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We had a leisurely start and left about 11 a.m. What wind there was was on the nose, so we motor-sailed. A sea breeze got going later in the afternoon and we sailed for the last couple of hours, arriving at Mazagon about 5 p.m. Pauline and Andy (Odile), were on the Welcome pontoon as we arrived.
Marina: 26.59 euros - 2 nights; Lovely Marina, free Internet in the café which does excellent breakfasts and Menu del Dias.
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2008
MAZAGON
Roger and I got a taxi to La Rabida, about 6 kilometres from Mazagon. La Rabida was where Christopher Columbus left on his voyages to the Caribbean, and there is a very interesting exhibition about the voyages and sailing in the 15th Century. There are also replicas of Christopher Columbus’s fleet, The Nina, The Pinta and The Santa Maria which you can board, and a replica of a 15th Century Spanish village. La Rabida is on marshland, which is also a nature reserve, and we heard hundreds of frogs singing.
In the evening, we had a drink with Pauline and Andy on their boat and went for an excellent meal in an Italian Restaurant in Mazagon.
WILDLIFE: Coots, frogs
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