nothing in words can describe how amazing these kind of places are so there will be a number of pictures to follow.
From Virgin Gorda we headed for Salt Island where lay the much desired wreck dive of the RMS Rohne. We spent the afternoon after arrival with a quick dive on the bow of the boat with inent to finish it off the next day. We spent to entire following day diving on the wreck with our starting dive at about 75/80 ft. Once we had finished our diving we set sail for Tortola to attend the famous Bomba Shack Full Moon party. The Bomba shack is more or less made up of old spare tin and number plates with drift wood structure, all that can be said was it was an interesting 'cultural experience'.
I know this is a fairly bland explination of what we did but the photos are the best way to describe everything.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
St. Martin
Hello Mawali Followers,
Apologies for the slowness in posting our current location but there will be a number of posts followed by this one to make up for lost time.
We recently left Antigua and set sail for a little place called St. Martin, a short and easy going sail. Once arriving in St. Martin we Anchored the boat in Marigot Harbour which was on the Dutch side of the island. St. Martin proved to be a very interesting place because it is the smallest amount of land that has 2 different nations (Dutch and French) as inhabitants. On arrival we decided we would sort out some local food and stopped at a place called Rosemary's. An interesting menu for tourists consisting of things such as Goat Curry, Ox Tail and Jamaican Jerk Chicken, So of course we got all of them (A little menu option for people that cant decide on what to have).
That night we decided to sort out some of the islands night life. We spent a lot of our time at an outdoor bar called Bliss, pumping with a fantastic vibe. Early the next day we did some kite boarding and explored some beautiful places of the island, especially a little place called 'Sunset beach bar' which was located at the landing end of the international airport. While sipping on a Pina Colada in the crystal clear waters you can watch the massive jets landing just a stone throw away over head.
Below are some pictures from St. Martin.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
Apologies for the slowness in posting our current location but there will be a number of posts followed by this one to make up for lost time.
We recently left Antigua and set sail for a little place called St. Martin, a short and easy going sail. Once arriving in St. Martin we Anchored the boat in Marigot Harbour which was on the Dutch side of the island. St. Martin proved to be a very interesting place because it is the smallest amount of land that has 2 different nations (Dutch and French) as inhabitants. On arrival we decided we would sort out some local food and stopped at a place called Rosemary's. An interesting menu for tourists consisting of things such as Goat Curry, Ox Tail and Jamaican Jerk Chicken, So of course we got all of them (A little menu option for people that cant decide on what to have).
That night we decided to sort out some of the islands night life. We spent a lot of our time at an outdoor bar called Bliss, pumping with a fantastic vibe. Early the next day we did some kite boarding and explored some beautiful places of the island, especially a little place called 'Sunset beach bar' which was located at the landing end of the international airport. While sipping on a Pina Colada in the crystal clear waters you can watch the massive jets landing just a stone throw away over head.
Below are some pictures from St. Martin.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Antigua
Rasta, White Beaches, Turquoise waters and a town full of yachties. That's more or less a sum up of Antigua. We spent just over a week there and found our selves well adapt to the way of life in Antigua. As Super Yacht race week was about to begin some of the largest boats any of us had ever seen started to roll in, both interesting and fun.
In Antigua we had a number of highlights such as, Listening to steel drums at Sherly Heights will looking over the entire island, Sipping Pina Coladas in Pelican Bay while watching the sun set with our friends from Timoneer, Diving for lobster on dusk, meeting with friends Guido and Jen who Glenn and Ben had met on the last trip, and finally Curtis being traded for a donkey by Chris on our first day in Antigua.
Antigua is so far one of the beauties experienced by Mawali on our voyage. Friendships made and reunited, we will certainly return on our travels back down the Caribbean Islands. Our overall experience was certainly a good one and we now move on to new experiences starting in St. Martin.
I will post more pictures of Antigua this week.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
In Antigua we had a number of highlights such as, Listening to steel drums at Sherly Heights will looking over the entire island, Sipping Pina Coladas in Pelican Bay while watching the sun set with our friends from Timoneer, Diving for lobster on dusk, meeting with friends Guido and Jen who Glenn and Ben had met on the last trip, and finally Curtis being traded for a donkey by Chris on our first day in Antigua.
Antigua is so far one of the beauties experienced by Mawali on our voyage. Friendships made and reunited, we will certainly return on our travels back down the Caribbean Islands. Our overall experience was certainly a good one and we now move on to new experiences starting in St. Martin.
I will post more pictures of Antigua this week.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Atlantic Passage
21 Days, that's how long our passage across the Atlantic Ocean was. With a couple of major events along the way (Christmas, NY and the birthday of on of our crew) the passage was rather pleasant. While the company was good it was unfortunate that the Atlantic had such an uncomfortable ride in store for us. We spent the first 10 days trying to find the trade winds with consistent swells and wind that didn't continuously shift every 3 hours, unfortunately they were more than difficult to find and our journey consisted of confused swells up to approx. 6-10m and gusty wind between 20 and 30 knots.
Overall the crossing was an experience and if we hadn't caught a 30kg King Mackerel it would have been far worse. As Antigua came into view there were a number of deep breaths of relief but it has been an achievement none the less. Below are a few photos of our crossing.......
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Goodbye Canary's
Good times, lots of laughs and the joining of two new crew members.
Rob Cooper, 20 years of age (makes him the youngest on the boat), Irish, Favorite food......... Potatoes, Favorite sport Kite surfing, Favorite Drink Jamesons Irish Whiskey. Over-all an asset to the crew and a great laugh.
Sophie Oliver, 32 years of age, Welsh (not English), Favorite food.......... Any sort of curry, Loves energy within the universe, has an equal in Australia (Sonia), Favorite Drink Camomille tea........ Yeh, you get the picture. mind you a fantastic cook and also an asset to the crew.
The Canary Islands have had their part to play in our journey and have created more good times for the memory banks of the crew of Mawali. We have fully provisioned for the trip across the Atlantic Ocean and have completed all repairs on the boat, we are ready to set sail at full speed ahead.
To all our loved ones,
+*+!!!MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!+*+
We will now only have satellite comunications until the new year with our next port being Antigua in the Caribbean, just in time for the festivals. Hope all is well and again best wishes for the holiday season.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
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