Yesterday a lot of people went snorkelling and scuba diving. We seen lots of different marine life like turtles, stingrays, pufferfish, starfish and lots of different fish. We had our…
Today, many of the students participated in an exhilarating port program. After taking a ferry to the island of Santo Antão, we all piled into safari buses for a wonderful…
Today we headed to the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo where we learned about the exploration of the ocean in Cabo Verde and got a tour of their facility. Afterwards we…
Despite the name Cabo Verde, this place ain’t very green. However, the waters are very blue so who cares. We started the day by going off on shore leave. All…
A busy day on board the Alex II as we begin preparations for our final port before the Atlantic Crossing. The day started with a rather shambolic colours meeting, with…
Yesterday was marked by the tragic disappearance of Kraig, our resident elf. We had welcomed him onboard on the occasion of Saint Nicholas Day but, three days before the festivities,…
Today, Christmas is in full swing aboard the Alex-II! Floaties are doing everything they can to get into the Christmas spirit. The wrapping on advent calendars have been torn off,…
It’s December! Christmas time has finally descended upon us! It’s time to pull out the music, movies, elf on the shelf and everyone’s favorite game: Secret Santa! As you…
Although I (Naomi) spent the day on backshaft, the six watches were very busy! Watch 1 set the Oberbesan and Watch 3 inspected the rigging. We also set a new…
