Archives for February 2009
St Helena – Feb 2009
St Helena is a very isolated British island, served only by the last remaining Royal Mail ship still in existence – the RMS St Helena. It is famous for many things, having been discovered and kept secret by the Portuguese for most of the 16th century. Other European countries then used it as a place [...]
South Atlantic Ocean, Cape Town to St Helena – Feb 2009
We left Simonstown somewhat sadly on the 1st February, for our voyage across the South Atlantic Ocean. We rounded the Cape of Good Hope and turned NW towards St Helena, our next stop. Seals accompanied us during that first day, and we managed to catch a nice tuna. The sea was very flat and continued [...]