Change of plans...

Hello Everyone.

As some of you may know we have decided to change our plans. We have found the lack of security even in the Carribbean to be not so much fun. After the drink incident we have both felt very on edge. Things will only get worse as we go south. Additionally, we have found that boat life is also a bit too slow for us. There are only so many times we can go and hike the same trail, read our books, and go swimming in the ocean. We don't need to relax that much-we are in our twenties! It has also shown to not be the adventure we had hoped for-we haven't had many adventures at all in fact.

However our end goal was to travel and see the world and we are ammending our plans to do so. We are taking our boat to Tortola to have it pulled out of the water. After that we will fly to Buenos Aires where we have reserved a flat until April. We will work, learn spanish, learn to tango, travel within S. America and enjoy a return to civilization. In April we will return to our boat, take it to Bermuda, on to the Azores, then the Canary Islands, and on the the Med where our boat will stay for several summers while we explore the Mediterranean Basin.

It took us a while to broach the subject with one another. One evening we were both acting funny and the subject came up. We were so relieved and happy to realize that we were on the same page! We've learned that for us boating is wonderful for short periods of time. 3 years would have just been too long for us. We haven't slept on land since the 24th of October. We haven't even had easy access to news/newspaper/basic television since then. At this point we are both itching to get off the boat and back to civilization. We are waiting out some nasty winds and then are off tomorrow morning to Tortola and should arrive in time to celebrate the New Year.

We hope you all have a happy New Year as well.