by Judy Odenheimer | Apr 14, 2017 | Bahamas, islands, sailing, sites, Travel, update, weather
Update and some stats… We are tied up in Highborne Cay Marina, near the top of the Bahamas Exumas Islands chain, waiting for the latest front to pass so we can proceed north. Weather calls the shots, as usual. I was going through my daily journal to determine...
by Judy Odenheimer | Nov 21, 2016 | Caribbean Sea, Jamaica, Port Antonio, Travel, update, weather
We arrived at Port Antonio’s Ocean Crest Guesthouse on Queen’s Street a little over a week ago. (The guesthouse, nestled atop Titchfield Hill, views Navy Island, East Bay, the Blue Mountains and the lower neighborhoods.) Our room was...
by Judy Odenheimer | May 27, 2016 | Cartagena, Colombia, random thoughts, weather
It’s the third day of our return to Cartagena’s Club Nautico marina. We lucked out with the current space tie-up and are actually alongside the dock (rather than bow in with no side ties, see commentary below). Our shorelines are tied to vertical cement columns on...
by rono | May 26, 2016 | Colombia, photography, Road Travel, sailing, Travel, weather
By Ron O. We’ve been in Cartagena de Indias in Colombia waiting to sail to Kingston, Jamaica. The weather has stopped us, it’s kind of yucky out there so we can’t leave. Inside the bay, though, things have been very pleasant. Go 20 miles offshore and there be...
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by Judy Odenheimer | Jul 2, 2014 | Archaeology, Mexico, Road Travel, Travel, weather
We drove from Palenque town to explore Yaxchilan, our third and final Lacondon Jungle Mayan ruin. To get to the Yaxchilan site, it’s necessary to take a boat. The boat ride traverses the Usumacinta River, a waterway between southeastern Mexico and northwestern...
