Arrivée difficile

Apres une suite de bus, je suis maintenant a Jacksonville, Floride. Demain j`aurais mon dernier bus pour quitter la Floride, et retenter de faire du stop.

Les douanes ne m`ont accordé que 3 semaines au lieu de 3 mois, j`espere franchir la frontiere Canadienne le plus vite possible maintenant.
j-24 avant expiration du visa...

still in the Bahamas

I`m in Nassau, staying on a nice mail boat for the week end. Next mail boat for FreePort on Thuesday morning. Until then, let`s enjoy a real big city with mauls, commercial streets and museums ... first time in 6 months ...

Destination Floride

Apres un mois dans les Bahamas, j`embarque demain pour ma prochaine destination. Un mail-boat m`emmenera d`abord sur Nasso, puis un autre sur Free Port. De la je m envolerais vers Fort Lauderdale, Floride, ou je serais heberge chez Bobby. Quelques jours plus tard je reprendrais la route en autostop direction la Nll Orleans.

Plus que trois mois, l echeance approche. Plus le temps d attendre les bateaux. C est en autostop que je vais continuer, plus facile, plus rapide.

Je regrete deja un peu RumCay, les insulaires, les pecheurs, le PartyBoat de Bobby, les bbq des Floridians, la villa de Bryan et Michelle... Vic` ...

Dommage que je n ai pas trouve de place pour un petit boulot. J ai profite autrement de cette escale, riche en poissons.

Rum Cay

Here I am.

Next stop: Florida

Hissez Ho

Last hitch to Rogue Town, customs. I will claim my last BVI stamp, again. All is set for the sail along Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Turks n Caicos, to finally hit the land in the Bahamas. Shortly. A few weeks sailing on Aiysha. Then Florida, Utah . . .
It`s been a good time in Trellis. A bit long compare to the new schedule, who care. I feel like it comes the end of holidays, and it`s time to move now. Set your backpack again, and hissez ho.

PS: Thank`s Jeremy
PS2: Crab Shell Pirates, <3 4 ever

Most wanted

[French]

On se plaind de ne rien comprendre a mon Anglais. Et en francais ?

D`un coup, les choses se precipitent. Alors que je suis toujours a la recherche de mon chapeau, que j`ai accidentelement oublié dans la voiture d`un SudAf de Brewers Bay qui nous a ramené a la maison apres une soiree techno robot a Cane Garden Bay, voiture blanche type Jeep. Alors que mon visa pour les BVI arrive a expiration pour la 4eme fois en 4 mois. Alors que je suis monté sur une planche a voile sans tombé dans l`eau, et alors meme que Prison Break est maintenant terminé ....

Voila que j`ai un BATEAU !!!

Destination BAHAMAS, dans quelques jours, des que le temps le permettra, on mettra les voiles Victor et moi, vers les Bahamas. Derniere etape avant de toucher, enfin, le continent.

Aussi, j`ai une nouvelle paire de tongs.

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[English translation]

I`m gonna go to the Bahamas! Yhaaa I`m gonna go to the Bahamas Yeaaaaaah!

Happy 24th Momo!

no plan

A few months ago, I planed to go to Indonesia. A few months ago, I planed to go to Vietnam. A few months ago, I planed to go to Korea. A few months ago, I planed a trip to Mexico.

Before the end of the month, I will try to reach the Bahamas, and a flight for cheap to Florida. Road tripping in US, hiking National Parks, and stuff.

No need to plan, it never happens as you wish. I learned that from Mongolia.
So, I spend my third Full Moon Party in Trellis Bay, lightning those huge fireballs ... times fly by.
Waiting for a boat is the worst experience of traveling. Being stuck on a small island, no way to escape. You can`t turn left, you can`t turn right. I miss the continent. Bigger space, bigger landscapes. Here, there is nowhere to go. Just salt water all around.

Anyway, we keep sailing around. We camp on any beach, we stay at any bars. We probably got everything for us, but still .... 2 months, it`s a long time. 3 months will be worse.
Staying on the same place is not easy. I`d rather prefer pitching my tent everyday. Now, I got a huge mattress `at home`. A line to dry my laundry, and I check my email everyday. Several time a day.
Time to go now.

Tortolla to Gorda

Sunrise on Gorda, 5:40, after a short hike in the morning

After sailing few times around Tortolla, day and night. After snorkling in cristal water, lighting fires on wild beaches, jibing around sea-turtles and repaired the tiler twice. After some capsizes, after some lanes broked, after we half lose the daggerboard and after all, we plan the next trip:

Sailing around Virgin Gorda.
Look at the pict, that`s where we go.

Here is a good place, and I might be stuck for a will now. Mexico is not on my road anymore, and no boats contact me to go somewhere else.
There are also all those places where we should go back and explore, as this cactus trail on the small island, which looks like a paradise as in Wind Waker. The special Island where we should stop and cook fresh fish ... as soon as we will get one. This other beach which looks so nice by low tide, on the sunset, with flying stingray... Virgin Gorda ....
I`m going to enjoy this place a bit more, with those `Famous awesome sandwiches` ©, cool sea, and nice people.

PS: try our new drink, The Crabshell cocktail: banana rum, spiced rum, goyava, slice of lime.

more picts: last album

Lola