Season Start: about preparations and the job dilemma I don’t know any sailors who actually makes it to the end of Hurricane Season. Being stuck in one place with a vessel for so long probably goes against the […]
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Its all about the location Already when we started our one-year sailing trip in 2016, we had the idea: “maybe we will find a place where we want to live later” – of course much later. I think
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The first friends visiting Rivercafe Since 10 December we have been in Antiqua. A beautiful island, big enough not to get bored and small enough to feel at home. From Guadeloupe North, from Deshaises to be precise, (the
Part 1 The Southern Islands Saint Lucia, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Les Saints, Saint Vincent, Bequia, Canouan, Carriacou and Grenada. Before our trip, we have asked ourselves “how much does life cost in the Caribbean?”. Based on the
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Hidden Paradise Canouan For sailors and other sea lovers, there are some Caribbean islands that everyone knows. Or rather, let’s say whose names are pronounced more sonorously, with a gleam in their eye. Mystique Island, Antiqua, St. Barth,
A life almost without Covid St Lucia is perfectly situated for the introduction to the Antilles, not bad for a start. In my opinion, the islands become more and more beautiful as we head north. However, It was
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Birthday and Christmas We are still in Marigot Bay in St Lucia and have decided to stay here until our spare parts for the watermaker and AIS have arrived and everything is repaired. Only when the Rivercafe is
Leopard in shutdown I have hardly digested my celebration champaign – to the news that the Rivercafe delivery date is confirmed – and everything is already different. The South African government has decreed a shutdown until April 16th.
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