Abaco and Little Harbour

Well its been a long time since I've written. I'm in Little harbour, Abaco Bahamas which is one of the best places I have ever stumbled upon. I left Tyler in Freeport were he was catching the ferry from freeport to ft lauderdale for the pirate amputee camp that he leads. I made a promise to be there a month later to help him and Kayne with the event. I forged on alone through the north of Grandbahama around west end and entered into the sea of Abaco. There was no wind for two days as I travelled from west end but once I hit Little Abaco cay the wind caught the sails and Alamar did a steady 6 knots to Green turtle Cay. There I met a family travelling to Costa rica that just got to the Bahamas. I had the privilege of providing them with there first Caribbean meal of fried hogfish and lobster and taught the crew member one board how to use the Hawaiian sling. He ended up spearing 2 lobster. The next day I went down to Pineapples and met 50 cent and Tony who are local fishermen I had the chance to go diving with them and spear some 50 lobster and get a couple hundred conch. I love going out with the locals and getting the true experiences by the people who are from these beautiful islands. After a few days in Green Turtle I went on the outside whale cut to Great Guana cay were the world famous Nippers bar and grill resides. I threw down the hook in the harbour and went ashore to find a few guys from Florida sitting around the quiet nippers bar on a Friday afternoon. Ian his girlfriend, Mike and Cory. After a few beers at the bar we got to talking and they invited me over for a midnight barbecue were we made some rib-eye steaks that mike brought over from the states we spent the rest of the night talking shit by the dock. I ended up chillen with them for a few days while they were here. Then I set sail for marsh harbour were Ariel would be flying into to see me. I met Ariel when I was in Jacksonville sailing the boat down. We hit it off and had promises of meeting again in the islands. When she landed I was so happy to see her here and be able to adventure this new set of islands we had never been to. After I showed her Green Turtle and Guana were Ariel shot her first fish then we charted into new territory south east to Man-o-war, Hopetown, Lubbers Quarters, and of course the amazing Little harbour. Man-o-war was a bore probably because of its dry island roots, me and ariel went ashore to find the whole town in church on a Saturday night and a sign over the dock posted NO BOOZE ALOUD! So the next morning we set sail to Hopetown and went up to firefly which is a great bar on the water overlooking a amazing sunset. We went and saw the famous 200 year old lighthouse and dived all around the island. We took a awesome bike ride one day the whole stretch of the island to Tahiti beach were we speared a few lobster we had made up for dinner. We also ran into the best weed so far on the trip in Hopetown which of course made the trip a hole lot better. We herd about this place south of Hopetown called little harbour that was a off the grid town that was centered around a bar called Pete's pub. They also told us that it was the off season and the pub would be closed till november third. Ariel and I talked about heading that way even through there might be nothing and decide to stock up the boat and just go and see whats down there.

We sailed into little harbour on a Tuesday evening. The sail was great all downwind and when we reached the harbour huge cliffs hung to starboard 100 feet tall with big Atlantic swells crashing into the rocks blowing water spots 100 feet in the air. We sailed pass the breathtaking sight into a sleepy sandy harbour with 4 boats moored out and the most sea turtles I have ever seen. Every time a turtle goes down from taking a breath another comes up to grab one! Several open caves lined one side of the harbour and a the other side was a beautiful sandy beach with a dock on one side with a pub in the middle built out of diftwood. We threw the hook out and took the dingy to shore were we saw no one only a bunch of deserted houses and a deserted bar. A dog came out when we walked to the beach on the other side to check the view. Ariel and I decided to follow the dog and see if she might lead us to some people. About a hour later we followed the dog to a beach were we met Susie and her daughter who were collecting shells on the beach. They told us that everyone in the town was travelling and there were only like 15 people there at the time. So we headed back to the boat were we made some Lobster Pizza with some crawfish we caught earlier. Bahamians call lobster crawfish. Right before the pizza was done I herd someone shouting on a boat next to us. I came up to find a old man on a old fishing skiff with a bag of stone crabs in his had that he said “You know what time it is?” I replied “What time is it” he replied “ITS STONE CRAB TIME MY NAME IS CHARLIE!” we laughed and introduced ourselves and he gave us a few claws to go with our dinner and invited us to Steve and Amanda's party in town that he was invited to.

