we're doing pretty good on our way to los roques
we've heard it's one of the most beautiful places in the world
and a lot of people don't actually go
we weren't gonna go
because we were afraid because of safety reasons
you know of all the situations that's going on in Venezuela
there's a lot of piracy around the coast of venezuela
so it's dangerous to go to venezuela
there seems to be a boat
about six miles from us
so we are going to change our course
we have lights off ais off
baby there seems to be another one
yeah we're getting closer
it might be that they're coming this way we're going that way
baby three nautical miles
What are you doing right now ?
Looking for the bear spray just in case
going to be in one of the most beautiful places
it means no worries
what's up people
so we just
we have been sleeping all day
andrea has been sleeping all day
i just turned off the ais
because we're coming closer to venezuela
we're 80 miles away from the coast
andre is gonna go over what is the ais for you guys that don't know
the ais is a device
um that actually sends out a signal
of where your boat is located
and other boats can see it
and you can also receive a signal of other boats where they're located
and keep track of their live location
so that way we can see if there's boats coming or going
and the reason why we don't want to have our ais turned on right now
is because other boats
in the coast of venezuela
like those um the pirate boats
um they can if they can track our location
they can easily be here in like three hours
because of how close we are to the coast of venezuela right now
that the weather is actually
the waves are super choppy
it's not calm seas
i mean it's good for us
because we're going downwind
but if people were coming to us
they would have though the wind on the on their beam
you know it's not a good situation for any boat to come out
unless they're doing the route that we're doing
so we are heading towards
there seems to be a boat right um about six miles from us
so we are going to change our course
we have lights off ais off
hopefully, it's nothing
but either way we're going to change our course a bit
alejo is at the helm
just changing the course uh it seems like
baby there seems to be another one
yeah i think it'll be best if we go to the left
there's another thing on the right hand side that just keeps like coming up
okay seems like they're now on our right hand side
we're gonna see if now they're getting closer or not
at four nautical miles
okay maybe there are four nautical miles
yeah we're getting closer it might be that they're coming this way we're going that way
hopefully it's a cargo ship nothing to worry about
but
either way we have changed our course a little bit
what are you doing right now
looking for the bear spray just in case
are you going to take the the spear pole out too
yeah oh my god
three nautical miles
what do you mean you mean like they're turning to where we are
so we can't turn the lights on right now
um because we don't want to have our lights on
they have a radar they'll be able to see us and track our location
but at least be hoping that we're not
they're not able to like visually see us
without a radar
hopefully it's just a cargo ship
hopefully it's just nothing
we're now two nautical miles from us
okay alejo is turning on the engine
i don't know if you guys can see it there
but that is the light
um
alejo just closed the chart plotter
just so we don't have any lights
on
um just trying to hide ourselves in the ocean as much as we can
we are now one nautical mile away from them
so we're making sure that there are no other like little boats coming out of that big boat
and we're just going to pass them without a problem
last night we got pretty scared
because we were just sailing and then all of a sudden we had another ship
another like vessel coming straight towards us
we we didn't see them
we thought it was a pirate ship
because it was coming like straight towards us
and then we like we turned left
they didn't turn and they just kept going
it turns out it was a cargo ship
but we got really scared
we only seen like two other ships and that's it
no more boats out here
it's pretty empty and that's it
so it's day number four the sun is just coming up
and yeah well we have to slow down a little bit
because we were gonna arrive
at night
so we are going slower
we're waiting for the sun to go up
and we're here you can see
Los roques
i don't know if we can arrive and sleep a little bit
and then we'll go do a check-in
this is gran roque
and we're coming this way
so we're gonna go through here
and then anchor
down here
we are so happy to be here
Andrea is awake after three
i have literally i stopped recording the second day
because the third
and the night oh all i could do was sleep
i couldn't move i could barely eat
i was just like in survival mode just like sleep
i don't know if i was like i ate something that was bad
i don't know if like it was a sea sickness
i don't know if it was just that i was too scared after that moment
i was like dreaming about pirates
dreaming like i was i was having the worst nightmares
and on top of that
i was like super sick to my stomach
that i had to throw up that night
so it was so bad
we're gonna say it in in the venezuelan accent
so that over there is the island and it
is gran roque
you're so rude saying that i'm awake after three days
so guys i'm the one that sailed
i'm the one that does breakfast
i do lunch
and do dinner
next three days i will be cooking breakfast lunch dinner
