<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
	<channel>
<title>Moana&#x27;s RSS Feed</title><link>http://moanaswake.com/index.html</link><description>Latest Episodes</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator></dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2002-2008&#x2c; Moana&#x27;s skipper</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-11-27T23:12:46+01:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
<admin:errorReportsTo rdf:resource="mailto:" /><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
<sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:58:05 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>L&#x27;Enfer Vert</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>French Guiana</category><dc:date>2008-09-20T09:14:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/0471406c207e7d32c1c52cb24a86851e-36.htm#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/0471406c207e7d32c1c52cb24a86851e-36.htm#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Il est grand temps de mettre le cap sur Trinidad & Tobago, apr&egrave;s ces quelques journ&eacute;es relaxantes dans les temp&eacute;ratures plus mod&eacute;r&eacute;es des Iles du Salut, qui r&eacute;concilient Heather un tout petit peu avec la Guyane - les d&eacute;licieux produits alimentaires fran&ccedil;ais y ont contribu&eacute; aussi, malgr&eacute; les prix, et malgr&eacute; qu'il faille consommer les croissants et petits pains aux chocolat dans la p&acirc;tisserie.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tchao Brasil &#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-09-09T16:01:04+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/f194d86f2566bbcfbc77d8c2cc38f81d-39.htm#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/f194d86f2566bbcfbc77d8c2cc38f81d-39.htm#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nous y restons 7 nuits &agrave; la marina et dans la rivi&egrave;re, (&agrave; &eacute;crire nos blogs et puis surtout) pour pr&eacute;parer le prochain grand saut: nous allons contourner le reste du Br&eacute;sil jusqu'&agrave; la Guyane (fran&ccedil;aise) d'une seule traite, soit un p&eacute;riple d'environs 2400 km. Avec les forts courants qui nous pousseront, il y a moyen de le faire en seulement huit jours, dans le meilleur des cas.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brazilian Africa</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-21T21:47:06+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3d94fa00170e59eebe0226686304d58a-35.htm#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3d94fa00170e59eebe0226686304d58a-35.htm#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[More specifically, while Heather sailed along the Brazilian coast on her night shift she saw the styrofoam bits delineating a seine net 8 m in front of the boat, illuminated only by Moana&rsquo;s navigation lights (which aren&rsquo;t spotlights like a car&rsquo;s headlights, but rather duller lights just to let other boats know our location.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>L&#x27;Afrique au Br&#xe9;sil</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-21T09:16:00-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/657ce6fa03d8661f7d75ba57bcda2125-34.htm#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/657ce6fa03d8661f7d75ba57bcda2125-34.htm#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[L&rsquo;apr&egrave;s-midi, au m&ecirc;me endroit, quand nous remontons une seconde fois, un petit mendiant est &laquo; l&rsquo;amigo &raquo; de Marc, et lui administre une s&eacute;rie de coups de poings dans le bras apr&egrave;s que ce dernier ne lui ait rien donn&eacute;, suivi aussit&ocirc;t des vendeurs de pacotilles qui nous ressautent dessus avec leur bracelet gratuit comme s&rsquo;ils nous voyaient pour la premi&egrave;re fois.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What is this vegetable?  And do I have to cook it?</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-10T12:56:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/be32ba8f80ca77dcac08562f46a6be3a-45.htm#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/be32ba8f80ca77dcac08562f46a6be3a-45.htm#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The town of Camam&uacute; is widely known for its Saturday market, and so we caught the 6am (and only) ferry from the estuary mouth to deep within the estuary to see it for ourselves.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fruits et l&#xe9;gumes</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-10T04:20:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/91d72935e2d9b8475e8fb2bc721a23cb-33.htm#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/91d72935e2d9b8475e8fb2bc721a23cb-33.htm#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nous d&eacute;cidons donc d'aller manger dans la petite gargote &agrave; terre, qui &agrave; de la langouste sur le menu, mais un peu trop ch&egrave;re (70 R$, soit 28 &euro; pour deux) compar&eacute; &agrave; ce que nous esp&eacute;rions.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Whales&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-04T21:44:12-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/5a92c2a54793123b39e2bd6c8d703e0d-28.htm#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/5a92c2a54793123b39e2bd6c8d703e0d-28.htm#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We read this in the city of Salvador's metropolitan gazette, where they also discussed methods of cooking these penguins (usually found floating in the water half-dead), but later mentioning that it's not at all safe to eat them due to parasites and it isn't legal to keep them as pets instead.