After dinner we got dressed and made our way towards the only lights on the hill. We walked up the stairs to a deck were we were greeted by 30 or some people from Marsh harbour, Cherokee, and little harbour. We were greeted with open arms and given drinks. The party was on a deck overlooking the harbour. They were cooking up a storm, on the grill wild pork tenderloin, jerk chicken, and lots of conch salad. We began to meet a assortment of characters. We first met Steve and Amanda who were the host of the party they are a young couple that lives here taking people out on dive tours. We met welle who was playing a conch horn dancing all about doing his drunkin konfoo dance when we walked up. Then Tony who is a middleage guy that retired from a job in Michigan bought a catamaran and shortly later sailed it down to the Bahamas were as he says he sailed into little harbour and never left. This place seems to have that pull. I could definatly live in this paradise but the farming lacks compared to central or south America. Then we met rolly who is quite the character, he is from boston. Herd he escaped the mafia to live a simple life in little harbour but thats only rumour. He is a giant of a man with a handlebar moustache with tons of jokes to keep you laughing all night. Then we met katlen, Adam, and Carly who have been cruising abaco all summer. Katlen is a solo sailer. She's a kind of mermaid with a super independent aspect about her. I admire her courage to be a pretty girl sailing all by herself killing it diving and living off the sea. She met Adam and Carly cruising. Adam and Carly are my age they own a trawler type boat. They're from Stuart but spent much of there time when they were kids cruising the Bahamas. They are very cool people we ended up chillen with them quite a lot smoking joints having a few drinks watching the sun go down on either of our boats. Then we formally met the person who invited us Charlie. Charlie is a real conchy joe he lives completely off the sea. He has a little camp on a beach on a island near little harbour. It ain’t much just a couple tables, fire pit, and a hammock. I really couldn't believe people are still doing it like that out here. He is also one of the nicest people I have ever met. That night we made plans to go diving with him and katlen in the morning and go check out the area! We finished the night passing joints around the whole party and being wild till late. I almost fell off the dingy when we rowed back to Alamar!

The next morning we woke up and met Charlie up at the dock grabbed Katlen and headed out. Charlie I guessed stayed up all night, he was still drunk and he had a 3 ft pufferfish in the bow that he said he was going to dry it out, stick a light bulb in it and make a lantern! The first place we went to was charlie's camp and checked out the beach on the ocean side as charlie made his lantern. Then we went diving at one reef followed by charlie trying to find some liquor at other camps on the shore. We found some rum and shortly later picked up a few conch and drove down to the blue holes in the bite. We raced through 2 ft of water at full speed with green turtles soaring like dolphins under the bow. When we got to the blue hole we shot a few crawfish and a big spider crab. We spent the rest of the day on the dock cleaning fish and hanging out with a few people that came out from the town. The locals told us the history of this place. In 1950 pete's father bought a boat and sailed down here in hopes of finding a place to set up his foundry and make a self sufficient paradise. Well he found it right here in little harbour. He set up his foundry and raised a family. He spent his life making many sculptures for the bahamaiian government and internationally abroad. His son opened a bar right next to the foundry on the beach that soon became famous. Its a great bar there is no floor only sand from the beach with a open air kitchen and a crows nest on top to make it resemble a ship I guess. We made conch salad smoked some joints and talked till the sun went down on that dock.

The next day me and Ariel woke up and went to the two caves that are on one side of the harbour. There was tons of bats in one of them and big cathedral like ceilings with stalactites. The cave went deep with tunnels that led to other rooms. Then we decided to go to the long dock 5 miles away in a old fishing village called Cherokee. Ariel got on my handle bars and we managed to bike 5 miles to the town down the dirt road. A very sleepy town welcomed us, nothing was open at all. We asked a old man were the long dock was? He told us to go up the road and turn left. When we made that left the dock came into view. Its a beautiful site and I have no idea why. Its just a long dock, but the tranquillity in the surroundings of the dock amazed me. We walked down the 200 year old 770 ft dock passing over conch in a foot of water below us. We chilled there for a while and then started biking back until a man named Douglas saw us on the road and ask us if we need a ride. He was a cool guy that ran a lobster boat for a living and it turned out I knew his son Kyle up in marsh harbour. Ariel and I hung out and dove the next couple days in little harbour then headed up to marsh harbour to pick up my parents from the airport and head to hope town. They rented a house in hope town and we took them to firefly then we sailed to great guana to go to nippers and eat lunch. Then I took them out diving for a bit and ariel and I got some counch. They had such a good time and couldn't understand there was this nice of a place so close to florida. They left on a Monday morning and we headed to marsh harbour to anchor up alamar in front of my friends dock and head back to the states to help out with tyler and kayne's pirate camp. Me and ariel took a bunch of ferries to fort lauderdale and headed to Tampa.

