Hello friends. In our previous blog we left Ibiza and sailed via a few anchorages on Spain’s East coast to the Mar Menor, where we stayed 10 days at anchor at Los Nietos to visit magnificent Cartagena by train. In that blog we focussed on the Carthaginian (Punic) period when the city was founded. However, […]
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Hello dear friends. In our previous blog we took on the challenging 340 Nm sail from Tunisia to Mallorca, met up with our friends Jonalyn and Victor and explored the “Dalt Vila” of Ibiza. In this blog we will sail further to the South-West to Cartagena, mainland Spain. Leaving our anchorage near Dalt Vila (Ibiza
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Hello again. In our previous blog we described the last leg of our roundtrip in Tunisia, visiting Jasmin, Hammamet, Tunis and finishing in ancient Carthage the capital of the Punic empire 650–149 BC. Back on the boat we said farewell to our Tunisian friends Ramy and Kawthar and prepared for the 340 miles sail to
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In our previous blog we explored the area South of Sousse like the amphitheater of El Jem, the ancient city of Mahdia, and Monastir, a popular wintering hole for cruisers. Today we continue North towards Tunis and we decided to drive via Marina Yasmine Hammamet some 10 km South of Hammamet city. Little did we
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