The plan was to
spend three months in South Africa. It has been two years now and it is time to
join Mila and Milo my cat in Trinidad. It has been a fantastic time in South
Africa, seeing the grandchildren growing and to be part of the successful team
to have helped my son in his business. I can leave this time fully assured that
all is in place and that things will go well. He has employed a very charming
lady for his office with a lot of bookkeeping experience. She knows Pastel and
she has a nice way of dealing with the customers.
I am leaving for
Trinidad on the 25th November and can assure you that I am not looking forward
to the flight. Again it will be three days to get to Port of Spain with long
stopovers in the Emirates and New York.
Hopefully it will
not take to long to get Mila ready for the launch. I need to do some varnishing
again and paint the bottom. Mila the boat cat will have to get use to the boat
again as he had a free range in the yard now for the past two years.
Plans are to
launch Mila and then set sail for Tobago to do the rest of the maintenance.
I have decided to
sail Mila back to South Africa so I will sail her solo to Brazil. Visit some
friends in Salvador and the continue south along the coast to Rio and then
eventually to Uruguay.
I will have a
crew member joining me there and then try and do the crossing to Cape Town
before the winter sets in. This is plan A but as we all know cruisers
always have different plans and options. I might spend a season amongst the
islands of Ile le Grande in Brazil, who knows!!!!
I will update the
blog as soon as I get to Trinidad
Cheers for now
