Whilst Mina2 sits high and dry out of the water in Grenada, and I re-adapt to life onshore in London for the time-being, I’m told that some of the more dedicated Mina2 blogfans are suffering from withdrawal symptoms. One said…

Date: 12 April 2013 – For Immediate Release Pet Officer Snoopy appointed as Media Coordination Officer for Mina2 Expeditions Inc. Pet Officer Snoopy has been appointed Media Coordination Officer for Mina2 Expeditions Inc. His first role is in reconstructing the…

One  thing that had struck us was that most of the people in Guyana outside of the  towns were Amerindians, the original indigenous population of all the Guyanas.  In French Guiana and Suriname most of the population seemed to be…

Our  first destination was a 40 minute flight to the Kaieteur Falls. 95% of Guyana is  impenetrable rainforest and looking down from 5000 feet as we flew over endless  tree tops it looked for all the world like we were…

I’ve now found time to write about our wonderful trip to  Guyana which I am posting in several digestible parts. This is Part  1:     When  Linda was 19 she spent nine months in Guyana on her gap year.…

Position:  12:00.039N 061:45.627W Prickly Bay, Grenada Mr Cato came up trumps. On the day he had said he would,  he turned up with the repaired fuel injection pump for the main engine. The fact  that the engineering company in Trinidad…

I have desperately been trying to find the time to send a blog to continue  bringing you up to date with our Amazonian cruise. But life has been such a  hectic whirl of night passages and exploring the fascinating and…