Column-Logbook for the Algemeen Dagblad
Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Each week in her column-logbook for the Algemeen Dagblad Laura Dekker will relate her journey around the world aboard her sailboat Guppy on her attempt to become the world's youngest circumnavigator.
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An angelfish with a big and flat mouth - so cool!


"It is strange to wake up in the morning and to hear noise around me. I had become used to being alone but now we are in a three again. At the sme time it feels very familiar to be with my sister and my mother again. It is just lke if it was yesterday that I had last seen them. Kim and my mother are visiting for a week and they too are sleeping on board of my boat. I gave it a quick clean up just before they arrived here, ha-ha. It is nice to be in touch again and to be able to take them around the island that I already know much about now. My mother and my sister are here on a holiday, and now I am feeling the same too. For the past few days we went swimming a lot and we also went on a tour in a submarine and I also went diving with my mother. We have seen a ray and an angelfish. That was really cool, it was about 1,5 meters long [4,5 feet] and it had an enormous big and flat mouth. Even though angelfishes often react aggressively I was not afraid but in awe as I just watched it. After we made some more sightseeing we celebrated my birthday. My mother gave me clothes and my sister Kim gave me a hammock. It is now hanging between the two masts with Kim lying in it. I haven't had a real occasion to try it by myself yet. Unfortunately, they are already leaving this coming Saturday. Then I will head back to the anchorage off the coast where I was a short while ago. I should need about five days to ready my boat to get back at sea and keep going on my journey. But then it so nice here that I would like to stay for some more time.

Adios, Laura