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Season 3 begins

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Finally  …..  It was sad leaving Luperon after 7 months and we went out with a bang !!!  The day before our departure we, along with our Danish friends, went to Customs and Immigration to pay our fees  and get our despatcho which is basically an exit paper. We were then told that the Armada (Navy) would come to our boat for a last check. The official wouldn’t come that afternoon for whatever reason and didn’t want to come before daylight the next day. We told that we would be leaving at first light and needed to be at our boats by 6:00. Richard, our Navy guy, then asked who would come to pick him up at the dock in the morning.  The Navy has no boat in Luperon and when it does, it usually have no gas in the motor…. go figure.🤔 Apparently they like to spend the allotted fuel money on other things lol So, “no Richard, we can’t pick you up”. The dinghy motor is off and the dinghy itself is up and strapped in. Our friends have a kayak which is deflated and on deck. ...