27 May 2006
Hello and goodbye
by Elaine, finally onboard the Esperanza
Happy landing
Dorothee and Hugh in Tweety
©Gavin Newman
Heaving our overweight bags in the bright Barcelona sunshine we come round the corner of the dock to see the Esperanza (Espy) - "GREENPEACE" emblazoned on the helihanger - and it feels like coming home.
Strolling around the ship, the smells are more familiar than the sights - oil, cooking, exhaust fumes and the toilets combine with strange scents of things unidentified (and probably best left that way). There are many familiar faces in the new crew, some I've worked with and some I gotten to know reading the weblogs.
The Espy has been refuelled, watered and fed (literally tonnes of food brought onboard for the months ahead).
So, saying hello goes hand in hand with saying good-bye. The lovely radio operator Thom - the last of our hard working West Africa Pirates/Azores crew - waves us off as we head out to sea. We pause briefly to let Tweety the helicopter land with it's precious cargo of Dorothee our garbologist and Hughie the pilot, just in time for lunch.
In the weeks ahead we'll be focusing on the (once) wonderful world of the Northern bluefin tuna. One of the most profitable fishing industries in the Mediterranean is facing a bleak future with the introduction of tuna ranching, a shady form of fish farming.
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Hello from Queensland, Australia... Gr8 to hear you are safely on board Elaine... look forward to reading your blogs re tuna ranching... sending you love and peace... cheers!
Posted by: Luna at May 30, 2006 8:54 AM
Good to have you back on line! Welcome to the new crew..
Posted by: Bobby and Cogs at May 31, 2006 8:38 AM
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