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Sunday, 13 November 2011
Spain and Beach Gun Tower
A Fantastic View From inside and ontop of the300 year old gun tower on the Spanish Coast
Week 2
As the hours in each day fly by we're now into week 3. Week 2 was a little more relaxed than week 1 as we get through all the repairs on Mawali.
Good progress with the repairs as we started up the engines for the first time, very exciting (mainly for Glenn), although it was nice to hear them run smoothly. The biggest problem that we have run into thus far is trying to figure out what the settings and cycles on the washing machine mean as they are all in spanish.
Other than that this week has been a little boring with trying to get enough done so that we can do some exploring over the next couple of weeks. We have plans to visit the kiteboarding town of Tarifa and do the cliff face walk of the famous Camino Del Rey. Also this week we have been informed of some fantastic dive sites around the Gib area, including a WWII bomber.
Good News, Following this post will be photos of Gib and Spain.
To all our loved ones, hello and happy days.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
Good progress with the repairs as we started up the engines for the first time, very exciting (mainly for Glenn), although it was nice to hear them run smoothly. The biggest problem that we have run into thus far is trying to figure out what the settings and cycles on the washing machine mean as they are all in spanish.
Other than that this week has been a little boring with trying to get enough done so that we can do some exploring over the next couple of weeks. We have plans to visit the kiteboarding town of Tarifa and do the cliff face walk of the famous Camino Del Rey. Also this week we have been informed of some fantastic dive sites around the Gib area, including a WWII bomber.
Good News, Following this post will be photos of Gib and Spain.
To all our loved ones, hello and happy days.
Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Week 1
Hey guys,
So there goes the first week and it has been as hard working as it has been enjoyable. We're well through a lot of the major repairs that we had to do on the boat and as of today, WE HAVE POWER!!! Chris has been helping Glenn alot with all the electrics and mechanics of the boat and Benny and myself have been doing alot of the organising.
So far we are still on schedule to leave before the end of the month as we go through the systems that we need in place for our ocean passage. We have recently discovered that it is very important to have the ships papers with you when shopping in Spain (Dad and Benny had some minor difficulties explaining to customs that the washing machine we purchased was for a boat).
On the other hand we havnt had any major issues apart from the fact that I have been able to put myself through some form of painful experience at least once a day including sacrificing my body to get the price of a pineapple in the local Spanish supermarket.
I am still awaiting to get some good pictures to post, but look forward to them because they will be amazing ;)
Over and out,
The Mawali Crew
So there goes the first week and it has been as hard working as it has been enjoyable. We're well through a lot of the major repairs that we had to do on the boat and as of today, WE HAVE POWER!!! Chris has been helping Glenn alot with all the electrics and mechanics of the boat and Benny and myself have been doing alot of the organising.
So far we are still on schedule to leave before the end of the month as we go through the systems that we need in place for our ocean passage. We have recently discovered that it is very important to have the ships papers with you when shopping in Spain (Dad and Benny had some minor difficulties explaining to customs that the washing machine we purchased was for a boat).
On the other hand we havnt had any major issues apart from the fact that I have been able to put myself through some form of painful experience at least once a day including sacrificing my body to get the price of a pineapple in the local Spanish supermarket.
I am still awaiting to get some good pictures to post, but look forward to them because they will be amazing ;)
Over and out,
The Mawali Crew
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Welcome to Mawali
Hey guys,
Sorry it has taken so long to put a new a post up I thought I would bring some suspence into the equation. We arrived safe and sound after the long 36 hours of flying, but certainly worth it. Once we flew into Gibraltar we had to find a taxi big enought for our 3000 bags and then make our way to the marina where the boat is mored, Ocean Village.
Gibraltar is nice, there is something about it that makes you feel like your on holidays. it has little qwerks about it that make it. Colourful lights along the marina and shore line, old run down spanish/english buildings, cafes with freshly baked croissants. all these little things are what Gib is about. (Locals like ourselves call it Gib).
Mawali, while we have alot of repairs to do on the boat she is a beauty. big, white and what seems fairly solid for our next few months accross the atlantic and pacific oceans. We are currently spending alot of time going through everything and making sure all systems are go and we have everything repaired and ready.
Ill keep you updated on where our journeys are taking us but thats it for now untill i get some pictures that make you think we are in paridise.
Over and Out,
Mawali Crew
Sorry it has taken so long to put a new a post up I thought I would bring some suspence into the equation. We arrived safe and sound after the long 36 hours of flying, but certainly worth it. Once we flew into Gibraltar we had to find a taxi big enought for our 3000 bags and then make our way to the marina where the boat is mored, Ocean Village.
Gibraltar is nice, there is something about it that makes you feel like your on holidays. it has little qwerks about it that make it. Colourful lights along the marina and shore line, old run down spanish/english buildings, cafes with freshly baked croissants. all these little things are what Gib is about. (Locals like ourselves call it Gib).
Mawali, while we have alot of repairs to do on the boat she is a beauty. big, white and what seems fairly solid for our next few months accross the atlantic and pacific oceans. We are currently spending alot of time going through everything and making sure all systems are go and we have everything repaired and ready.
Ill keep you updated on where our journeys are taking us but thats it for now untill i get some pictures that make you think we are in paridise.
Over and Out,
Mawali Crew
Friday, 7 October 2011
New Photos of Mawali
Hey Guys, here are some new photos of the boat. As we get closer to our leaving date our bags are packed and all systems are go.
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