Total miles travelled from Santos: 4648 nautical milesWe docked in Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote at 10am, not a cloud in the sky, fluffy or otherwise. Up in the buffet some people seemed to be wearing sweaters, jackets, and even coats as they all descended like piranhas mopping up what the locusts had left behind on the breakfast buffet before venturing out on either an organised tour, taking the shuttle the 4 miles in to Arrecife town or to negotiate a pric...

Total distance travelled since Santos: 4345 nautical milesThis is our 3rd time to Madeira. On our first visit we rode down the hillside in a wicker sled. Last time was the incident with my ankle so other than hobble around the prom, bought a bottle of wine and had a cup of coffee, we did nothing that exciting. This our 3rd time, we had planned to visit Europe's highest vertical cliff – Cabo Girão. The number 154 bus drops you directly outside the entra...

Distance travellled since Santos 4160 nautical miles As mentioned in the previous entry we lost all TV and internet reception during our Atlantic crossing. As we enter the waters around the Canary Islands we have just received a s*** load of new TV channels to the delight of most of the men on board but much to the disgust of the women!!The last time we were in Tenerife I was hobbling on one foot and we arrived shortly before a tropical storm hit. We have alrea...

So for the last 4 days we have seen nothing but sea. We've actually been at sea for 5 days as we left Fortaleza in the afternoon and arrived in Santa Cruz de Tenerife at 1pm with 4 full sea days in between. One of the issues whilst we have been 'all at sea’ is reception. Due to the lack of signal crossing the Atlantic, TV and Wi-Fi has been disrupted hence the respite in me posting and you receiving regular updates.The TV (unlike the comfort of my o...

Total distance from Santos: 1751 nautical miles.Between Salvador and our final Brazilian port of call, Fortaleza, we had another full day at sea. We managed to win both quizzes (morning and afternoon) As a member of the winning team has to walk to the front of the lounge to collect ones prize, we have agreed that a different team member collects our 'booty' each time. Hopefully, by the time the others realise it is the same team winning all the time, we w...