We are in St Georges, Grenada

Hi,

We are now in Grenada and after visiting Prickly Bay and Hog Island we are now in the capital St Georges. The night when we sailed to Grenada was a bit rough although it was mainly the swell that was uncomfortable and not the wind.

On the beach we have been collecting shells and and conches. The water is clear but not crystal clear and Peter tried some snorkeling.

Internet is too slow. We will write more later. We are all doing well and enjoy it here!

Ciao,
Charlotte, Peter and Denise

Sampo is ours and we are sailing to Grenada!

Hi,

We have finally got the original bill of sale per FedEx (yesterday) and now we are free to sail the Caribbean! That is to say, if the Customs here in Chaguaramas find our bill of sale okay, because normally they want it to be notarized and ours is only signed from two witnesses. So we will see if we can clear out tomorrow...

The engine seems to work okay and we got it checked from a professional as well. We have put up all the sails at least once, and are fixing the last things before we are leaving. Tomorrow morning we will stock up some last things like fresh food (and among these things we also hope we will find pillows!). Can't really understand how pillows can be sold out everywhere except for one shop, where we unfortunately didn't buy the pillows.

Tonight we are invited to "Baby", who is cooking at the Diego Martin Pan Institute and he also has a restaurant of his own, or it is actually familyowned. So Cathy and Clyde from the Pan institute come to pick us up in about half an hour.

One evening Cathy, Clyde and Baby came out to see us on our boat Sampo. We barbecued some fish with my new favourite herb, shadon beni, on our new BBQ. We also bought some CDs from Clyde and got them signed.

Yesterday we went out to Scotland Bay to celebrate my birthday. Peter made some nice barbecued beef and Cola with rum. At first it was blowing quite a lot and in the night it became very calm. But we could still here the monkeys howling...

Denise is running around in the internet café and I think it is time to stop for this time. We will write some more later, but we appreciate hearing from you as well.

So, take care every one, enjoy life and till next time!

Best wishes,
Charlotte, Peter and Denise

Chaguaramas ,still waiting / Svenska

Hej
Vi sitter fortfarende i Chaguaramas pa Trinidad och vaentar pa batpappren. Vi bor pa baten men far inte sjoesaetta den innan original koepekontraktet ifran Sverige har kommit. Lang vaentan...
Under tiden har vi nu hyrt en bil och boerjad upptaecka oen med denna. Igar gjored vi en heldagstur igenom Regnskogen i bergstrakterna. Vaegen gick via jaettedaliga smavaegar ,delvis med jordsred, genom regnskogsklaedda berg och sen ner till nordkusten med fina straender och jaettevagor.
Ha det so gott,
Peter

Chaguaramas , still waiting / Deutsch

Hallo
Inzwische ist es der 9.03. wenn das Datum am Computer stimmt. Hier ist die Lage unveraendert. Wir haben uns fuer ein Schiff entschieden, wohnen darauf, haben bezahlt, und warten darauf den unterschriebenen Vertrag aus Schweden zurueck zu bekommen. Dies hat sich inzwischen aber leider als recht langwierig erwiesen, da der alte Eigner kein Englisch beherrscht, und anscheinend den Vertrag, der als ein attachment in den e-mails liegt nicht oeffnen kann.
Wir haben jetzt Soeren eingeschaltet, der uns hoffentlich behilflich sein kann indem er den Vertrag ausdruckt, und derm alten Eigner zur Unterschrift hinlegt...
Hier liegt das Boot an Land, und wir duerfen es nicht bewegen bevor wir die richtigen Papiere haben.
Da die Zeit schnell vergeht, und wir nicht nur warten koennen, haben wir seit freitag ein Mietauto und waren die letzten Zwei Tage damit ueber die Insel unterwegs. Gestern eine ganztagestour durch den Regenwald, ueber Wege, die teilweise bei und nur als Fusswege gelten wuerden. Das ganze auf Serpentinen mit Erdrutschen, Schlagloechern... Klasse !!
Bis bald,
Peter