What else? I was today invited to have a look at the new amazing condominium that is taking shape here in Falmouth Harbor. South Point Falmouth Harbor is Antiguas most interesting property to invest in for a vacation residence in paradise. The complex will also operate as an exclusive boutique hotel for short term visitors and owners are able to rent out their apartments with lucrative benefits. The condos are gorgeous with high end Italian interior decor, generous colonial style balconies overlooking the harbor and the mega yachts below and the restaurant and lounge bar by the water with a dinghy dock will be the place to be when this condominium opens up in November this year. Have you ever dreamed of a luxurious home in paradise, this might be your best choice. Will show you photos one day later on when the apartments are ready to be photographed.

I started the day by whining about no time to blog and ended up publishing three posts in less than 10 hours, more ambitious and efficient today than I thought. Filled with much energy and inspiration after our fantastic holiday in St Barts.

Just a little restaurant tip for you all: Bajatzu in St Maarten is one of the best places in the Caribbean to enjoy an International meal. The interior is classy and the ambiance very NYC style, the steaks are perfect, the garlic-baked snails incredibly delicious, the apple tart fantastic and the service absolutely impeccable. We've heard good reviews about this place before but the service and the attentive gentlemen serving us were so amazing and above any expectations that I couldn't get this place off my mind for a long time after our first and second visit. Brilliant Bajatzu. We'll see you next time we're back in St Maarten.

In lack of time for blogging, here's a smooth happy mix for you to enjoy, and here's another one a bit more soulful and funky. More amazing podcasts can be found on Louche. Great site.

Spoon Fork Bacon - There's an endless amount of great food and cooking blogs out there but as I don't have much time to scroll through them all, it is always a pleasure to find one that covers most of my needs. Spoon Fork Bacon is a fantastically well made blog with stunning shots, perfect artwork and well written instructions. Very inspiring.

Orlebar Brown - One of our fashion sponsors for this journey. OB provide Alex with super sleek and stylish shorts and polos, very riviera style things with great quality. Are you looking for classy swim and beachwear for men, this is one of the best ones on the market. Glad to have such an elegant brand as Orlebar Brown joining our tour around the world.

Boats and Beautiful -  I found this tumblr after they published a few of our shots on there and I dig the collection they/she/he? have put together. Gorgeous pics of boats, beaches, summery beautiful people and all in between. Isn't it great when others put together inspiration boards for you? I love it.

Rue Mag - Now interior isn't usually of much interest to me as we live on a boat and sail the oceans of the world, but now when we have a new boat to refit and when she offers so many great ways to personalize our living space in the same, I do feel a need to get interior inspiration. It's a boat we have, not to confuse with a land-based home, but still there are ways to make our mobile home more homey. This is a very inspiring web magazine for the ones interested in interior and the beautiful things in life.

Seven Sails - Do you dream of doing what we are doing but don't have the time, interest or possibility to let go of everything and make it a full time living? There are many sailing charter companies out there but none that I came across which offers such young, unique and adventurous journeys as this one. This is basically a group of friends who've put together a charter business offering spectacular sailing vacations at amazing destinations around the world and you are free to join them on each of their travels. Choose either to rent a boat by yourself or leave the work and responsibilities to these cool people and all you have to do is follow the ride, explore magical destinations, beautiful waters and enjoy a vacation way more adventurous than any you've been to before. This is the way I'd roll if we wouldn't have our own boat to sail.

☞ Don't forget to share if you have a blog, site or brand you think I/we'd enjoy having a look at.

This was one of the many wonderful meals we enjoyed with our friends during our stay in St Maarten two weeks ago. Grilled Caribbean spiny lobster, delicious as always, simply prepared with garlic, lemon, parsley and sea-salt.

Inspecting the wooden spreaders (which needs to get new paint asap) and replacing the lines for the lazy bag.

Here's what we're listening to while cleaning and fixing inside of the boat today:

Nicolas Jaar - I got a woman I'm totally hooked on Nicolas Jaar's dreamy, hypnotizing electro trip hop and slow beats at the moment. Can you believe this guy is born 1990 and makes music this incredibly well produced and mature? I can't get over it, he's a fucking genius.

Thanks for your ideas regarding videos. I'm having some ideas forming already and as I need to keep myself busy here in Antigua besides of helping Alex to fix Duende, I think I will have much time for video recording in the next few months.  

This is by the way the view we tiredly encountered when we left our anchorage outside of St Kitts the other morning, sometimes around 5:30 am. A lonely superyacht anchored by the shore of Nevis. Beautiful as the sun slowly rose behind the volcano and speckled our view with an explosion of different shades of yellow, orange, gold. A great memory for us as well, last time we visited Nevis we bicycled around the whole and complete island. I don't know if any of you have done that but five hours of biking up and down through hills and valleys is a pain in the butt for an amateur biker. Had pain in my ass and thighs a week after, all thanks to our friend Timothy at Montpelier Plantation who told us it was "a pleasant ride, maybe a couple of hours", it proved to be much harder and longer than that as of the long detour we took but in the end very much worth the pain. Biking is such a liberating and inspiring way to discover islands and Nevis climbed right up to one of our top three most beautiful islands in the Caribbean after that very ride. Nevis for us is equal to extremely friendly and welcoming people, breathtaking nature, serenity and it offers an inspiring and peaceful pace of living.

Video in slow-motion in the beginning, actual speed after a while. Fair sea, good breeze and in this particular moment we sailed at 7,5-9 knots in winds of around 18-22 knots. This boat is a great pleasure to sail as she, like I earlier said, reacts and accelerates on slightest change of wind and she points incredibly well. Also I love the fact that she pushes the water away from her while moving along in a very powerful way, cutting the surface with grace. There are still some other aspects I still haven't got used to though, like the motion of the boat which doesn't feel quite as comfortable and smooth as the one of our HR352, Caos. Will hopefully get used to it with time..

P.S: Don't forget to remind all you know that our beautiful Hallberg Rassy 352 still is for sale. We need to have her sold asap as we can't be stuck with two boats here in the Caribbean for much longer. All reasonable offers will be considered.

Here you can find the video and our movie channel on Youtube.

Back on water where we belong. St Barts and the high life that is offered over there is occasionally nice and fun but nothing gives the sense of real meaning as does our self-chosen life at sea. Particularly now with our new boat which we'll slowly transform to a home and vessel of our dreams. It took us two long days to sail from St Barts to Antigua with a one night stop in St Kitts halfway. That passage is always a pain in the ass but this time it was harder than ever. 20-30 knots of headwind as well as a beat against currents, waves and continuous squalls. A good but tiring challenge with the new boat, happy to be back in safe harbor now though. Antigua will be Duende's and our home for the next 2-3 months and we have an extensive refit to look forward to, combined with as much work as we possibly will have time for, starting already tomorrow. I apologize beforehand to you non sailors/boaters out there for much boat renovation talk that I will share in this blog in the following few months. New travel and sailing adventures will begin again in March-April although I still have quite a few shots from St Barts to share with you all.

Superb day at Shell Beach yesterday, much thanks to the amazing Brooke Johnstone and Julien Roussel and their deep, minimal set... felt like being sent back to Ibiza. If you're anything like us and prefer your music to be more dirty underground and if you're sick and tired of the commercial tunes at Nikki Beach, Do Brazil is the place to be on Sunday afternoons. Check out Brooke's mixes here.

 Hope you all had a lovely New Years Evening


My beautiful green silk dress is from my favorite loungewear brand, Babajaan, 
just like my purple kaftan in the previous post.