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Les Baleines&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-08-04T12:35:59-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/20dd7a2eb30e7c229e464e166f7ff636-29.htm#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/20dd7a2eb30e7c229e464e166f7ff636-29.htm#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Plusieurs raies se sont laiss&eacute; photographier, mais pas les deux raies l&eacute;opard avec une envergure d'environs un m&egrave;tre et demi que nous avons vu un bref instant le long d'une falaise sous-marine, avant qu'elles ne plongent dans les ab&icirc;mes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brigitte Bardot</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-07-29T15:18:23-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/93551abd85ffacd6ee2d750540612aa4-32.htm#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/93551abd85ffacd6ee2d750540612aa4-32.htm#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mais puisque il les avait trouv&eacute; &agrave; Joao Pessoa, il bourre le bras de billes, le gigote jusqu'&agrave; ce qu'elles s'engagent et que le bras bouge rondement, puis d&eacute;verse le surplus de billes et ferme le tout gr&acirc;ce &agrave; la petite pi&egrave;ce en plastique de fortune que Jean avait fa&ccedil;onn&eacute;e.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Paris&#x2c; on avait pas pari&#xe9; dessus...</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Nowhere near the Moaner</category><dc:date>2008-07-14T21:54:23-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/56a5655f8be754fbcde96b7c5930e487-27.htm#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/56a5655f8be754fbcde96b7c5930e487-27.htm#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mais apr&egrave;s avoir d&eacute;barqu&eacute; du TGV et avoir constat&eacute; qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y a pas de consigne &agrave; bagages digne de ce nom &agrave; l&rsquo;a&eacute;roport Charles de Gaule, et puis apr&egrave;s avoir fait une demie heure de fille pour acheter le ticket m&eacute;tro, fait 40 minutes de trajet jusqu&rsquo;&agrave; la Gare du Nord et y avoir mis leurs lourds sacs dans la consigne, ils durent se rendre &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;vidence qu&rsquo;ils n&rsquo;auraient que trois heures et demie pour la visite int&eacute;grale de Paris.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cruising the islands of Baia da Ilha Grande</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-06-23T01:02:14+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/1f32430e2ddbf2cdedd4f18f7acbdfce-25.htm#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/1f32430e2ddbf2cdedd4f18f7acbdfce-25.htm#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From left to right: a floating restaurant, Elizabeth and Marc aboard Jelize&rsquo;s tender, and Moana (photo courtesy Jelize) The four of us spent the next few nights anchored in Lagoa Verde (Green Lake), a shallow snorkeling spot between the big island and Ilha Longa (Long Island).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Croisi&#xe8;re dans les &#xee;les de la Baia da Ilha Grande&#xa;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-06-23T00:25:42+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/74de8bd321cb18bb75b37fc820a516a8-26.htm#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/74de8bd321cb18bb75b37fc820a516a8-26.htm#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[La promenade est magnifique, mais en fin de piste il faut passer par des terrains priv&eacute;es dont les propri&eacute;taires veulent faire payer les touristes pour le passage, &agrave; l&rsquo;envers de l&rsquo;amabilit&eacute; et de la g&eacute;n&eacute;rosit&eacute; dont on s&rsquo;est habitu&eacute; de la population br&eacute;silienne.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Paraty and the Mainland</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-06-02T01:12:32+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/ce9f2cc50af9c8692b543a11bc6038e9-24.htm#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/ce9f2cc50af9c8692b543a11bc6038e9-24.htm#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Next, Heather tackled a long and arduous trail leading from the small town of Paraty Mirim over a hill, along the lagoon Saco de Mamangu&aacute;, and back over a higher hill to the main road to pick up a bus.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neil&#x2c; Neil&#x2c; Neil of the Jungle</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-05-06T23:44:26+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2550f690b416eeba0b66883e668e3a09-23.htm#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2550f690b416eeba0b66883e668e3a09-23.htm#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not sure what we&rsquo;re going to do if a couple comes out to visit us...)</td></tr></tbody></table> Heather picked up Neil from the Angra dos Reis bus station and helped haul the duffle of goodies he&rsquo;d brought for us to the boat--cans of pumpkin puree, Mom&rsquo;s boozy cranberry sauce, tea, Heather&rsquo;s favorite dark chocolate and even some Belgian Galler chocolate for Marc (Brazil neither produces nor imports very good chocolate and we were quite desperate for an infusion of quality cocoa).