Blue Bay Palma

... proceeded to win the playoffs on the second round. Our prizes – a Noordam coffee mug and a Noordam water bottle – these are referred to colloquially as a Dam Mug and a Dam Jug respectively.

We set off at around 6 p.m. for Tunis – although we do have tomorrow at sea as it takes longer than overnight to get there. There was a wild thunderstorm – actually the weather hasn’t been great ...

And at long last we are on our way ... can't quite believe we are actually starting this journey after all the work, planning, talking .... And we know we've been to San Telmo many times before but this time it is different!! And so good to have Simon's old friends Max & Linsey onboard - after all they were really the people responsible for him ending up in Port d'Andratx to begin with.

We arrived in Cala de Calobra around 5:30. We anchored in the small bay and took a tender to shore. The little village has a small pier along one side of a steep hill and the village is crowded on the hillside raising between two much larger and steeper hills. The whole thing looks like some Hollywood set because of its idyllic setting on the small bay. There are several bars and restaurants where we got drinks and ate an early dinner.

We left Ciutadella around 8 AM to cross back over to Mallorco and into the Bahai de Pollença. It is a deep cut and large protected bay on the northwest corner of the island. We anchored out in the bay, away from other boats and the crew setup everything for watersports. Since everyone was more spread out and busy with different ...

... cute to see. She was flirting back and he was laying on all the charm. I was cute to watch and what made it even cuter was they were nude the entire time. I think they might have gone up to the dunes to get some alone time since the disappeared for awhile.

Around 3 PM walked up off the beach to a clearing where the heli was waiting for us. It didn’t take long until we arrived at Porto Cristo.

Early morning to the airport for my trip to Mallorca, Spain, an island that is a major beach resort. Everyone is still asleep as I put the final stuff in my backpack. I have enough time so I stop by a supermarket for a liter of yogurt and a pastry store for some chocolate croissants. What do they think as I stop in with my large backpack making me 6'9" and my front backpack making me look pregnant. I can barely make it through the aisles.

The metro goes straight to the ...

... Goa, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) the Caribbean Islands ( Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago Last July I visited Mallorca for the umpteenth time. No matter how my times I go I always enjoyed a visit to this the most beautiful of the ...

After a couple of months of working is was off to Palma, Majorca for a couple of days in the sun for Damo's bday. After a couple of hours travel to Stansted airport (the tubes were out that morning - typical - so nearly missed our bus to the airport) we arrived after a 2 hour flight to the warmth of Majorca. It was off with the jeans and jumpers, into the swimmers and down to the beach. For Damo's bday we hired a bike each and headed along the ...

... an afternoon of working to catch up on lost hours, I made a supper of vegetables and potatoes. As I chopped, I gazed out the window at the forest of green plants tumbling over the fence. The flowers come in very unique shades here or deep fushias to creamy peach to electric blues. Me encanta. For dessert, we had homemade rice pudding that we had prepared earlier. It was heavenly and I learned the secret is to add a little lemon rind to the milk while cooking.