S/V Aphrodite

It seems like ages since my last journal entry.  That is because we have been in Tunisia since Nov. 2007 and haven’t had much to report.  But, since we are preparing to disembark and get “on the road again”, that is all going to change.
We have had some wonderful times in Tunisia, mostly because of [...]

Brisa is the newest crew member of Aphrodite. She is a Portugese Water Dog (Cão d’Água) from Lagos, Portugal. We met her mother, Buba, when we were in Lagos and bought one of her puppies from our friend Rodrigo. She was born December 14th, 2007 and she arrived in Tunisia on Monday [...]

Our return flight from Istanbul was meet by our new friends Karen and Derek in a rental car.  We spent that afternoon visiting Dougga, a UNESCO World Herigtage site and besides El Jem, the best preserved Roman site in North Africa.  Originally a fortified Berber village (the name meant “pastures”), the Romans occupied the city [...]

We succeeded in converting a hearty, rugged, ‘of-the-earth’ desert trip into a cushy, comfortable, luxurious experience! 
The original plan was to rent a car, drive to Douz, ‘the gateway to the Sahara’, organize an overnight camel expedition into the desert, sleep in Nomad tents, eat simple food cooked over an open fire and really experience [...]

My Tunisian hammam experience was similar to and yet completely different from my Moroccan experience.  If it weren’t for Angela’s desire to go I think I might have skipped it.  How glad I am that I did not.  The basic set-up is the same, with women and children splashing buckets of water on each other, [...]

Once again Aphrodite’s is singing with the flurry of activity.  John and Angela are with us now.  We met them in Sicily, the night before our ‘Big Blow’ experience.  They were the ones who came to our assistance after releasing our entangled anchor.  After they secured their boat they dug deep into their lazarette and [...]