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neil&#x2c; l&#x27;intr&#xe9;pide navigateur-explorateur</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-05-06T18:15:40-03:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/6d548534706965e7d725ced2e07b3380-22.htm#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/6d548534706965e7d725ced2e07b3380-22.htm#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Heureusement, nous avions d&eacute;j&agrave; consomm&eacute; pas mal de provisions entre-temps, et le zodiac fut gonfl&eacute; et gard&eacute; &agrave; l&rsquo;ext&eacute;rieur pendant le s&eacute;jour de Neil, ce qui perm&icirc;t de lui faire une petite place dans une cabine o&ugrave; il partage&acirc;t sa couchette avec les outils.)</td></tr></tbody></table> En d&eacute;but d'apr&egrave;s-midi, le jour de son arriv&eacute;e, il d&eacute;couvrit le Moana &agrave; la marina Piratas de la ville d&rsquo;Angra Dos Reis, et nous y avons vite mang&eacute; de la pizza, avant d&rsquo;appareiller, cap sur le mouillage tr&egrave;s s&eacute;curis&eacute; de Saco de Ceu sur Ilha Grande - avec arriv&eacute;e de nuit, comme d&rsquo;hab.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Southbound to Rio</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T01:16:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/52dc8675bb1290eb16f7c47a873ececf-21.htm#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/52dc8675bb1290eb16f7c47a873ececf-21.htm#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Far from disappointing, pausing at anchorages gave us a taste of what we would be visiting on our way back up: the forest-lined estuaries of Camam&uacute;, the colorful city of Salvador, the gigantic Jes&uacute;s statue overlooking the city of R&iacute;o de Janeiro (mind you we spent our days there hiding inside the boat behind mosquito netting due to the current, and largest ever, dengue epidemic in the region), and more.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Caipirinhas and Carne do Sol</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-03-05T19:54:26+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d04ec0a56d2b3d51134ae20b23d1c826-19.htm#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d04ec0a56d2b3d51134ae20b23d1c826-19.htm#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fernando de Noronha was our first stop on Brazilian soil and therefore the location of many of our Brazilian firsts: our first Caipirinhas (crushed limes and cane sugar with Cacha&ccedil;a liquor), our first Brazilian steaks and carne do sol (sun-cured beef), our first self-service restaurant (a buffet where you pay per kilo and, unlike in Zurich, you don&rsquo;t pay for the weight of your ceramic plate), our first farinha (cooked manioc flour), and our first good mangos in a long time.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Caipirinhas et carne do sol</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Brazil</category><dc:date>2008-03-05T17:18:16+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/ba2dbf757adddb8f681b88befa083867-20.htm#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/ba2dbf757adddb8f681b88befa083867-20.htm#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fernando de Noronha f&ucirc;t notre premier arr&ecirc;t en territoire br&eacute;silien et donc notre introduction &agrave; plusieurs sp&eacute;cialit&eacute;s comme nos premi&egrave;res caipirinhas (citron vert et sucre pil&eacute;s avec de la cacha&ccedil;a), nos premiers steaks br&eacute;siliens et la carne do sol (boeuf s&eacute;ch&eacute; au soleil pendant deux jours avant la cuisson), notre premier self-service, o&ugrave; on mange au poids (sans peser l'assiette m&ecirc;me, contrairement &agrave; Zurich), notre premi&egrave;re farinha (farine de manioc cuite) et nos premi&egrave;res bonnes mangues depuis longtemps.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Across the Atlantic on a String&#x2c; a Chain and a Lot of Imagination.</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Atlantic Ocean</category><dc:date>2008-03-03T10:53:42+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/c6d91722ce34429c10fe101341821d70-17.htm#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/c6d91722ce34429c10fe101341821d70-17.htm#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The type of boat in the story was completely different from a modern production yacht and the techniques mentioned wouldn't be applicable to Moana, but it got Marc to think about devising a system that would work for us. Before leaving Africa, Marc had already thought out such a system as a 'Plan B' and would now try it out.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>La travers&#xe9;e de l&#x2019;Atlantique&#x2c; sur un bout de ficelle et une cha&#xee;ne&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Atlantic Ocean</category><dc:date>2008-03-03T10:34:08+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/4663d49065242c8ca041eb0c9a3ee75f-16.htm#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/4663d49065242c8ca041eb0c9a3ee75f-16.htm#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Malgr&eacute; le fait que la connaissance de cet auto-pilotage devrait &ecirc;tre chose commune, elle n'est pas apprise dans les cours de voile et est bizarrement quasi inconnue dans le monde de la plaisance et de la grande croisi&egrave;re - m&ecirc;me d&eacute;j&agrave; pendant les ann&eacute;es 50, d&rsquo;apr&egrave;s l&rsquo;auteur de &ldquo;Kurun autour du monde&rdquo;, alors qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y avait pas encore de pilotes &eacute;lectriques en ce temps-l&agrave;.