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21. Dark side of St Helena
This week we touch on some of the underbelly stuff that we have learnt over the time that we have been here. There is no perfect place in the world, all countries have their issues and St Helena is no different.
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20. What we don’t talk about
This week we talk about the things we usually don’t talk about such as money and the difficulty with getting online or getting certain things. We don’t like complaining but we do want to mention these, so that’s what this week’s episode is about.
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19. Life on St Helena (continued)
This week we talk about Coco’s play date with Pepe, our freedive course, waking up at night in fear of running aground (don’t worry, everything was fine), yachts leaving and arriving, watching Hornblower and Dirty Dancing, and more.
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18. S/V Trinity
This week on Sailing Tropical Dawn we have guests on our podcast, or rather we were guests on board of S/V Trinity. Franko, Annalie, and their daughter Sadie talk about their sailing experience so far, buying a second hand Dean 365 catamaran and sailing it from Knysna, South Africa to St Helena island.
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It’s been a while
We have not been posting on our blog since we left Walvis Bay over a month ago. That is mostly because the internet here on St Helena island is very slow, unreliable, and expensive. We’ll write a post about that (the dodgy internet on the island) and about some other challenges we’ve encountered here so…
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17. What we did this week on St Helena island
Another week on this small island in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean and some more adventures. The past week we rented a car, drove around the island, found a stone that rings when you hit it, groomed some donkeys at the donkey sanctuary, the ship finally arrived and we were able to get…
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16. Daily life on St Helena island
We talk about what our week on St Helena island looked like: we went for an (early) night out, celebrated St Helena day and climbed Jacob’s Ladder. We bought a little FM radio and tuned in to the two local radio stations. And we talk about what a day looks like for us as we…
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15. One month in St Helena
We gave our first impressions of St Helena island a few weeks ago, now that we have been here for a month we can tell you a bit more. We chat about the history of the island and some of the interesting Saints and yachties we have met.
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14. Sailing heroes: Kirsten Neuschäfer, Bernard Moitessier, Joshua Slocum
In this week’s episode we talk about Kirsten Neuschäfer and the Golden Globe Race she just won and why it is such a big deal. We also talk about our other sailing heroes: Bernard Moitessier and Joshua Slocum and why all of them inspire us.
Sailing Tropical Dawn
Kay, Dimi, and Coco on a small boat
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