The pirate camp was great we took all the ambutie kids out sailing in clearwater beach. We had water gun fights between the hobycats and sponsored bbq waiting at the sailing club everyday. It was a amazing site seeing these kids so happy not worrying about there appearances or there difficulties. They all jumped off the boats in the inter coastal and tried to swim down other boats. It was a great afternoon. We had a big pirate party at a fancy restaurant’s outside terrace and all the kids had a lot of fun dancing around. Even the adults had a good time getting down to the music. Some guy at the bar at the end of the night that we were talking to even flipped the whole party's bill for the charity he wanted to remain anonymous. After pirate camp we stopped in brooksville to chill with ariels mom on her farm. Then headed to ocala to visit her dad. We then went up to jacksonville to visit my brother Chris and my friends. We partied a whole lot and drove back down to miami with a hang over. I worked for a week in miami trimming trees and painting a house then I bought a 25 horse Johnson for smoovie and headed back out that weekend by myself. Tyler and Kayne had the opportunity to be flown out to the U.K. to chill with woody work and backpack europe. So they took off till Christmas. So Ariel made plans to come back out a few weeks later and sail with me down to exuma were I would leave alamar on anchor and we would head back to the states for my parents Christmas eve party. My brother Michael and my cousins husband sixto came out the weekend after I got back . I took them to guana for nippers on halloween. We had a good time and dove in the morning before heading to little harbour to make the opening of petes pub. My batteries finally took a crap on me in guana and we couldn't start the motor. We sailed the entire way down despite having no wind and passing storms. It was a long day but we made it. Once in little harbour we went up to petes pub had lunch and me and micheal went out diving as sixto relaxed at the bar. He had enough with the boat. They left Monday morning and I decided to chill there till ariel came the following week and get to know the locals and see what I could get into. I ended up building a tong and groove roof in exchange for some bad ass 6volt batteries. I built it with the local carpenters they use mitchell and angus. They're cheroke boys hunting and fishing runs through there viens. They eat everything on the island. Make bonefish meatloaf, chub sauce,grilled pigeon, turtle steaks and even eat parrot fish. They are partners in spear fishing and crawfishing for petes pub and building all the new buildings that go up. They also smoke more weed then I have ever seen anybody smoke. There is always a blunt in angus's mouth and Mitchel is always telling some crazy ass story. We hit it off and for the next week we built the roof went out diving and killed over a 100 pounds of fish and hooked 40 lbs of lobster tail from there traps. I also dove the deepest I ever dove with them off crossing rocks. I dove 60 feet and speared a hogfish. They really wanted to take me to go get a turtle from back in the creek. The bahamas put a ban on killing turtles a few years ago but since then the population has come back in the millions. The local counchy joes still get them occasionally they probably feel its there right. They say its delicious but I think I'm going to pass.

On thursday Nov. 14^th ariel came into marsh harbour. Me and Angus went and picked her up. Ariel and I have been fixing up alamar getting her and smoovie ready for the passage to Eluthra. I just got the new batteries in and figured out I have a bad alternator to. We had dinner a few times up at the bar and went out diving in the bite. We spent the night on lynard key and flipped smoovie over to bottom paint her. Today we headed to hopetown because a friend of mine there has a spare 100 amp alternator he's willing to sell me. Once I get that installed we are headed to eluthra to see spanish wells and the pink sand beaches then onto exuma! I am so blessed to be were I'm at today I don't have much but I have all I need. I've been thinking a lot recently and my heart has made me change course instead of sailing to dominican republic to peurto rico then onto the lee ward islands. Im going to change course, first to cuba then to jamaica then west to mexico and south to the panama canal. The pacific is calling my name with its beautiful surf and exotic culture. I love the bahamas and the carribiean but I think by heading west I am really go to be living the life I want to live. Discovering new things, learning a new language, seeing ancient pyramids and cenotes, and imersing my self in the yucatan and south american cultures. I am also dreaming a lot latley about the farm I want to start and figure sooner is better! So until next time peace my friends!

