A welcome I never could even have imagined!
On our first morning we woke up to the howling of the dog, the cockerel crowing and the tapping of goat hooves outside our house. This...


Arriving at the village!
We set off early on Monday morning full of nerves, anticipation and excitement to drive to our village. The countryside we passed through...


Out and about in the hustle and bustle of Kathmandu
We had the opportunity to see a bit of the old Kathmandu which was amazing. We first stopped at Patan Durbar Square which is a complex of...


The start of adventure of my Nepal adventure
We started our trip and adventure to Nepal on Tuesday the 4th of January when we met up with each other at the airport. It was nice to...


04/12/16 - LAND!
My night watch from 0000-0200 on the morning of the 4th if December was the most exciting night, probably of my life. It was quite cloudy...


Caught the wind at last!
After a very slow and tedious first part of our crossing the wind finally found us a couple of days ago, which lifted the moral of the...
Stuck in the Doldrums
It is safe to say that none of us ,or many of the other boats for that matter, expected an Atlantic crossing with so little wind. The...
The mountainous land of Sao Antao
Early on Tuesday morning we got the ferry across to Sao Antoa , the biggest and most lush of the Cape Verde Islands. We were met by...


Land!
The rest of our passage went well and we averaged around 6.5 knots all the way which was great. We saw surprisingly few boats but as we...


Life out at Sea
We continued our amazing pace all through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday making it likely that we will get to Cape Verde on Saturday,...

