🇬🇧 Molas Today, just as the children were getting a little tired of boat school, we had a welcome break when we were visited by mola-maker Venancio Restrepo. The Guna Yala are famous for their molas, which are beautifully sewn cloths. As Venancio piled them up on our table, it became harder and harder to …
🇬🇧 Oh how beautiful Panama is! We arrived at the San Blas Islands – or Guna Yala, as the locals call them – two days ago in pouring rain. Unfortunately, the weather has not improved much since then. We hope the sun will return soon so we can fully enjoy our cruise on these paradise …
🇬🇧 8th January – last day in Cartagena We spent our last day in Cartagena visiting the Old Town’s various churches and the cathedral. We were impressed by what we read and learnt about San Pedro Claver (1580 – 1645) who devoted his life to improving the conditions of the thousands of slaves that arrived …
🇬🇧 Cartagena de Indias – 5th January Yesterday we decided to visit the imposing Spanish fortress Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas together with fellow boat Cinnamon @five_go_to_sea. The fort is the biggest fort built by the Spanish outside of Spain. It has a maze of tunnels – much to the delight of the children! …
🇬🇧 Cartagena de Indias – 4th January We had an exciting sail into the bay of Cartagena on 3rd January with hundreds of boats big and small whizzing past. We tied up alongside in the Club de Pesca with a fabulous view over Cartagena – the skycraper town as well as Getsemani and the Old …
🇬🇧 New Year’s Resolution This picture was taken in the marina of Santa Marta. It was shocking to see the amount of plastic waste floating around in the water. I don’t need to tell you that plastic is a huge problem worldwide. Your disposal of it in a bin doesn’t make it go away. We …
🇬🇧 We wish you all a wonderful, peaceful, happy, and healthy 2023! If you can, go and live your dreams, big or small! Remember to be kind to yourselves and to others – the world will become a better place for it 😍. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank our family and friends …
wildthing. familyworldcruise 🇬🇧 Colombian Roadtrip – 12th to 20th December 2022 After we had recovered from our periples in the Amazon it was time for another adventure: a roadtrip from Bucaramanga to Bogota! Over 450 kms on pretty sketchy roads with potholes or worse – at times one side of the road had slid off …
🇬🇧 We wish you all a very happy and joyful Christmas! We hope that you are having a lovely time with family and/or friends wherever you are. These pictures were taken at a lovely family-run hotel near the Canyon de Chicamocha and in Barichara, a beautiful old colonial town in Colombia in the course of …
🇬🇧 3rd December – Bogota After our peaceful time in the rainforest, being in Bogota, a city with over 7 million inhabitants, was a bit of a shock. So we took it easy and went to visit the emerald museum. We got a private tour through the exhibition.The museum manager was so excited about seeing …