Days 198 to 201: The Odyssey Reloaded
Day 198: The Approach17 July 2009Wahwahweewah. Friday! Are we still at sea? It would appear so. No sign of Dakar yet, but the GPS was insisting it was less than…
Days 194 to 197: Dolphins and Doldrums
Day 194: Ray The Ray13 July 2009Wow! I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this before. There was not one iota of a smidgin of a…
Days 190 to 193: The Great Escape
Day 190: On The Beach 9 July 2009 Perhaps I should have mentioned this before – Val, the guy who was ‘helping’ me last week is now demanding that I…
Day 189: Real England
Well, as predicted, the Micau didn’t leave. Christ, they must be running out of excuses now. Maybe a black cat crossed the path of the captain today, or the boatswain…
Days 185 to 188: Ticket To Ride
Day 185: Amazing News!!! 4 July 2009 A couple of weeks ago, I met an American girl named Callie Flood, who was ex-peace corps. After running into her again today…
Days 182 to 184: Meeting People Is Easy
Day 182: We Are Nowhere And It's Now 1 July 2009 One thing that Café Sophia is good for, is meeting people. Possibly because there is nowhere else in Praia…
Days 176 to 181: Time Is Running Out
Day 176: The Apology25 June 2009This is getting beyond a joke. Today was spent in a frantic state of despair as the Micau actually came into port (amazingly). I was…
Day 175: Tomorrow Never Comes
The boat did not come in last night. It will not be leaving today. It’s been three weeks since I arrived here. Three weeks out of the fifty-two that I…
Day 174: This Is A Low
Last night, I met with a really lovely girl from North London called Pricilla. She’s been working for UNICEF in Guinea-Bissau, one of the more worrying countries I have to…
Day 173: In Praise Of Science
Did I really expect to be leaving today? I am that stupid? The Micau is still out there in the water, bobbing up and down and laughing at me. Not…