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Fairy Chimneys at Pasabag, Cappadocia, Turkey |
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11C frescos, Black Church, Goreme, Cappadocia |
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Rolling stone in the undeground city, Cappadocia |
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Glorious weather, glorious views, Cappadocia |
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Part of the collapsed city of Zelve, Cappadocia |
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Nicolette relaxing at Sileme cathedral, Cappadocia |
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Solid rock columns in Sileme cathedral, Cappadocia |
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The ampitheatre at Aspendos, Turkey |
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In the Sea of Galilee |
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Living the dream in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon |
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The Siq, Petra, Jordan |
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The Treasury, Petra |
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Relaxing in the Dead Sea |
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The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt |
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The Sphinx, Giza |
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Transiting the Suez Canal |
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Dusk in "pirate alley" Salalah to Aden |
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Convoy formation |
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17 of the 27 convoy yachts underway |
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Bank of Italy - Massawa (damaged during revolution) |
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Mosque at Suakin, Sudan |
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A mini camel train in Oman |
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Dolphins at Sataya Reef Egypt |
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Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt |
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Temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari |
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Temple of Isis at Philae, Lake Nasser, Aswan |
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Carving at the temple of Haroeris and Sobek , Kom Ombo, Banks of the Nile |
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Don't trust the driver, Edfu, Banks of the Nile |
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Temple of Horus, Edfu (32m high) |
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Colossi of Memnon, Luxor |
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Hatshepsut's Temple (the only female ruler of Egypt) |
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Hypostyle Hall (134 columns), Karnak Temple, Luxor |
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Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor Temple |
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2 ruins |
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Lunch in Aden |
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Close enough!! |
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The Taj Mahal |
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Leopard at Ranthambore National Park, India |
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Nicolette all alone at the Taj Mahal |
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Bissau Palace, our hotel in Jaipur |
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Amber fort , Jaipur |
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Cows rule the roads in India |
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Happy to be here |
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Jantar Mantar observatory, Jaipur, one of the stone structures |
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Mother and Child, Sarawak, Borneo |
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A silver leaf monkey, Sarawak, Borneo |
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Pitcher plant, Bako National Park, Borneo |
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Dinner at the Eastern and Oriental, Penang, Malaysia |
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Marble buddha overlooking Phuket, Thailand |
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At anchor in the Andaman Islands |
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Nicolette on Neill Island, Andaman |
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A sacred cow wondeering freely round Port Blair, Andaman Islands |
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Cellular Jail, Port Blair incarcerated 350 freedom fighters in 19th and 20th C. |
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On the beach at North Button, Andaman Islands |
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A typical island beach in the Andamans |
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Granite rocks at Koh Similan, Thailand |
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A trishaw in Malacca |
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Secure in Phi Phi Lee, Thailand |
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"Chicken and Rice" on a banana leaf (£1 a head!!) |
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At Camel Island, Ao Nui, Thailand |
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In the pink - leaving Darwin |
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Our hosts in Alor, Timor, Indonesia |
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A selection of Ikat scarves |
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A typical greeting - Maumere, Flores |
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Stilt house - Riung, Flores |
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A sasando player from Rote near Kupang |
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An offshore Indonesian fishing boat |
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Paddy fields |
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Another welcoming party |
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Formal wear in Lombok |
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Conch on the move |
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Communal fishing - by hand!! |
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Just the two of us |
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Nicolette gone native |
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A Komodo Dragon on Rinca Island |
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Feasting on a buffalo |
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Prambanan, Jogyakarta |
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Borobudur, Yogyakarta |
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A typical indonesian boat |
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A bali dancer, Lovina, Bali |
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A buffalo race |
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Full moon hindu celebration, Belitung |
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The rocks near or anchorag in Belitung |
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Simon my bekat driver, Jogyakarta |
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A salt water croc at Kakadu |
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Rock art by ancieant aborigines |
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Yellow River, Kakadu, resident |
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Estimated at 2000 years old |
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Perfect for getting a good night's sleep |
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Giant clam |
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Another perfect sunset |
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Birthday boy 7 May 2008 |
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On the move |
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Going "over the top" of Australia |
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Another lovely anchorage |
