As of now no news of Cantaloupe island. Thanks to my very capable breton crew, Olivier, work aboard has progressed in the week we've been here-She's still on the hard and I wish I'd taken a photo of her corrosion peeling leprous motor which now looks, thanks to diesel brushings, as do the tools, almost normal. We spend 6h a day onboard either together or separately. The whole diesel tank got pulled out, cleansed and put back in. I mostly need to deal with the yard people, and those to whom we need to transfer money to in order to benefit from the Fx rates-my contact, has lost quite a bit in the stanford Bank debacle and I've no news as to my transfers yet but have decided not to stress before knowing anything. If things get out of hand I'll abort everything and come home to Switzerland tanned instead of doing my atlantic crossing in April as planned.
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mardi 24 février 2009
Arya au Vénézuela 09
As of now no news of Cantaloupe island. Thanks to my very capable breton crew, Olivier, work aboard has progressed in the week we've been here-She's still on the hard and I wish I'd taken a photo of her corrosion peeling leprous motor which now looks, thanks to diesel brushings, as do the tools, almost normal. We spend 6h a day onboard either together or separately. The whole diesel tank got pulled out, cleansed and put back in. I mostly need to deal with the yard people, and those to whom we need to transfer money to in order to benefit from the Fx rates-my contact, has lost quite a bit in the stanford Bank debacle and I've no news as to my transfers yet but have decided not to stress before knowing anything. If things get out of hand I'll abort everything and come home to Switzerland tanned instead of doing my atlantic crossing in April as planned.
Arya au Vénézuela 09
Arya au Vénézuela 09
Arya au Vénézuela 09
Vive le SMS et l'nternet-au moment où j'écris ceci, c'est le dernier jour de carnaval et je suis dans la buvette du varadéro (chantier) où je regarde passer le défilé des bateaux à moteur des locaux qui vont à la plage qu'ils saliront ainsi que es eaux qui y mènent allègrement-chargés de vivres et de bière-de rum-d'ailleurs, l'obésité est un fléeau au même titre qu'en ANord et que dmérique du ans de plus en plus d'îles-et les femmes n'ene ont aucun complexe-je vous montrerai un jour des Vénus Willendorf en BIKINI dedieu! Et il y a une déprimée du bateau qui est là depuis trop trop longtemps qui écoute Donald trum virer des gens, les news de la CERISE et du crash, des télénovelas du matin au soir à TUE TÊte- je meurs.
Here's neptune himself! Perfect for sailors. And the Hotel receptionist bears the same name as my passed away dad-signs abound since before I left that this trip will succeed albeit the complications inherent to the country which were ess 3 years ago-it is impossible to withdraw cash with a debit card, I don't withdraw from my credit card; my phone can receive but not emit calls. Life gets complicated FAST-I'm staying centered people get lost and complain alot-it's a leitmotiv and I'm watching people drift into the cocktail hour after a project a day- As I sit here writing, watching Venezuelans motor out to sea on the last day off of carnaval loaded with beer and foodstuffs which they then throw all over their beaches and into the ocean-obesity is rampant I'll post a picture of a Venus Willendorf for you one day as women have no qualms whatsoever about wearing bikinis. Also as I sit here scribbling a woman whose been here way too long sits and watches Donald trum, telenovelas and CnN news as loud as is possible, I feel deafenend and we're outside in the varadero (shipyard) restaurant. AAAgh
Arya au Vénézuela 09
Here's why this young lady cried her eyes out-her and her boyfriend came to V to sail (thinking they could hitchhike a sail) and ended up in one of these rooms-the hotel I'd been recommended before getting here was more luxurious but worse in alot of ways than this shabby room which made me feel brave and adventuresome...
Arya au Vénézuela 09
Miteux-à souhait-Seedy perfectly- Mais parfait comme point de chute-A perfect landing place. Sécuritaire et central. Safe and central.
Une jeune québécoise atterrie lâ hier soir le 23, en braillait de découragement...
A young compatriot who landed there also was bawling with discouragement...
Arya au Vénézuela
12 feb qrrive in P la Cruz Found, thanks to a lovely venezuelan lady met on the plane a local hotel-in the first hours changed money right under the official's noses 5-to 1 rather than official rate 2.7 to 1. Kind of scared that due to my mathematical impairement, that I got ripped off-for the next four days I'm counting all the time-till the day when the stanford Bank went under and hopefully not all my transfers with it.
mardi 10 février 2009
Connexion anthropologique et mes jeunes amies
Quand à Nora ma copine Kabyle de Paris rencontrée à l'Uni Laval en 96 quel bonheur de continuer nos échanges shamaniques tarologiques et astrologiques en Europe et d'attendre qu'elle ait un petit bébé!!! Ele aussi en me permettant de l'aider à rendre un CV parlant m'a envoyé là où je me dirige professionnellement aujourd'hui.
