This week on sailing Kawai, we make an early start in an effort to get to the Diros Caves. We manage to get there right on opening and find an easy place to ...

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last week on sale in Kauai we set sail

for the South Pole ponies where we hoped

for large open bays and crystal-clear

waters

we weren't disappointed we rounded the

first of three capes and with great

winds blew towards kalamata where we

would visit a marina for only the third

time in over a year

we try the famous kalamata olives before

again finding paradise our anchor this

week we continue our journey around the

Peloponnese stopping in at the

indescribable Duras caves the scenery

changes and we are met with rocky and

barren landscape and much larger boats

with no other sailboats in sight we

round both Cape Town Aran and Malaya's

where trace waves to the monks as we

round Malaya's we find some wind and set

sail for the Cyclades

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starting to get a little bit lighter now

about 5:00 a.m. we were up at 3:30 a.m.

this morning to get a nice early start

we need to get the caves this morning

which to that to commute on a miles away

at this time in the morning senses are a

bit more heightened that you feel really

alive and the stars seem brighter and

the lights shimmering on the shore is

quite amazing in this fire women in the

water but it's also a little bit

daunting so it's kind of two different

you're on the about 800 meters of water

and it's dark and you can't really see

all that well and then the Sun rises

we arrived at Duras caves right on

opening these are a must if you sell the

Peloponnese and a highlight of our trip

we dropped anchor in six meters of sand

before taking our tender to shore just

below the entrance is kawaii and there

you are

with our tickets yep we've been up to

the ticket office just up there and

little tender and it's right next to the

entrance to the cave so they go in every

25 minutes today that's pretty pretty

good actually we get one process we're

just waiting for our

yeah

Duras caves are like nothing we have

ever experienced before for starters it

is both eerie and magical as you descend

you feel a chill in the air it is silent

except for the gentle lapping of water

and our boat making its way through the

cave system is huge we got to see MEA

1.5 kilometers of the 15 kilometers

maybe more that is believed to exist add

to the unusual physical experience the

thoughts of what went on in here before

4th century BC where it is believed

people use the caves as a religious site

and storage area for food and other

goods findings have included evidence of

a hippopotamus from around 32,000 years

ago Panthers lions spotted hyenas

ferrets and seals nearby they've

recently found the remains of a couple

aged 5,800 years old locked in an

embrace the Leech have been part of an

advanced community and to have died in

an earthquake with 45 nautical miles

still to go we had to keep moving we had

caped a neuron drowned for making our

way to alpha Niecy

surrounded on a ship of fools same way

across the water set the pace

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well this is Laura's expecting from me

if southern companies owns expecting

rugged landscapes that are barren big

cargo ships and nobody else sailing

around

pretty much what we got I did extension

through India and seems to be bigger but

we haven't experienced that as yet yeah

I'm happy to report that's my

expectations have been met

I really enjoyed

it's a bit like just change like that

came out of come out ah and a creature

in we went to the zeroes caves and from

there on yeah what's no longer life

green and it wouldn't like this

you've taken the wheel yeah I'm just

coming around second southernmost point

of mainland Europe apparently don't know

what the number one is see that's Spain

or Gibraltar maybe someone

tell me

culotte ass

you lack the colors of it

cotton is

okay do it with sale set and another

incredible sunset over the water we made

our way to our encourage a telephone EC

where we would need to anchor in the

dark Jase adonys research and it seemed

like a good Anchorage with lots of sense

so we weren't too worried although they

can sometimes be unexpected obstacles

such as fishing nets boys or swimming

enclosures so it's always safer in the

daylight good well it's always

interesting to wake up and see where you

are and how good of a job you did in the

dark so it's pretty nice boy near us but

other than that beautiful sand

thoughts on your encouraged that you

chose that's pretty nice

it is always weird when you see it it's

in a book or online and then you get

here and yeah definitely I wish I could

have stayed a bit longer here but if we

don't leave today you know we gotta go

in 75 into strong Knollys in towards me

I'll say which won't be fun no so we

have to leave there's been a win today

hopefully towards the South from South

say maybe a little bit from the West so

we should get a little bit of wind

towards my loss that's the that's the

plan anyway

mmm it's better than and 25 on the nose

I got I've got to do these things gonna

leave when you mean you've got wind all

right let's do this

yes although only vote in that encourage

Ella for nieces apparently a lot of

boats hang around this area and these

integers waiting it to go past the Cape

Malaya switch is the last Cape towards

the psyche ladies because sometimes

gonna be normally blow it can be very

happy together

it's gorgeous right now you know that

but yeah this is the the area that lots

about to hang out waiting for that and

we are the only one at this point in

time and it's all October so it's

getting into the boxing

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safe of new faces this time we're not

