Asmara

Filed September 9, 2008 at 5:16 am under Boating by Administrator

Today we are in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. It took us 4.5 hours to get here in an old bus full of soldiers going on vacation,and was not easy. However, the views are great on the way, and Asmara itself is cool and interesting, with lots of Italian architecture and an European feel to it. The internet is very slow, so we can’t use Skype or upload pictures, unfortunately.
The trip is an opportunity to recover from the heat, which in Massawa is oppressive, all we do during the day, from 10 till 5 is to sit in the shade and pour water over ourselves with the sprinkler we use as a shower. We got to Massawa on Friday, and tomorrow we will carry on south, stopping at several overnight anchorages before going into Asab. There may be internet there, but since Massawa has no connection at all, we aren;t betting on it!
Oren has fixed the engine again ( we had a fuel blockage again, probably because of dirty Egyptian fuel) and I have sewn the sun cover back on the sail. The wind generator is back in service again too, and we have filled up water, so we are ready to go.

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Comment by
SHIDEN(DAVID)
September 12th, 2008
at 12:31 pm

Hi ,oren I thought u have enjoyed asmara

Comment by
amos
September 18th, 2008
at 2:16 am

dear captains.
we follow your trail by the map mule by mile. how do you like my version of your storey in the local magazin ?
try to write more deatales ,poot more feallings in it :hardships in everyday life , fun .
,what do you eat ?how do you eat it ? how do you spend the nights ? etc… etc…/
we are all united around chasamba.
here everything is fine.Boaz
& ahyelet expect a child in 7 month. the wedding wil bt in 4+4 pab that was enlarg lately..
yotam come here often .he is in the skay, devote in the yot moovment/. hilel spend most of his time at the computer.
how do you intend to pass Eden bay that is swormed by pirots ?do you know all the news about piracy near Somalia ?
we are strarving for your messege

Comment by
Ilan Doron
September 26th, 2008
at 5:06 pm

Best regards and a lot of fun & moderatr winds.
Wishes Ilan Doron
Haifa

Comment by
Ilan Doron
November 9th, 2008
at 4:37 pm

Lesley & Oren!
Best regards from Ilan Doron.
Looking forward to hear/see more from you
I wish you good sailing

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