The Start of a Whole New Blog and Whole New Life!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been thinking about this blog and im done with writing a itinerary of what I'm doing! First there is to much to talk about cuz everyday is something new and exciting. So now I'm starting a new blog on my experiences and how these are changing my life!!! Yesturday I spent two hours on a compressor at 60 feet under the surface of this amazing reef so vibrant with life. Even though i was taking fishes lives as i went along I could feel the interconnectedness of it all and how lucky I am to be were I am. I felt as if one with the ocean and this amazing planet and just as vulnerable as the fish I was killing because any second a tiger shark could come and end mine! But as I swam along by myself I wasn't worried about it just content in the moment, not worried about the future or the past just now! That Now feeling is how me and tyler have been living the past month. We came into grand bahama fort repairs with the intent to leave in 3 days. Now we've been here for a month and a half and im so content! I love living my life just as the sails of Alamar take her along! I can see that every person we meet we have this "Now" effect on there life! People that I look up to here that have done so much more then us are telling us "thank you" for helping them get out of there slum and get back in the water or watever it is that brought them contentment in the past! I feel like we are going to keep having this effect on people even though were just a couple of bums on  a old boat sailing the carribiean. One thing we do have right is the will to follow our hearts to the true meaning! Before I was in search of what it was to live and try to find a life worth living. But Now i realize its what I'm living! The freeness, the love of life, and the amazing  people as we keep walking through it! I only recently realized this to the fullest. Me and Tyler just turned down a oppurtunity to get a 105 ft schooner that would have possible made us millions and make our travels way more luxurious but we realized trhat if we took that oppurtunity this life would change and possibly be destroyed because of the evils that come with money and having a itinerary!
Right Now we are living the dream to the absolute fullest. there is nothing better then living in simplicity, cleaning the fish we shot as the sun goes down in the carribiean breeze drinking a few beers and shareing stories with these old timers here that have lived this way all they're lives! I'm about embracing it Now and the people we EAT and Drink with as we go along. That is whats important in my life Now, the small things! I'm making a promise to myself right now as I write this to never complicate just simplify, that is the key to Now!! For Now that is all I know I'll update this when I figure out more!! So much love for all who read this and those who don't! My heart goes out to all of you! Get Out of the Rat Race and the Mental Slavery and Be FREE and LOVE!!!

Bimini and beyond!

