Cayo Campos
Imagine a tropical island, a couple of coconut trees, crystal clear water in shades of blue you did not even know existed, underwater lobsters, fish, sharks, ra
Tag: Greater Antilles
21 posts tagged with "Greater Antilles"
Cayo Largo, del Rosario and Cantiles
After a night sail from Casilda we dropped the anchor outside of Cayo Largo – a small island where no Cuban permanently lives on the islands. The island was dev
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Noa’s Birthday
Anniversaire de notre Noalinette Apres Grenade en 2015, les Bahamas en 2016, Noa a feté son anniversaire a Cuba. Son souhait le plus cher pour ses huit ans, eta
Chivirico and Marea del Portillo
We are sitting in the cockpit at Marea del Portillo, drinking a Cuban Bucanero beer watching the orange sun disappear behind the horizon as two little fishing b
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Angel et la “casa de baile”
Quand mon capitaine de mari à fêté ses 40 ans à terre en Alsace, l’été passé, je lui ai promis, un peu sur un coup de tête bien sur, que je lui offrirai d
Cuba – First impressions
Already a week passed since we arrived in Santiago and from day one Cuba does not stop surprising us, overwhelming us. Simply going to town in an old Lada driv
Welcome to Cuba
We left Montego Bay a little after 1800. We were hoping to motor slowly eastward during the night when the trade winds die because of the land breeze that usual
A short update from Jamaica
We are still in Montego Bay Jamaica. On Sunday a strong cold front brought plenty of wind and rain. Montego Bay itself is open to the north and hence exposed to
A Wonderful Week
I often wonder why we are so lucky in life and what makes us feel so privileged compared to some others. I know we have this amazing chance to travel since over
The Blue Mountains and Jah B’s Place
After Moore Town we wanted to visit the Blue Mountains where one can climb the highest peak of Jamaica at 2500 meters. The region is known for it’s excellent co
The Celestyal Crystal
If you were around Montego Bay last week and you were monitoring channel 16 on the VHF you would have heard the following conversation: Celestyal Crystal, Celes
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Whaou je suis fière !
Les semaines, les mois se succèdent. Notre Nomad nous amène dans des coins fabuleux et nous avons cette chance folle de découvrir des pays riches en couleurs et
Montego Bay
It is Thursday evening and Nomad is tied to a dock in Montego Bay Yacht Club. Two days ago when we left Port Antonio we had other plans. Yes, we headed to Monte
Moore Town and Nanny Falls
We met Deja in the marina. He is one of the two lifeguards in the near by beach. Like many other Jamaican he offered to take us on a tour. He offered to bring u
Jamaica – Port Antonio
It is now seven days already that we are tied to a mooring ball in the beautiful bay of Port Antonio – a small and not so quite town on the eastern side of the
Isla Caja de Muertos
[Again, we are late, very late with our blog. And we did some mess also. We will try to catch up now by going quickly backwards with the blog entries we did not
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L’ Observatoire d’Arecibo
Aujourd’hui notre voiture de location va nous emmener à l’observatoire d’Arecibo. La route est sinueuse et scénique à souhait. Nous sommes en pleine végétation
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Old San Juan
Ou quand les noms s’emmêlent, se mélangent et se changent pour de bon. La capitale, San Juan, était initialement baptisée Puerto Rico en 1521 par les colons esp
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El Yunque
Aujourd’hui nous partons de bonne heure en direction d’El Yunque. Nous nous faisons une joie d’aller explorer cette forêt tropicale, qui devrait être assez uniq
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A la découverte de Puerto Rico Jour 1
Nous avons décidé de louer une voiture pendant 7 jours pour sillonner de long en large l’île. Les formalités pour la location de la voiture sont aux couleurs lo
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Puerto Rico
Puuuuueeeerrrrtoooo Riiiicoooooo! Tout à commencé il y a 20 ans avec cette chanson de Vaya Con Dios. Je l’écoutais presqu’en boucle dans mon petit appartement r