As you might know from the previous post we choose the hard way to get to Cusco. Also, the first impression of the city and our hostel wasn’t great. Compared to sea view room in Lima we now had a room with no windows. In addition, the hostel was quite cold and damp. Luckily, we …
We landed Lima on the evening of the last day of the year 2018. We had an Airbnb place booked for several days. We lived with a family who had an apartment in the skyscraper which had a rooftop with a pool and grill area. Although our room itself was rather tiny then the view …
We spent only a few nights in Panama since we had flights from Panama City to Lima booked already a long time ago, and we decided to spend more time in Costa Rica. Our main aim was to visit the Panama Canal and if time, walk around the city. Panama City is big Metropol and …
After we left Antigua, we decided to spend the rest of the week by infamous Lake Atitlan. This crater lake which, is surrounded by volcanoes, is referred to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. To get there we needed to take a 3 hours bus ride. We took a local “chicken bus” …
Antigua means old, so its one of the oldest cities in Guatemala and til 1776 it was the capital of the country. Antigua Guatemala, or more commonly referred to just Antigua, is significant for its’ well-preserved Spanish baroque style of architecture. There are numerous old churches which some of them are well preserved but some …
Washington D.C is a beautiful city. Just like Boston its packed with history and culture. We spend there 4 days and explored some of the main sites in the city. For our great surprise all (or most of ) the museums and sights were free of charge as so was the zoo. We were lucky …
We landed in US on the 11th of November. The flight was long, but fortunately, we had a lot of space on the airplane, so we could feel us quite comfortable. Jaanus was looking at the movies and Kaija was trying to finish a book about a road trip in US that two Estonian guys …
We sailed from Morocco to Lanzarote a couple of days. A perfect weather, warm water and a completely new harbor with conveniences were waiting for us in Arrecife. We had not been in such a nice harbor before. Despite the harbor was quite new, the harbor tax was quite low. It was much lower than …
Essaouira is also a small fishing town. There were no special facilities for sailboats so we had moor in the fishing harbor like in El Jadida. This time, though, next to another sailboat who in turn was moored next to the local pilot boat. So the boats were moored there to another and you needed …
Our last stop in Europe was Sagres in Portugal. This is a small fishing town in the south-west corner of Portugal. We stayed there for two nights waiting for the right winds to sail to Morocco. It was 2,5 days sailing from Portugal to Morocco. Most yacht tourists visit Rabat in Morocco. However, since …