Over 80 hours of flights, five airplanes and many hours without sleep was the price to pay to see our sailboat before completing the transaction. After all contacts, the inspection and first deposit, it was time to book a ticket. Since the rest of the family could not go, just me (João) went to the […]

Despite the celebrations had started in 2000 in Portugal, only now Asian countries began, gradually, celebrating this historical feat, each year in which country when officially the Portuguese sailors reached their shores. The sixteenth century sailing adventures of the Portuguese were a constant presence in all the conversations that we were having, reason why, reinforced […]

When we started with the idea of this trip we didn’t know very well what to expect in terms of preparation. We knew we had to have a boat, so that was the priority. We had a sailboat in Macau but its size was not enough for this trip. Elissa our 25” in Macau So […]