Jamaica Update
An update from Steph who has arrived in Jamaica:
We went down to the marina yesterday - what a beautiful setting! It's very small but has it's own beach, pool and cocktail bar which is already being colonised by Clipper crew, friends and family. More crew are arriving all the time. The Durban Supporters Group (Port Antonio branch) will be getting together tonight to celebrate Charlie's birthday.
The latest news on the boats is that they will arrive here on Thursday. This means the stopover will be shorter than planned and will be a hectic two days, especially as there are lots of parties to fit in! Fortunately, all the victualling for the races up to Halifax has been done in Panama so we'll just be taking some fruit and a few other fresh things on board. The official Jamaica Tourist Board party is Thursday evening and then on Friday we're all taking part in a TV show called the Pressure Cooker where an amateur chef has to cook for us and try to earn his/her ticket home. If they don't succeed they have to do a forfeit. In our programme it will be to drink a bowl of goat's head soup. I don't think this is a recipe that we'll be adding to the Dine with Durban cookbook!
The boats will leave, as planned, on 24 May but in the meantime, there's plenty of time for going to the beach, rafting on the Rio Grande and trips to Reich Falls to stand under the waterfall and swim in the pools below.
I'm sure this is all character building for the epic trip ahead ;-)
Steph
