Farewell Galapagos - Sunday June 19

Ian and I are setting sail on Faraway tomorrow for our longest journey so far across the South Pacific from the Galapagos Islands to the Marquesas. A voyage of approximately 3000 nautical miles (depending on the winds) across the South Pacific. We have mixed feelings about the trip but have spent a lot of time preparing for this adventure. This morning we visited the big local market in Santa Cruz and brought as much fresh fruit and vegetables as we could carry. We selected hands of green bananas, watermelons, oranges, pears, apples, potatoes, onions, broccoli, lettuce and loads of delicious avocados. In the morning we will secure our dinghy, hire a local guy with a 75 horse power engine to help bring up our stern anchor from the sand and mud, bring up our bow anchor and leave the Galapagos Islands which have enchanted us for nearly 2 weeks. Tonight we will visit one of the local restaurants for our last meal on shore and a few pre-journey drinks. Our 'Spot' may not work in the South Pacific but please keep checking just in case. I will add a few posts to the blog via our satellite phone but no major updates are expected for at least a month now when we arrive in the Marquesas. We have both really enjoyed the Galapagos and have met up again with a lot of the cruisers we became friendly with in Panama. Hopefully we will meet some of them again in French Polynesia. We are slowly but surely inching our way closer to Australia.