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Like the hat? Cook's lookout Lizard Island |
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Katanne going into "storage" for 6 months |
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Our home for over 3 months in New Zealand and Austrlia |
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The blue lake in South Island, New Zealand |
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Christchurch Cathedral, New Zeland |
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Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand |
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One of the many glacial rivers in South Island, New Zeland |
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Yellow Eyed Penguin, Otago Bay, New Zeland |
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Monitor lizard seen in both New Zeland and Australia |
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Aboriginal painting (post 1971) |
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One of many wild koala bears seen at Otway Peninsula, South Australia |
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The elusive echidna, we saw only one in the wild in Australia |
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The very elusive wombat. We didn't see any in the wild. |
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We saw many kangaroos in the wild. |
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A rosella |
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An inquisitve possum on the decking of our friends house in Australia |
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The 12 Apostles (only 6 left) on the Great Ocean Road, South Australia |
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A humpback whale breaching off Niue, 250 miles East of Tonga |
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A humpback whale "fluking" before making a deep descent |
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3 humpback whales swimming between the yahcts in the anchorage at Niue |
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An edible coconut (land) crab which could be 50 years old. Delicious |
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Black pearl from Rangiroa,, Tuomotos, french Polynesia |
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Angel fish in Rnagiroa, Tuomotos |
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Market Lady, Papeete, Tahiti |
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A fine display of fish, Papeete market, Tahiti |
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Tom and a giant tortoise, Santa Cruz, Galapagos |
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A land iguana on South Plaza island, Galapagos |
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A sign posted iguana crossing point from the beach to a lagoon |
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10cm grasshopper at santa Cruz, Galapagos |
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Two "old" friends relaxing. They could be 150 or more years old. Santa Cruz, Galapagos |
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Nicolette diving in a submerged volcano "into the blue" in Gordon Rocks, Galapagos |
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A Caldera with pinnacle rock in the background, Bartholemew, Galapagos |
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A remarkable photo of a pelican at the point of take off taken by Nicolette whilst snorkelling. |
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How many marine iguanas (only found in the Galapagos) are in this photo? |
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Katanne ghosting along in light airs around the islands of the Galapagos |
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Sea Lions swimming with us in the Galapagos |
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Another very friendly Galapagos sea lion |
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Polynesian Tiki, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia |
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Tikis protecting a house at Omoa, Fatu Hiva |
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Beautiful drums at Fatu Hiva. |
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Katanne in the Baie de Vierges, Fatu Hiva |
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This says it all ( a lovely photo taken by Nicolette) |
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Wonderful balconies |
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The Old City, Cartageana, Columbia |
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Mud bath in Columbia |
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Some nice scroll coral |
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Sunset in Los Roques |
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Katanne becalmed at anchor |
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An 8lb Dorado, one of many fish we caught en route to Cartagena |
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Floating in the mud with 2000ft beneath us |
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Monjes del Sur anchorage 30 miles offshore |
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The Aruba oil refinery anchorage |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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The "sundial" at Machu Picchu |
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Mach Picchu from Wayna Picchu |
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Inca wall detail |
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The Royal Tomb, Machu Picchu |
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Astrological site ("sundial" on top), Machu Picchu |
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Machu Picchu with Wayna Picchu in the background |
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Machu Picchu |
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Machu Picchu |
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Temple of the Moon, Machu Picchu |
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Map of the Nasca Lines |
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A Trapezoid (sometimes called the runway) |
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The Spider, Nasca Lines, Peru |
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"The Astronaut" Nasca Lines |
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The Humming Bird, Nasca Lines |
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"Two Hands" Nasca Lines |
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The Condor, Nasca Lines |
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Plaza d'Armes, Arequipa, Peru |
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Ladies weaving in Cusco |
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Reed boats, the floating islands of Uros, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia |
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Reed houses on the floating islands, Bolivia |
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Mummified body at the Necropolis, Chauchilla cemetary, Nasca |
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The Cuy (guinea pig) I had for dinner, the national dish of Peru |
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Convent of Santa Catalina, Lima, Peru |
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Street dancing in Bolivia seen from our bus on the way to La Paz |
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La Paz, Bolivia. The highest city in the world |
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A typical cafe band, Cusco, Peru |
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Sacsayhuaman, Cusco one of the many Inca sites in Peru |
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A king fish - this fed us lunch and dinner for over a week!! |
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Our bimini which keeps out the sun, wind, rain and seas ( when going upwind). |
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"Kiss" wind generator - gives us up to 15amps with 17kts wind |
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Jerry cans and propane cylinders ( both sides of bow) We now have an extra 200 miles motoring range and
3 months of gas. Nicolette made the covers.
