New Years Eve in Isla Grande

 After one week in Cartagena we couldn't stand anymore the anchorage. It was very crowded, there were many boats passing too close and making big waves, the water was dirty so no possibility of taking a bath after washing MOJITO under the hot sun. We checked the meteorology and if we managed to get Isla Grande before 1 PM the wind would be still calm. Charly woke me up at 6 AM because he needed some help to lift the dinghy, I slept just 4 hours taking advantage of my last day with Internet on board to publish some news.We had breakfast on our way when we already passed through big waves where the depth was just 4 metres. I must say that the day before the captain persuade me to watch The Perfect Storm so when I saw the waves I felt a mixed of adrenaline, fear and fun.

We sailed during 4 hours with a flat sea but with a little problem. A boat with tourists was coming in our direction in course of collision and there is an international code that says that sailing boats have ALWAYS the priority in front of a motor boat. Well the other captain didn't care about that and he was expecting that we will change our course, MOJITO kept going so finally the other boat passed behind us to cut us the fishing line. Results: The line went into the propeller of the motor boat so it was pushing our fishing rod, Charly was screaming like hell to the other captain that we had the priority, the tourists were saying hello so me too and we lost our last and best calamari for fishing. And I wonder: Isn't big enough the sea for everybody?

After all the incident we arrived to Isla Grande where just a boat was there, it looked that finally we found our paradise with crystalline and calm water and sun that will allow us some rest but work as well. The hull of Mojito was very dirty and we just did it 1 month ago in Curacao but in Santa Marta and Cartagena the water was not really nice. So we went under the boat xith our mask and fins to clean everything, we took it easy we had days so we made a little bit each day. I finished the inox so now they are shinning. Charly finished the work with the poulleys to pull up the dinghy every night and the days passed like this. We visited as well the village, I had some time to practice with the dinghy and more boats arrived to spend the last night of the year 2010.

MOJITO and Belle de Lune prepared again a big party, it was difficult to resist until 12 PM because we are used to wake up early and go to sleep soon but with some music and dancing we did it! We started the 2011 exploding the emergency flares from Belle de Lune but no panic he has more and the ones that we exploded had 15 years so just 2 of them worked properly. Good to know! By the way, the menu of the night was: Asparagus and salmon, "Confit de canard" with potatoes and two desserts: a biscuits with rose flavour and "mousse de chocolat" from Colombia. Everything served of course with Champagne Di Andre! Delicious! And two days before we ate 5 lobsters!