Sailing Catamaran: Trip to Peru; let’s start by Lima.

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Trip to Peru; let’s start by Lima.

We arrived in Lima, Peru during the night between September 6 and 7, 2009. Our trip starts here. You may think that we are filthy rich to afford such a trip? Not at all! We save money everywhere we can and try to find the best prices for everything. After spending an enormous amount of money on Chocobo we had to reduce our spending while still visiting the world! We did some researches on the cost of such a trip and found some interesting things; Peru isn’t expensive and we could afford it.
To start this trip let’s visit the installation where we will sleep and wash ourselves for the first few days!

We decided to rent rooms in hostels and in Lima we could find a room for $7.00 US per day per person. Here’s a description of the room; Private room for two peoples with private bathroom and hot water. The room is indeed for two peoples after we lay one on top of the other in this very tiny bed. It is quite hard to fit another person in it unless that person is willing to use the wooden floor directly. By the way the bed is made of wood planks about 4 inches apart and cover with a 1 inch mattress probably as old as the building itself so it is the either the fakir bed or the floor….

Let’s see the shower now. We arrived at the hostel around 3am and with a bed like this we were on a hurry to jump in it and so we skipped the shower. Tomorrow, we told ourselves! After finding the proper spot between two planks in the bed and trying not to think at the noise and the party that was going on in the street right in front of our broken windows we feel into a deep sleep that lasted a long 5 hours! Hurry up! Let’s visit Peru but first we need a good shower. Neither Roger nor I saw the sign saying that we needed to toggle the switch up to have hot water and we both had a freezing shower that morning. But wait, it is not 38°C (100°F) anymore here but only 15°C (59°F) in the morning so the shower was not of the most pleasing kind!!!! Have you notice the sort of gismo on the shower head used to heat the water with electricity at 240V directly in the shower????

Oh yes let’s not forget the toilet bowl. On our arrival I decided to go to the bathroom to have a quick pee and while entering I was telling myself that something was missing. Something that I am used to see when I look at a toilet bowl ….

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Trip to Peru; let’s start by Lima.