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bossman and Bosslady at the Hippo Stakeout</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Gambia</category><dc:date>2008-02-11T16:14:58+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d49245b123c5e87c7e8aebacea13e23c-14.htm#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d49245b123c5e87c7e8aebacea13e23c-14.htm#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We anchored in the middle of the wide creek at Denton Bridge and a man quickly rowed out to meet us. He introduced himself as Ken, told us not to anchor in the middle of the creek because fishing boats speed through in the middle of the channel during the night, and recommended that we take a buoy on the edge.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bossman et Bosslady: Op&#xe9;ration Hippo&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Gambia</category><dc:date>2008-02-11T15:36:39+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/33e8724bb6e8054ce6f57f94f9c46659-15.htm#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/33e8724bb6e8054ce6f57f94f9c46659-15.htm#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Par exemple, les locaux ha&iuml;ssent les Libanais qui poss&egrave;dent tous les commerces et entreprises d'envergure, et qui ont tr&egrave;s mauvaise r&eacute;putation en ce qui concerne le traitement de leurs employ&eacute;s, oubliant de les payer &agrave; la fin du mois, etc. Les employ&eacute;s de leur c&ocirc;t&eacute;, ont donc peu de scrupule &agrave; chiper de leur patron ou d&rsquo;utiliser leurs ateliers pour se faire de l&rsquo;argent de poche &agrave; leur propre compte, ne fusse que pour emm...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Toubabs in the Mangroves</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Senegal</category><dc:date>2008-01-16T21:14:52+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/99d4dc2205851b7ad4d266a5a375cb4a-11.htm#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/99d4dc2205851b7ad4d266a5a375cb4a-11.htm#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Le Perroquet Ziguinchor&rsquo;s sole redemption was its restaurant Le Perroquet, where we enjoyed sitting by the river shore for hours (which is thankful considering that the kitchen requires hours to prepare the meal), relaxing in the shade after walking around the town during our fruitless searches for cooking gas or immigration officers, etc. Heather twice ordered the wonderful barracuda au four, a slice of firm but moist barracuda topped with melted onions and tomatoes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Toubabs dans la mangrove</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Senegal</category><dc:date>2008-01-16T21:06:25+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/afb13f949a2e5a3f1f05f435edaeacb3-13.htm#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/afb13f949a2e5a3f1f05f435edaeacb3-13.htm#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Le seul endroit agr&eacute;able que nous ayons d&eacute;couvert &agrave; Ziguinchor est l&rsquo;h&ocirc;tel-restaurant Le Perroquet, o&ugrave; nous d&eacute;cid&acirc;mes de passer quelques heures assis le long de la rivi&egrave;re - ce qui s&rsquo;av&eacute;ra &ecirc;tre de bonne inspiration puisqu&rsquo;il faut quelques heures avant d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre servi - afin de nous remettre de nos qu&ecirc;tes infructueuses pour trouver du gaz ou les fonctionnaires de l&rsquo;immigration.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Crossing to Dakar&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Senegal</category><dc:date>2007-12-24T20:48:34+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3a56f82da81b603930d84eedcabad9b3-10.htm#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3a56f82da81b603930d84eedcabad9b3-10.htm#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the end, he ordered another salesman to bag the dress (a tactic used several times during our stay to make us feel like we&rsquo;d already sealed a deal and bought the item) and we walked out the door with the dress in a plastic bag for only 23&euro;, less than &frac14; of their original asking price.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#xa1;Hasta la vista&#x2c; Europa&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Senegal</category><dc:date>2007-12-15T20:20:08+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/435926352df97e413350fdc1dc6beabc-9.htm#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/435926352df97e413350fdc1dc6beabc-9.htm#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Quand je descends me coucher vers une heure du matin, j&rsquo;ai l&rsquo;impression d'&ecirc;tre dans un bateau moteur tellement que la coque r&eacute;sonne &agrave; chaque choque avec les vagues.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>La Gomera again&#x2c; and then on to El Hierro</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-12-09T16:59:47+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2befc3ca6373db7a14dd6754b76a36c6-8.htm#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2befc3ca6373db7a14dd6754b76a36c6-8.htm#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We came into the port at La Restinga to inquire about the legality of us using Stephane's tender to dive in the island's marine reserve (since the sites are conveniently marked with buoys), and were treated to the laxness of life in the Canary Islands&rsquo; smallest member; the visitor's center was closed (in complete disregard of their opening hours), the port captain still hadn't shown up to his post around noon (perhaps he'd swing by briefly before the siesta began at 1pm), and no one was at the building that manages the marine reserve.