Jan 2015 archive

What St. Helena was like . . .

St. Helena was much more hilly that I expected, and had a lot more people. Expectations were a little bit far-fetched in terms of isolation, but it was still pretty cool in terms of ‘smallness’. In Jamestown itself, it was extremely hot and humid (compared to what I’m used to, anyway – not looking forward …

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Birds – by Franci

For all those who don’t know me, I am very interested in birds. I am the kind of person who will look up at every chirp I hear, and it is literally a reflex now to look up whenever a shadow passes over me. So you can all expect at least one reference to birds …

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St Helena – Shopping

We are sailing away from St. Helena at the moment. The last internet access we had was in South Africa. This means that you’ll have to wait for the photos until we get to Rio. Sorry The St. Helenian people call themselves “Saints” and so will I. Saints are very friendly people. They do not …

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St Helena Island – Karin Jnr.

Hi everyone!!!! The St. Helena experience was very nice but now we are back on the ocean and are going to start school tomorrow . We will have to face school some time anyway. (humungous sigh). Anyway, back to the subject: St. Helena has extraordinarily high mountains and from the anchorage all you can see …

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St. Helena

So many things to tell. The people, the places, the experiences. We loved it all! We are very privileged to have been able to visit St. Helena. The children wanted very much to “land” as soon as possible. Especially Sophia. She was so scared that if we slept overnight in the harbour, we would lose …

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St. Helena – First Landfall

JAAAAYYYYYYY! What an amazing thing!!! To see land after 16 days on board. After seeing nothing but blue ocean in every direction, suddenly there it was. A black smudge on the horizon. All of us just had to scramble on top to see. By the way, it is possible to see land at 35 nautical …

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