Today I managed to plug the Acer netbook to wall power. The 3-prong Brazilian plug that I had recently purchased in Angra would not fit and the wall socket appeared to be a standard USA 2-blade 110V. I went back to the boat and found the 3-prong USA plug, fitted an adapter to make it a 2-blade connection, and that worked fine. Now I don't have to work in the office using the slow "point and click" screen keyboard of the Toshiba because its keyboard is faulty. ... And it means that this marina is using 220V on the jetties and 110V in the office.
The charge for the American Airlines round trip ticket to the USA showed up in my Visa account, the final confirmation to me that all now OK with that. Today I had the office staff print out my E-ticket. They also printed for themselves a short document translated into Portuguese in which I stated my departure and return dates as well as contact information while I am in the U.S.A.
I spent hours preparing a DVD covering my passage to the Horn and stay in Argentina and reviewing the videos and photographs that I took revived a lot of memories of the Horn adventure. To be honest, I can hardly believe that I did it.
I cannot resist presenting two hitherto unpublished photographs that could be seen as book ends to the Horn adventure.
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| Rick and Bob |
The first bookend is of the last thing that I saw at Marina de La Paz when I set off for the Horn. To the left is Rick and at the right is Bob Carroll being helpful as ever, pointing me in the direction of the Horn.
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| Survivor |
The second bookend is of me at the end of the journey.
1 comment:
Glad you are a Survivor and all tickets are now organized.
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