Its been a while since my last post. But finally We are in the Bahamas. We had a long lay over in Mimai as we got alamar ready for the voyage. When we sailed into Miami we said hi to my parents and headed south to islandmorada for memorial day! My brother Chris and Michael met us down there. It was a awsome party on the sandbar. We sailed back to mimai a couple days later and docked Alamar in south miami. My dad built me a amazing teek box to hide my propane, a winerack, and a nice table for my cockpit. I helped him install it a few days later. I also designed and built my bimini top for the cockpit with tyler. Alamar also got some cushons for the cockpit installed and a new gps. It took about 5 weeks to get her ready to go! My parents also threw a birthday/ going away party for me. Ariel came ot visit me for a weekend and a bunch of my friends and family came! It was a great party were I got to see a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a while. Finally the day arived to leave with a good weather window to cross the gulfstream to bimini where we were supposed to meet up with our buddy woody from the U.K. We tossed the lines said my goodbyes to my folks and took off out of the channel. When we got to the last channel marker I herd a grinding sound
coming from down below. When I went to go check I soon realized it was coming from my transmission so we towed Alamar back in. The transmission needed to be rebuilt and I sure didn't have the money to throw at that so I was left with one option, rebuild it myself! So I took the transmission apart real carefully and ordered some new parts. While we waited for the parts tyler me and kayne headed to jackonville beach for july forth. We partied for the weekend with our friends and headed back. When we returned I managed to fix it for a quarter of the price. It was a amazing feeling when she cranked back up a week later and ran strong. Because of the delay our buddy woody flew to miami insted of nassau. So we stocked the boat up again. A hour before leaving my little brother Michael decided to come with us for a week and take a ferry back! So the five of us set off from biscayne bay one afternoon after smoking a cigar and drininking some champayne with my parents. We said our goodbyes again and crossed our fingers as we passed the final channel marker. The weather was not to good on the sail to bimini and we had a very strong head wind. It took about 15 hours to get there. Alot went threw my mind on that voyage as the lights of the United States faded into the horizon. It was sad and exciting at the same time. As much as I'm going to miss all my friends and family, I know I have so much before me to grasp and learn and that excites me. So many people to meet and help influence my growth. This is the only answer for me. I can't make a life in the U.S. I have such a pull to the wild and untamed side of the world. Even though I don't know what this will bring, I know this is the start to something great!
About 10 hours in we hooked up with a 30 pound dolphin and had him in the pan in 10 minutes. Some of the best mahi mahi I've ever had. When we woke in Bimini we were greeted by a pod of small dolphins in absolutely crystal clear water. We all instantly jumped in the water. One of the dolphins came right next to us in the water and just stopped a few feet in front of Tyler Me and Kayne. I tried to reach out and touch her and she backed up and did this little dance for us then took off! It was amazing! Then we hauled anchor and went into Bimini harbor. We docked at the Big Game Marina and cleared customs. Then headed north to a secluded amazing beach were we snorkeled around and chilled out in paradise. Later that night we went out in the village to a amazing bar called Island house were we could smoke joints out back and hang with the locals. We met some awesome people there and had a great time. The next day this old Bahamian man showed us how to clean conch and make conch fritters. While he cleaned it he took out a long clear tube out of the couch and said "try is Mannn, makes mann real strong". So i took it without question. They started laughing because I soon found out it was a sperm vein on the counch.  After we went diving right off the beach in 30 ft of water and got two lobster and three counch. We cooked them up and enjoyed a great dinner from the sea. After dinner we went to the bars were we met steve and trissy. After we told them what we caught that day, and they started dieing laughing saying that's all you got!!! So we told them to guide us to some spots the next day. That night I had the craziest shot ever given to me - Salt, Tobasco sauce, and Jose quervo. Instant fire out of your mouth like nothing you've ever seen. I also met a Rastafarian Freediver named Robert that gave me some awsome pointers on diving deep.
The next day we took steve and trissy out. They guided the boat to a 200 ft tanker that hit a reef and went down. It was completely covered in brightly colored reef fish of all different species! We were all blown away. In twenty minutes we collected 60 counch. They were every were. Snorkeled with a nurse shark and winded up climbing the tanker 30 feet above the water and jumping off! We spent the afternoon cleaning counch and catching snapper with the scraps. Later that night we went out to the Square Grouper in South Bimini and caught a nice buzz singing with everyone kareoke. We made friends with some guys that came over on a 60 ft power cat. We played wasted poker on there boat till the sunrise laughing and drinking some nice tequila. They're captain challenged Woody in a arm wrestling match. Woody beat him resulting in the drunk boastful captain challenging woody to slap hands. We all sat there playing poker watching these guys there hands apart for two hours battling to see who was more man.
At sunrise we decided to leave to Freeport becuase of the nice weather. It took us about twelve hours to sail to freeport. Were we winded up sailing into the wrong port. We spent the night next to some giant tankers and prayed we were out of the way. The next morning we scaled a quarry wall to the street were we caught a small van bus into town. We winded up in port lucia were we ate lunch and caught up on some internet. We caught a van bus back to the boat were we had to make a pit stop because the van had a leaky tire. You know your on island time when the bus driver pulls over to get a tired changed at a store with everyone on board for 30 min! When we got to Alamar we pulled anchor and said goodbye to Michael. We dropped him off at the fairy so he could get a ride back to Miami. We then sailed to west end were we realized that the 25 horse on smoovie had broke down. My ignition coils blew. So we decided to stay in west end for a few days and try and fix it. We met some awesome people there. The first night we met Dave and Kathy who owned a giant 70 ft trawler that gave us a lot of tips and destinations to see. They even invited us for dinner. There nephew Justin was with them that we made friends with. We spent all night telling jokes and stories with Dave and Justin. The next day we rode beach cruisers into town were we ate breakfast in some lady's kitchen named Charolette that ran a togo restaurant out of her house. We chilled out the rest of the day and went out at night to a awesome festival in the village were the Bahamians were celebrating there independence. We danced in the streets marching along with them playing drums and horns.  It was so much fun. We hitch hiked back were we ran into a group of four cougars that just spent the week diving all over the Abacos by themselves. I gave them mad respect for doing what most women wouldn't do. They were so funny. We also met Gary while we were hanging out there. He loved our story and wanted to help us out. He gave us this awesome chart of the Bahamas and a expensive fishing rig for deep dropping grouper. He also gave us some great herb witch we really appreciated. He was a amazing person just riding the karma flow! This morning we decided to hed to port lucia so I could get the parts much easier before we go out to the desolate Abaco islands. We said goodbye to Dave, Justin, and Kathy and set out east. Right now I'm writing this watching Kayne dose off at the helm in the calm seas. Its pretty relaxing right now I have to say! Who knows whats in store next. Right now I'm adapting to a whole new life stlye that I've never lived before! This life commands me to get in shape and completely live off the sea like so many others I'm meeting. Its beautiful to me living how man is supposed to live, self sufficient, self relieant, and training there body to take them further. Were in unspoiled and uncharted land for the most part now. Only wisdom to gain from here on!

p.s. while I ended writing this, woody just hooked up with a 32 inch lane snapper! peace i got to go clean her up for dinner!





