La Palma continued...

After Jur and Rutger stowed 18 boxes of food, drinks and other stuff, we sang for Laurens :-)

In the mean time, Marc and I got the last things and had the meat frozen. That took a while to explain but with the help of a dictionary it all worked out.

After lunch we toured the Island a bit. It was a great trip all the way up to the top, Roque de los Muchachos., 2426 meters high and bloody cold, 5°C.

The road had the most hairpins I ever saw but the view was great... from time to time that is.

We drove through a pack of clouds too and then we could only see for 10 meters max.

Anyway, la Palma is for sure the most beautiful Island of the Canaries. Forests of pine trees palm trees and a lot other combined I never saw before. Also the rocks of granite and lava were astonishing.

After we came back and returned the car, we cleared the last few things, topped up the diesel and had a bite to eat.

And now we'll slip the lines and are heading for Tobago :-)

So the next updates will be with no pictures but as soon as we have a decent internet connection I'll add some …

La Palma …. happy birthday Laurens

The sail to la Palma was great. God winds and nice weather. So for Marc and Jur a god trip to get used to the boat.

The marina at la Palma is owned by the same company as in Puerto Colero and as good, with lots of room :-)

The next day, Marc and I did some shopping while Jur and Rutger cleaned the boat and reorganized the lockers. It took us 5 hrs to get all the stuff except for the meat, we'll get that today.

Luckily they will deliver it to the boat. Otherwise we would never be able to get it all there. The car we hired is way to small.

Today is Lauren's 19^th birthday :-)

So after he gets back from work we'll have a skype session and sing for him :-)

Then, when we stowed all the supplies, we'll have a short trip around the Island and after dinner we'll set sail for the Caribbean. Last night we talked through the plan and the way we'll organize the watches, cooking, cleaning and stuff. We all feel very comfortable and are more then ready for it.