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Mallorca, Feb 20, 02. (Even a sailors� ) life is no beach....
Our daily life in Pto Cristo consists of two main activities: working in the boat to improve it and make it ready to sail (our own or Juans boat, see below) and studying, coming from or going to the university. Next to that we have to do our daily things such as washing, shopping for food, etc, etc. We are suprisingly busy with these things (that explains for our writers block?). This is partly because ordinary things cost more time than at home: food has to be bought fresh as we have no big fridge/freezer. The washing has to be done by hand or in a laundrette, the nearest is in palma (1 hour by car) or at the home of friends. We have no (more) bicycles so a walk to the supermarket costs 20 minutes each way.
Here is a little insight in our activities here in Mallorca as well as a selection of foto�s.
Mira�s sister and cousine Simone visiting us in Mallorca
(Swiss neighbour Jose (s.y. Salta Ola)and Jeroen bending alu pipes on the beach of Pto Cristo for the bimini (sun screen).
(One of the many sunken boats in Porto Colom after the 'big' storm).
(Our friends visiting us for New Year)
And now something completely different... (Tanzania).
After long deliberations, we have decided to take advantage of the �winter stop� and go and visit our friends Jeroen and Nathalie in Tanzania. In order to fix the whole in our budget caused by this expensive plan, we have been working on Juan�s big boat which has to be ready in March when the first clients arrive for his charter business.
We are travelling to Tanzania at Feb 21 02 and plan to come back at the same date in March. But there is a bit more to it than just a vacation to a tropical country. One of the objectives of our one year trip was to find out what we want from life and esp. work when we get back. We have often said to eachother that we would like to live and work in a developing country for a while. This visit will help to find out if that is really w1hat we (still) want. At least that is what we hope.
After our trip to Tanzania, we will continue to sail eastwards.