Much love, Miss you all
Brian

 - first fish of the trip!

 

This is the snapper woody caught while writing this blog!!!

En route to Miami

      It's Thursday May 16^th and I am 80 miles south of Jacksonville Beach. I haven’t written lately because my computer broke on the way down from Charleston, Sc. I had such a blast in Jax! Alamar sailed beautifully down the coast to Jax just in time for blues fest. That sunday we came in town were we where greeted by so many happy people stumbling the streets of Jax beach. I met up with Star and Shayanne at bluewater and danced all night to Corbitt Brothers. That next week I took all of my friends out sailing all over Jax Beach several times. Kayne left to visit his family for a couple weeks and tyler stayed on. Chris Jones caught the first fish to come aboard. It was a door mat size flounder caught were we were moored at. We took a group of people to Huguenot island a couple times and climbed the dunes. We jumped and swung off the mast. One day, fourteen of us cruised down to st. Augustine for reggae sunday and partied and danced in the rain! We all went to a night club later on my dingy but when we came back it was gone! So I was forced to go for a very drunk swim at 3:00 am with a few cops and my friends cheering me on. I pulled the boat up and we all kind've got back on, Star fell in the water though and we had a little rescue mission on are hands. After I got her back on board the cops wished us farewell saying we could obviously take care of ourselves. My brother Chris and I also threw a amazing cinco de mayo party on the beach. We dug a 30 person couch in the sand and buried a keg. We partied like wild Mexicans!

One weekend we left Alamar moored out and went to a bon-voyage party in Brooksville, FL on Tylers mom Susie's farm. It was a amazing party with such good energy held in a barn overlooking the property. I met all of Tyler and Kayne's family and friends. They wished us good luck, gave us gifts, and there blessings! My family went as well and had a blast.

My Favorite day in Jax Beach was May 6^th when we through the renaming ceremony. I took some friends out sailing during the day to the beach then we docked at Nippers where about 40 of my friends came to take part! We toasted the ocean and a couple cheap cases of Champagne! It was amazing, half of us were war painted with mud for the event. I showered Alamar and everyone aboard with several bottles of Champagne! After we all went out to the bars and raged. In the morning Arial and I laughed so hard when we herd of Aj and Shayanne spending the night on some random yacht next to us in the marina.

The following weekend was absolutely insane, we went back to Susie's farm for the Biker Rodeo . Which is a all weekend Charity festival were about 4000 veteran bikers come to get nuts and party. It was one of the craziest things I have ever been to with motorcycle riding completions, wet t-shirt contest, topless dunk tanks, and tattoo competitions. We all had such a awesome time even though it wasn't really our seen!

Leaving Jax Beach was really hard! It was sad saying goodbye to all my friends and really knowing that we wern't going to see each other for a long time. Aj, Star, and Shayanne gave me this amazing photo album of the last month we all spent together and a years worth of sunscreen. Star Aj and Emily decided to sail with us to St. Augustine for one last time. So we spent yesterday in st. Augustine hanging out in the old town drinking at bars and strolling the streets. In the Afternoon we motored over to Vilano Beach and went swimming! Then we cooked dinner off the beach, smoked a few joints, drank some moonshine and talked all night! This morning I said my goodbyes to Emily and Star and we sailed South. Right now Im sailing threw Daytona on my way to Miami. We should be there monday. Were stopping to visit my buddy joe in stuart on the way down. Then I'm picking up my cousin Debra and Cixto in Ft. Lauderdale and they're sailing with us to Miami. Were I'll anchor her for a few days off Coconut Grove and then I'm headed the following weekend to Islandmorada to meet up my brother at Tiki Bar sand bar to party for Memorial day! Then I'm leaving for Bahamas on June 15^th if the weather permits.

Its amazing to finally be back at the adventure. Partying in Jax was a great time but I was almost feeling guilty for not sailing off sooner! I can feel my self growing and learning when I'm traveling. Im starting to become addicted to the feeling of not knowing what the next day will bring or whats around the next corner. When I first started that feeling was new to me and somewhat intimidating but now I just want more. The whole world is my home and I need to strive to be comfortable in every corner. The real situation is we are all Brothers and Sisters in this amazing world, I hope to meet all of my family by the end of my time here...

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                                                             Old Jin-Ju relics cast into the sea