sure where yeah

where we can means that we've got

with light northeast winds Wiimote

asserted along the very last of the

southern Peloponnese with these large

mountains we could only imagine the

chaos the wind would generate gusting

off them causing keeping layers to be a

formidable sight today however the place

looked quite friendly and approachable

what are you waving at

in Hermitage on the hill apparently yeah

hey watch over us as we go past so I if

I see one waving here our sails flapping

because we are coming to the around and

obviously the wind is changing

directions however is that much capable

s which is been away in notorious cape

it can be today it's obviously not we've

timed it so that it was par ish and

Navionics says

when the north and northeast wind blows

avoid the coast of Malaya the winds in

the area are usually blustery and

violent a pilot of 1910 mentions that

sudden gusts are sent down the mountains

with North wind's which are strong

enough to rip your sails apart break

your mast or even to cause the boat to

capsize you should keep a distance of at

least three nautical miles from the

coast and even then be ready to loosen

your sails the steamers should also keep

their distance and the waves possibly

coaster irregular and accompanied by

strong current geez I wouldn't like to

come here then No would not it's kind of

hard

timing around here it's either huge

gusts or nothing can every time we have

looked at Navionics the Cyclades over

summer it was blowing a massive melting

so it would be interesting to find out

how long people waited where we were

this morning over some laughs yeah

what's the longest you've waited at yeah

I don't one who watches us can say how

long they stayed there yeah months

waiting for the right

ya know they've got some wind around the

Cape

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of coentrão

for me

that is gave them nothing else

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I start

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and three seconds later I look

unbelievable Liz it's the same one

these new little I just put out dumb

well yes and it's bringing all sorts of

fish to the yeah to tunings

in locked up one minute this one maybe

just it's a good sign just blew up

Ravana I think it is just a little red

Pele goes nuts under the water and so

far thank you why don't we bring you

Millia saying that you don't have any on

the kitchen table yeah that's true a

bigger one glorious napela huh well

happy medium not since I've updated my

tackle yet

better use this time wisely no fair

Buddha spare time and she's pretty calm

today so I'm getting some weights you've

done yours already so you've made me

feel guilty

perfect that was my intention I won't do

a huge search but I've done something

well done well done you what else has

happened today caught two fish two fish

through another little turtle just

before yeah that's the cargo ship

yeah LT cargo ships it's a really still

day three we haven't sailed all that

much we had some good winds around the

Cape for maybe a couple of hours and

then she's died off and we've motor

sailed until now and we've pulled in the

all the sails because she is like a lake

which you know it's what it is sometimes

you have those days I'm thinking the

Cyclades we should have some pretty good

winds the rest of it so that's what the

predictions are that we're going to have

a lot so

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we're 15 nautical miles from Millis

currently the water in the sky

it's practically joining is one it's

very difficult you can see a little bit

of an island to our right can't see my

loss yet but it is a crazy Nile and sure

if it's there's a little bit of fog or

something going on but it's all just

joining us one it's a little bit eerie

then behind us

you've got a crazy amazing sunset

something's gone down

it's 5:30 p.m. and yeah it's an

incredible night it's glossy as glass

can be this is living

I never Lights have just come on I

really don't think there's gonna be any

boats at all

the Anchorage we haven't seen a boat

like I said in a couple of days next

week on Kauai Jay surprises me for our

10-year wedding anniversary

before we visit four of the most diverse

and breathtaking beaches we have ever

seen and all of this on one Island

we are blessed with perfect timing as

there are almost no people around great

water temperature and ideal conditions

enabling us to anchor right next to them

this one is my favorite and requires

climbing two ladders to get to it or you

can take your tinder or swim to it from

your boat this was our favorite place

and we can't wait to show it to you guys

thanks for watching guys appreciate all

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