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Nicolette's artistry |
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Plaza Vieja, Havana, Cuba. Close to our digs and the Cafe Muralla which brewed it's own beer. |
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A ride a horse taxi which are very common in Cienfuegos to gether with "bike taxis" |
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EL Marro fort, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Pork bap Cuban style (for 10 pence) |
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A bus in Havana, up to 300 people can be carried |
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A happy (slightly drunk) Cuban street hustler |
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The wide promenades of Cienfuegos (which hasn't suffered the dereliction of Havana) |
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A dugout in the making ( found in the middle of the forest, Haiti) |
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Cuban shrimping fleet sheltering in Cayo Cuevo, Cuba |
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The view from our Casa Particulares, Havana, Cuba |
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Ernest and the skipper at the El Floridita, Havana, Cuba |
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A dugout with sail at Ile a Vache |
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A housing estate on Ile a Vache, Haiti |
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More of the housing estate, Ile a Vache Haiti |
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Our anchorage at Ile a Vache, Haiti |
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Slave huts in Bonaire |
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Salt mounds (about 30ft high) in Bonaire |
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Typical houses in Gran Roque |
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Researching Puerto Rico (the book is "When I was a Puerto Rican" |
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Bahia Redonda regatta 2005. On board Poco Andante with Keith and Randy |
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Close hauled in light airs - the tell tales tell it all |
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Pre start jostling |
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Rousing the crew |
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Johnny Depp eat your heart out (says Nicolette) |
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Off to a good start |
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Guard rail dollies !! |
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Keith's (the skipper) party trick |
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Canaima Lagoon, Venezuela This photo is large enough for a desktop background |
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Us at Sappo Falls |
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Table mountains (tepuis), Venezueala |
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Sappo Falls, Venezuela |
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Sappo Falls, Venezuela |
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Nicolette behind Sappo Falls |
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Up river to Angel Falls |
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A curtain of water |
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Nicolette and son Simon, behind Sappo falls |
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Angel Falls (taken from the pool we were swimming in) |
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Tom behind Sappo Falls, Venezuela |
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"The Sheds" - Bomba de Marocha, Venezueala |
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Katanne close hauled entering Admiralty Bay, Bequia |
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One of the many uneatable baracuda we've caught |
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Nicolette at rest |
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Nonsuch Bay, Antigua |
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Miss Anguilla in Anguilla |
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A baracuda circling the boat |
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Green turtle |
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The remains of Plymouth, Monserrat |
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Another day at the office |
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A friendly lizard |
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A nocturnal hermit crab -nonsuch bay |
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Tesco's, St Lucia! |
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Malgretout, St Lucia |
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Gingerbread restaraunt, Bequia |
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Our Christmas turkey, Bequia 2004 |
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Sunset, Bequia |
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Friendship Bay, Bequia |
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Admiralty Bay, Bequia |
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The turkey ready for carving |
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Another sunset |
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Fishermen off to work |
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Malgretout again |
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The Pitons, St Lucia |
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Mount Tiende seen from Gomera, Canary Isles |
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Extinct volcano, Lanzarote |
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Grasiosa harbour, Canary Isles |
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Derosa limestone formation |
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Grasiosa church |
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One wall for one vine, Lanzarote |
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Mount Tiende, Tenerife |
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Another volcano |
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Evening Sky |
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Grasiosa |
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Washday, Gibraltar |
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Dolphins |
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Katanne at Marina Bay, Gibraltar |
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A light lunch |
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Loyalty to Britain, Gibraltar |
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Fish Market, Puerto Real, Spain |
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More dolphins |
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Washday (the same one) |
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Cape Trafalgar |
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Fresh Mackeral |
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Lisbon snails |
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A light snack |
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Percebes (goose barnacles) for lunch |
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Katanne - Before commissioning |
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