Without Clara, no intellectual continuity would have been possible for me in all the years we've spent here 2005 and since 2008-9. When I was feeling totaly useless, she allowed me to transcribe reams of ethnographic research for her, and this year to correct and advise on her Masters' thesis. Clara keeps me in the game and I have her (and Mich Zeb as well as Nora who also let me traffic their important academic and professional documents) to thank for reviving my interest in starting and pursuing training for helping others thru coaching.
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Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
Notre quartier nos amis
OUr Swiss family and us with Aviva in mountains. Thanks to them we know where to go, how to fly, and have a sense of multi age sharing here.
Connexions marines
Notre groupe de Kingston avec Heiner et marleyne de LA buena Vida, Kingston-merci d'avoir été mes psys et mes coachs en électronique quand Claude était en mission et que vous ne compreniez absolument pas qu'un couple ne se parle qu'une seule fois par 6 mois! H& M thanks for being my shrinks and electronics coaches when Claude went on UN tours even if it was beyond you how a couple could get by with only one call every 6 mos... Tami et Maurizzio qui m'ont aidé à percevoir que les militaires étaient aussi des intellos et des artistes. Tami and Mau who showed me how military folk can also be artsy and intellectual.
Jocelyne Marquis avec qui nous avons mené la guerre au machisme en voile à Québec et qui ne m'a pas lâchée quand tout le monde aurait voulu que je sois incompétente. J Marquis with whom we waged a war of sorts vs machismo in QC sailing and who stood by me when everyone really wanted to see me incompetent.
Alain et Brigitte Froissant anciennement de Calypso à présent de La Clarisse,Martigues avec qui nous pouvons désormais naviguer en UE (Corse, Marseille)-Alain & Brigitte Froissant thanks to whom we've sailed in Europe and who sought us out in Cape May in 2003
Frankie toujours prête à naviguer et qui m'a permis d'enseigner ce que je sais qui m'héberge chaque fois que je rentre au pays et qui est évolue malgré tout ce qu'elle croit être un empêchement.. Frankie always ready to sail, who allowed me to teach what I know and is evolving albeit what she perceives makes it real hard to do so!
Jean Pierre et Anick de Distinguo, QC qui ont eu le courage de dire qu'ils s'étaient trompés sur mon caractère. JP and Anick from the beautiful yacht Distinguo, QC who had the courage to change their minds about their perception of me.
Libellés :
Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
And then came HAPPY et plein de testostérone Gilles, Louis et Vianney Barbot-dire que son père barbouille...enfin j'me comprends.
Aviva, center of my universe pearl of my oyster and new and improved version of my trajectory-what a reward Life threw at me in you, even if it was an immaculate conception...
Des maris
Whomever makes the girrrls happy (and sometimes confused) is right up there on this podium.
Libellés :
Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
Maman de Claude et son mari JL
Léonne, quel fils t'as mis au monde-et quand je dis au monde je veux dire quel don! Un esprit LIBRE-oof, Chapeau!
Léonne what a son you've given the world! A free spirit WOW Hats off!
Libellés :
Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
Amiga flamenca ma soeur
Liliane, tu me fais rêver vivre plus intensément à chaque conversation même si je bouge plus que toi!
Lili gives more intensity to every little conversation and makes me travel through our exchanges even when she is staying put!
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and family,
Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
Phyllis Antoinette et Arya se font les ongles été 2008
Février est en voie de passer-je repars possiblement pour traverser non pas le Gulf Stream mais l'Atlantique sur notre Cantaloupe Isl abandonnée au Vénéz depuis 2006
Avant de le faire je veux rendre grâces à tous ceux et celles qui nous regardent aller et qui disent Yé
February is passing and I'm off sailing possibly to make THE big crossing from Venezuela to Larochelle, France.
Before I do so, I realy need to give thanks to all our family and tribe who watch us living and say Yay!
Mother if only I'd listenened to you but then again!
Maman, si seulement je t'avais écoutée...et je le fais toujours...
Phyllis, sans toi, je n'aurais pas pu réaliser mon rêve et commencer à naviguer à Chester sur le High Tide!
Phyl, without you, I could't have gotten anywhere near my sailing dream!
Libellés :
Notre tribu (incomplète mais essentielle)
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