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>La Palma&#x2c; la plus belle des &#xee;les Canaries&#x21;</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-11-16T21:24:31+00:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/7d7d420b0fe5c9a8a4abf669c692589e-12.htm#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/7d7d420b0fe5c9a8a4abf669c692589e-12.htm#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Pour ceux qui auraient vu Mad&egrave;re, il n&rsquo;y pas de quoi &ecirc;tre impressionn&eacute;, mais pour les Canaries, c&rsquo;est vraiment exceptionnel: aux environs de l&rsquo;ann&eacute;e 1900, des canalisations d&rsquo;irrigation ont &eacute;t&eacute; creus&eacute;s &agrave; flanc de roche et m&ecirc;me en la per&ccedil;ant par une bonne douzaine de tunnels.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>La Gomera</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-10-27T13:58:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d226801f3b18c09daa939e91f2f9eeb1-7.htm#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/d226801f3b18c09daa939e91f2f9eeb1-7.htm#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The main meal of the day is at lunchtime in the Canaries, and so the meal was finished with a small dessert of fried dough with whole anise seeds in a light caramel sauce&mdash;twice as nice for Heather since Marc can&rsquo;t stand anise.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gran Canaria</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-10-17T20:31:47+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/040e1af219e2984d34477953eb5904db-6.htm#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/040e1af219e2984d34477953eb5904db-6.htm#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A redhead got in his way, though, and his stay turned into a year as he first waited five months before she arrived in Gran Canaria, then five more as she finished up her degree at the local university, and then a few more as they visited family in mainland Europe and prepared the boat for the journey ahead.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brittany&#x2c; France</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Nowhere near the Moaner</category><dc:date>2007-08-23T00:43:21+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2b46230c01940c3e95c8d6b2b0a0f02e-5.htm#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/2b46230c01940c3e95c8d6b2b0a0f02e-5.htm#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Day 5: Huelgoat to Brest Trying the local cuisine is about 30% of traveling to me (okay, maybe 40%) and so I continued sampling at the grocery store the next day as I packed my lunch: a wonderful tuna salad made with cr&egrave;me fra&icirc;che (I&rsquo;ll be keeping that trick in my repertoire), locally produced yogurt and wonderfully smooth Breton caramels made with sea-salted butter.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sprechen Sie Deutsch?</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Nowhere near the Moaner</category><dc:date>2007-08-01T22:28:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3591bff30f79a8d910331401d0e0b9b4-4.htm#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/3591bff30f79a8d910331401d0e0b9b4-4.htm#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Probably Heather&rsquo;s fondest memory of the trip was spent with her family at the Bi&egrave;re Academi&eacute; there, a cellar of a building boasting large wooden beams and blasting the kind of music from the early 90s expressly written for young men drinking themselves into a stupor over breaking up with their girlfriend.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tenerife </title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-07-06T20:52:16+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/0e52d53b56b499c0055800bfbda7c49c-0.htm#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/0e52d53b56b499c0055800bfbda7c49c-0.htm#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And of course, we made a trip to the Museo del Vino so that we could learn of the wine production methods employed in Tenerife, sample some local whites and reds, and wonder why their richer soils didn&rsquo;t produce wine any better than the vines peeking out of volcanic rock on Lanzarote island.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fuerteventura&#x2c; Isla de Lobos&#x2c; Lanzarote&#x2c; and La Graciosa</title><dc:creator></dc:creator><category>Canary Islands</category><dc:date>2007-04-14T21:02:20+01:00</dc:date><link>http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/5d02dd2f24fb91da09959d08ec0f5345-1.htm#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://moanaswake.com/Explorations/files/5d02dd2f24fb91da09959d08ec0f5345-1.htm#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Although the original one-week plan wouldn&rsquo;t have allowed us to explore Lanzarote or laze around on La Graciosa, the winds diminished and changed direction; Heather was forced to choose between returning into the wind to not miss classes at the University, or waiting for the winds to return to their original direction and send them home one week later.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
</rss>