Saudade
Richard´s first catch aboard after leaving San Diego
Dorado - Yum!
Three Kings Day sunrise
Santa Maria Bay
Fishing camp in Santa Maria
Shells from Bahia Santa Maria
Very large and tastey Yellow fin tuna
Spot MANDY insisting on right of way with a cruise ship.
Christmas gnome now!
Tinies in the plaza of San Blas
Free hair cuts in the band stand
My turn - off with it all
In the plaza with our friends from Laguna Beach, David and Suzy
San Blas plaza at siesta time
View across the bay
One of many amazing sunsets
In the estuary of San Blas, Christmas Day 2008
From the top of the colonial Spanish fort above San Blas, coconut plantation below. Good spot for scanning the coastline for invaders
The original site of the Bell of San Blas (see Henry Longfellow´s poem)
Iglesia de Marineras - next to the fort, already a ruin in the poet Longfellow´s time
Lunch of smoked Mackeral.
Smoked fish is the way the fish is best in San Blas
Wash day with crocodile
4 foot intruder
New Year´s Eve in the Flamingo hotel bar
Gumbo Limbo with termite nest
Chacala caldera
Wild vine
Majahua hotel, Chacala
Las Tres Marietas
BP stuck
Freedom & Hope
La Cruz Marina
Blessing of the Fleet, Bucerias
Jesus arrives
Yamaha test
Jesus himself, with umbrella
Marilyn in Mexico
Mast Boot
mast boot2
Sand sausage coamings
Weather cloths
Jib net
Jib net 2
On the beach in Boca de Tomatlan
Boca
Cabo Corrientes light
Humpy closing in
One slap and Mandy's splinters
But under the boat she goes
The family AWD
After a couple of jars
Beautiful 80's Farr lines
In Chamela
Lou´s pictures
Farewell to Seabird
At home
Chamela
a shower and internet - complimentary
Careyes condos
Careyes
Casa de las Flores - mostly unoccupied
Mandy Minor very alone
Conde Nast Mandy
Minor marooned
Careyes Turtle - rare
Ungainly beast
Mosquito hatchboard
Sporty Minor
Minor in bondage
French goodies in Barra de Navidad
Biggest pile of guano in Mexico
Piedra Blanca, off Manzanillo
Kolea
Ohh Baby
Kolea .. not so big after all
Water delivered on our deck in 5 gallon jugs.
Refilling our water tanks
Pazole verde
Pazole lunch. TJ & Julie (Itchen), Skip & Kathy, (Traveler) Tom & Mary (Someday Isle)
Sidewinder fakes goodbye. Not.
Hilda brings us water
Hilda manages the dinero
Bye, Bye Hilda...
David's knee therapy at Troncones
Huatulco church
Sometimes quiet Huatulco
Mandy with her favorite cruise ship
Half way around the Tehuantepec
Sidewinder
Armada de Mexico inspection
Puerto Chiapas water quality
Peasouper
Shrimp boat art in Puerto Chiapas
Dirty water , dirty fish?
To thwart the smell of refried shark meat
Over the bar into Estuario Jaltepeque
Rojelio shows the way
Go Mandy go
And on into Bahia del Sol
Costa del Sol, El Slavador
You want deserted beach?
David and Suzi
You can ride for miles and miles
Nice one!
Big Ears!
In the mangrove estuary dugouts are the preferred option
Chicken dinner fundraiser for Pam's island english school
Serge, Katie, Rick at Quantum Leap Pam's
Smiling in the sweat shop.
The awning is almost done - but it's hot
River compadres
Little poser
Kolea's dinghy w. Cpt. Serge
A lazy trip up the estuario to find the Lempa River
Sidewinder tows Paula Jean home
Manuel's restaurant on the river
Manuel's wife and daughters cook on an open fire
Parrot's paradise
Lunch of beer and shrimp
Into the mangroves
Mangrove Restroom
Bridge to and from the restroom
Lazy does it homeward bound
Mandy's lightening protection
Mandy's awsome awning
Escape over the bar at Bahia del Sol
La Joya Hotel Meanguera
Fishermans home, Meanguera
On the hotel deck
Approaching Conchaguita
Conchaguita anchorage
Beach dairy
La pigata!
Off Conchaguita
El Tigre lavandaria
Awesome evening skies in the Gulf of Fonseca
Volcan Conchagua
Moneypenny, Nic anchorage
El Farrallones
Punta Rosalia, Nic cliffs
Lots of these every night
Evening light on the mangroves, Corinto
Mandy anchoring off Isla Meanguerita in Gulf of Fonseca
Face painting our helpful guides on Meanguera as a thank you.
Blanca holds still for her heart.
Dolphin for you.
Ivan Aguilar's dinghy dock in Corinto
Whoops! Busted crane on overpass near Corinto anchorage.
Wash day after the rain
Crazy electric connections in San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur
In the cockpit
Down below on Mandy
Arty Farty door
Vendor in San Juan
Colonial architecture?
View of the bay of San Juan del Sur from zip line base camp
Flying through the air on my zip line
Nicaraguan bus from the inside
Rain or sun, I'm ready.
Looking across Lake Nicaraguan from the iland of Ometepe
Free style rider
Drinks around the pool at "Pelican Eyes" hotel - San Juan
Bahia del San Juan del Sur - Mandy in center.
View to the north coastline above San Juan
Jesus shows they way atop the hill over the bay
One day all this will be yours...
Sunset over San Juan
Double rainbow over San Juan
Sidewinder in the sunset
Double reefed leaving Bahia Elena
Cap'n Richard
Interesting rock formations in Guacalito near Bahia Salinas
Guacalito
Across windy Bahia Salinas
Reward after a hike in Bahia Elena
Suzi isn't enjoying it much.
Richard's perch next to waterfall
Waterbaby
Did not win the wet tee-shirt contest
Richard & David trolling the waters of Elena
National Geographic?
Liana vines in the dry tropical forest
Bahia Elena, these hill are gradually re-foresting after many years of cattle grazing
Hawk feathers gathered from forest floor around Bahia Elena
More trolling
Sunset over Elena
Sidewinder reefed and ready to depart
Mandy deoarting Bahia Elena
Sunset in Huevos near Playas de Coco
Sasha
Bill
Visitors in July
Rain showers in Guacamaya, Costa Rica
Jean Claude Fleuret - on his way to Chile
Golfito, Costa Rica from the forest above
Ant eater
Very still ant eater
Tropical flowers on the hike above Golfito
Leaf bug
Dense jungle on the hike down
Root buttresses to conserve soil
Forest dweller
Golfito's old sugar workers houses
Golfo Dulce wate spout
Glad its not coming our way!
And his brother
Mandy arrives in the big city -- Panama City
Rio Chagres
Isla Grande, Panama
Isla Grande
West Lemon Cay, San Blas
These fellows go miles in these
Sails made from old bed sheets
Trim for speed
Tropical moose!
San Blas guide
Ulla downwind
Our own island
West Coco Banderas Cays
Amazing Caribbean blue
Desert island discs
Nice to be away from it all
Me and my palm trees
Man Friday
Desert island flower
Coconut trees are farmed by the Kuna indians for sale of coconuts to Colombia
Spot the hawk
Isla Tigre, San Blas Islands
Kuna Canoe
Kuna Yala artisan fishermen
The Kuna paddle these canoes right out to sea and are sometimes miles off shore in them. Incredible strength and endurance.
Kuna huts on Isla Tigre
Inter Island Kuna Volleyball tournament
New Kuna hut under construction using bamboo from the mainland and coconut palms
Tranquil village of Isla Tigre.
