2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/svmoose/rss.xml "Lovely it is, when the winds are stirring up the waves on the sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else." (Lucretius) <br/> <br/> Hi, we're Duncan & Irene. I come from New Brunswick, Canada and Irene is from Groningen in northern Holland. We met when we were living in Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles and got the boat bug there. Since then we have sailed more than half way around the world on the dear old "Moose", our 39' cutter. Right now we're in Richards Bay, South Africa and our first observation is that the people are extremely hospitable. We had a fairly good run down from Ilha de Mozambique, especially when compared with the boats that came from south of Madagascar, half of which were towed in. But the day after we arrived a cold front came through with gusts at 50 knots and with lightning. On one hand you can agree with old Lucretius. but we felt a very real empathy with the boats that were still out there when the storm hit. The next morning we found that most had broken gear and people looked red-eyed and spaced out, like delayed stress was coming on. The coast south of here is called "The Wild Coast"; I wish they wouldn't do things like that. Tomorrow we're off to a game reserve, where the locals tell me there's a hyena petting area (I'm sure they're pulling my tail.) <br/> <br/> On another level, our traveling has given us fresh perceptions of people and the places that are their homes; views through doors that were previously closed. At the same time we've changed; we've sort of become citizens of the water and what was originally a voyage turned into a lifestyle. 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The Portuguese took over the island in the early 1500"s and the colonial architecture is striking with an austere yet feminine feeling. It"s necessary to sail past the massive fortress to shelter behind the island. Once in the shoreline has a human scale and i... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=631706&go=svmoose Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=629788&go=svmoose Ik dacht dat Madagascar heel arm was, maar Mozambique is toch echt wel een stuk armer....We kwamen aan in Ilha de Mozambique. Vroeger, lang voordat de Europeanen er kwamen (en ook nog lange tijd erna), was het een drukte hier, want het was een belangrijke stad voor de handel met de Arabieren. Nu staat het op de UNESCO World Heritage Site om de historische gebouwen zoveel mogelijk nog te beware... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=629788&go=svmoose Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626856&go=svmoose In the middle of the Mozambique Channel, half way between Madagascar and Africa, lies the very attractive island of Mayotte. It"s part of the four island Comoro group and more specifically it is the part of that group that resisted the urge to chose independence over a continuing relationship with France. Subsequently the three islands that went independent and chose to run their own houses f... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626856&go=svmoose Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626660&go=svmoose Mayotte, een stukje Europa in het midden van het Mozambique Kanaal. Het enige Europese is hier eigenlijk alleen maar het feit dat alles zo verschrikkelijk duur is: 4 Euros voor een kilo tomaten, 2 Euros voor een lapje ham, om maar een voorbeeld te noemen (volgens mij is Europa niet eens zo duur). Voor de rest is het hier heel Afrikaans: de locale bevolking zijn de Maore"s, oorpsronkelijk uit ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626660&go=svmoose Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=608610&go=svmoose The run west from the Chagos Archipelago to Cap d"Ambre on the northern tip of Madagascar was a routine 1600 mile passage. Routine in that we didn"t encounter any or the shiploads of Somalian pirates that were attacking commercial shipping north of us in the Seychelles. It is interesting that the pirates have been operation so long that they have become somewhat of an institution; they h... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=608610&go=svmoose Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=606351&go=svmoose Ik moet wel even wennen om weer tussen de mensen te zijn. Niet dat de mensen in Madagascar niet aardig zijn, maar we hadden het in Chagos echt heel erg naar onze zin..... We konden de boot open laten, we hoefden niet bang te zijn dat iets gestolen zou worden, en hier moeten we toch weer even oppassen. In sommige baaien kunnen we Moose niet echt alleen laten, en de dinghy ook niet. En dat is wel ev... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=606351&go=svmoose Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=593834&go=svmoose There is nothing in Chagos, no shops, no internet, no locals, just a few ruins from the time when there were people living here. Chagos or BIOT, (British Indian Ocean Territory) consists of different groups of atolls and each atoll has several islands that surround a lagoon. Moose was in Salomon Atoll, on a mooring in front of Boddam Island. Outside the atolls the water is very deep (kilometers) a... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=593834&go=svmoose Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=593833&go=svmoose Chagos, een verlaten paradijs We zijn goed en wel aangekomen in Madagascar, maar het is wel even wennen na drie maanden Chagos. Chagos bestaat uit een aantal groepen atollen. Wij verbleven in de Salomon atoll en we lagen voor anker in Boddam eiland. De Portugezen ontdekten Chagos als eerste, toen namen de Fransen het over en brachten er slaven van Mauritius zodat die konden werken op de kokospalm ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=593833&go=svmoose Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=563926&go=svmoose Little Adu Atoll, a tiny necklace of coral and islands, adrift at the bottom of the Maldives - themselves dribbled down, like an afterthought, below India - is a pleasant place. It wraps its arms around 25,000 people who live on a half dozen of the larger islands that surround the central lagoon. The notion of lagoon gives the wrong impression though; it"s no languid affair. The lagoon is aro... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=563926&go=svmoose Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=563700&go=svmoose Nou, we zijn gearriveerd, in de Malediven, wie had dat ooit gedacht? Ik zeker niet. Wel dat we aan zouden komen, maar ik heb eigenlijk nooit echt een wens gehad om de Malediven een bezoekje te brengen. Maar het ligt op de lijn van Malaysie naar Chagos, en we dachten, waarom niet? En we zijn blij dat we hier zijn. Het haventje waar we liggen is goed beschermd, het water is hier erg helder en de men... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=563700&go=svmoose Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT