I took this photo outside a cafe in the port of Chania, Crete. Evidently he has been busy taking full advantage of the burgeoning restaurant trade by the waterfront. I didn’t get to see if he could walk, but maybe his owner takes him for a daily roll instead of a stroll. In contrast, at [...]
Finding the right people to go sailing with isn’t easy… On a small boat you need to get along fabulously with your crew because there is little or no privacy and no room for disagreements. Make a poor choice and all will suffer for the duration of the voyage… So when I advertise for crew, [...]
Now that’s a question that brings back fond childhood memories, and I’m sure every sailor has a compelling tale to tell in answer. For me it all started on the island of Mauritius at the age of 6 where my brother and I hired a little yellow sailboat for the day with the proceeds of [...]
It appears that I will need drugs…. lots of them…. My currently nebulous itinerary has me traveling through parts of the world where Malaria, Yellow fever, Typhoid, Amoebiasis, Chagas disease, and Leishmaniasis are endemic. For the not so squeamish do some Google-ing… The search results are better than watching a horror movie! My local doctor [...]
It’s 8am, as I listen to a chorus of nose blowing from the train-load of commuters traveling to Brussels, I am miles away in my thoughts. I loose myself in the pleasure of anticipation, mentally manipulating potential sailing itineraries. It helps block the revulsion I’m feeling for the passenger opposite me as he starts mining [...]
I’ve just given away my tired old television to a poor language student studying in Brussels (enjoy it Carolina). As I dispossess myself of five years of material trappings in anticipation of a simpler life at sea, quite by accident I struck upon this remarkable alternative to watching regular cable or satellite TV. While there [...]