uh every everything you want massage
i'll do it
you know anything you want
you know why the mountain is white
it's not white it's black
no look it's white
okay why is it white
we are going to just see if we have to check in
or if we can just chill for a couple hours
and then do the check-in
but the good thing is that we just found out that we have signal
we have internet
we're not completely disconnected from the world
which is very very positive
so we have the people of health
um something about health sanitation or something like that
coming on board
they are right there
and they will be getting on the boat
i don't know what they're going to ask us so we'll see
so how's your breakfast
so after sailing for four days
cooking for four days
finally Andrea is cooking
still very early in the morning
so everything's closed
even costumes and immigration
so that's why we haven't checked in
but we're gonna have food rest a little bit check our email check everything
uh you can see how beautiful the ocean is
yeah we're so happy to be here
yeah we're gonna go do a check-in
there's a festival that they do here
i don't know if it's in los roquesor whole venezuela
but they're doing a party today so we're gonna go and see that too
today we're gonna go hang at the town
see the main island
see what's around
talk to people
get to know everyone
and take a lot of footage
so that you guys can feel like you're here with us
so we made it to the little dock area
so this is the checking point here
i think this is customs
and immigration is at the airport
which is all the way down the street
so we just did the check-in
well we're actually half the check in
we have to go through like three different offices
and now we have to go to the coast guard
so first they go to your boat
it's like a health department
that they check that you don't have covid
then you go to capitania
they sign you in
they don't charge anything
we can only stay for 14 days
yes maximum 14 days
and then now we're gonna go to a coast guard
and then we go to the airport
we did the checking and we're doing the check-in with our colombian passports
because i think american citizens
are required to have a visa to come here
which you can get at the time you're at the airport
but they do charge for it extra
versus if you're colombian i don't think they charge for a visa
so we're checking it as Colombian citizens
so now we're walking towards the airport
this is the town
this is the supermarket
that is Simon bolivar he freed venezuela colombian
and like a bunch of countries from south america
and francisco miranda
this is all fishing boats
Los Roques they live off tourists and fishing
so you can see all these little fishing boats
because also the situation of venezuela
they get even less tourists
so less people come
but yeah here is not anything compared to mainland Venezuela
here you find everything
you find food you find alcohol you find rice
you find milk eggs everything
but it's super expensive
it's the same price as the us
not that it's expensive it's just that it's the same price as the u.s
and it's venezuela
the only people that get here are basically the people with a lot a lot of money in venezuela
because the minimum wage
per month here in venezuela is 16 usd
just to enter here it's 200 for venezuelans
so the flight is also like another 200
we literally spent the entire day today checking in
we had to go to like four different offices
which sucked
we were starving
then we went to have lunch which was okay
first time we eat barracuda because that was the only fish they had
but the people here are super nice
that we have to say
the people of the island of los roques are super super nice people
so just to clarify
we left the thingy without like lock or anything
because it's really really safe the island is very small
it's extremely extremely safe we have not felt unsafe at all
we finally made it to the boat
and we are exhausted drained
the check-in here in venezuela in los roques
has been the worst check-in of all the countries that we have visited
by far
not because it's like super complicated
but mostly because you have to go to like different offices
and do and like just give them your paperwork
to like four different offices
and the officers come on board two different kinds of officers
one like they check every single corner of the boat
just really really annoying
like so completely unnecessary
so we're exhausted because it literally took us the entire day
they check your safety stuff
like extinguishers, life jackets
they want to know what engines you have what outboard
they take pictures of the entire boat
that that for me is like dangerous
because i don't know who they are
if they work with someone else and they want to steal everything in the boat
and they make you open up every little hole in the boat
yeah maybe we're a little exaggerated
but that's how it works in latin american countries
like there's so many positive things from being in a latin american country
like you know we just have so much energy
positive vibes the good flow
the music the culture everything
but this kind of things annoying
we're gonna go to town because apparently today is carnival in town
we don't want to miss it but we're really exhausted
but we're just going so that we can just see what it is
good thing they're thinking stuff with nice words
for a 12 year old
right
were you singing this at 12 years old
Probably not
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