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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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