Sailing the Southern Caribbean

Today’s post is a little different. Instead of me droning on for an hour, for you slow readers, or twenty-eight seconds, for those realizing they got the wrong site, I would like to present you with a cinematic master piece. A MONTAGE!!!

But before you cringe let me also say that it has music, and dolphins jumping, and oceans, and an amazing car race with scantly clad women….OK the last part is a lie.

It’s a video re-cap of our sailing journey across the southern Caribbean from Grenada to Colombia, over 1000 nautical miles, 7 months, and 2 sailboats later.

So go pop some pop-corn, sit back and relax!

Sailing The Southern Caribbean from Hop & Jaunt on Vimeo.

It’s also on YouTube if you have a preference.

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Arrival in Isla Margarita

The week we spent in Los Testigos passed rather quickly. Each day was filled with some new encounter or experience that made us both reluctant to leave and also excited to see the next location. We spent our days snorkeling in the crystal clear water amongst the colorful reefs filled with tropical fish, large jellies, and the occasional sting ray. At night we ate freshly caught fish and watched the sunset off to the west. Each day seemed to pass by with very little distraction by the means of internet, stores and shops, and traffic. However, we were destined to follow the sun west and on Tuesday morning, June 2nd we pulled up anchor and motored out of the channel.

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