#santa martha curacao

[sailing-elitsha]

It's been a long time, since I posted on tumblr. I had hoped to get my laptop back and working, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. It died, regardless of the new screen I paid a lot of money for, probably due to a defective motherboard. So I am trying to befriend our navigation tablet, to write letters, emails and tumblr messages on there. In Colombia I will try to find an expert who can hopefully safe the hard drive with all my documents.

One month on Curacao with our favorite girl(s) (Zora arrived 1 week after us, Su, Zora's friend, arrived 1 week after Zora): snorkeling , swimming, chilling, cooking, having coffees, wines and cocktails and many lovely chats. After bachelor and master studies succesfully finished by the girls, they were ready to be spoiled. Chilling is what you can do best on Curacao. The lovely beach clubs and beaches are superb. Zora, Su and Dick snorkeled and dove a lot. Once again we met our Polish friend Mike, who is our constant companion since Suriname. We met new friends, German, Dutch, Canadian and Swiss ones.

But the next adventure is calling us: we sailed to Westpunt, Curacao, to have the best start for our sail to Colombia. The peninsula southwest from Aruba is famous for very strong winds and currents and it can change daily. Around Santa Martha, our first destination there, the weather can often hold no wind and nasty thunderstorms. So we are ready to go with the best weather window we can get.

Santa Martha and Cartagena, our second destination in Colombia seem to be fantastic places with lots of cultur and natur to explore. Su already flew to Cartagena and is checking out the best coffee and wine spots. We are getting photos, videos and enthousiastic reports. We can't wait. After chilling and not sailing at all for the past month sent here on Curacao (its just not Grenada where you can sail around and visit places by boat), we are more than ready to leave. Sailing from our Marina in Spaanse Water to Playa Grandi, lying at an anchorage, we've already been visited by turtels. A promising start of our journey! We miss Su, but for a first ever sailing trip, this sail might become a bit too rough. So we have to do it without her. Can't wait to see her back at Santa Martha.

[ekidroyal]

Landhuis Klein Santa Martha #photography #epicsbyekid #caribbean #curacao #santamartha #landhuis #postcard #picture #rgb #historic #ekid (at Landhuis Klein Santa Martha)