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Discover the incredible process of turning used rice sacks into unique, eco-friendly bags in Papua New Guinea! Nothing goes to waste here. This is a common bag in these islands. Places: Sudest Island, Louisiades Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Buy us a coffee ☞ https://buymeacoffee.com/onceuponareef Or Send us a gift ☞ https://throne.com/onceuponareef Follow us: ✔INSTAGRAM: @onceuponareef & @wheres.poppy ✔PATREON ☞ https://www.patreon.com/c/onceuponareef Poppy's YouTube Channel ☞ https://www.youtube.com/wherespoppy 📧 BUSINESS INQUIRIES - onceuponareef@protonmail.com Hey there, we’re Ryan and Poppy, a couple of adventure junkie sailors out to explore the most amazing reefs and islands in the world. We hope by documenting everything this lifestyle encompasses, we will inspire, raise awareness and support on going research to do our part in protecting these natural life systems. Subscribe if you’re on board! #onceuponareef #thelouisiades #papuanewguinea
When you get the speed wobbles you need to sheet the kite in tight to avoid a crazy uncontrolled gybe like the one we had on this sunny autumn day on Strangford lough. The mast man took a pounding as the rock and roll of the boat slipped him of the deck as our Mumm 36 turned into and uncontrolled gybe. The wipe out managed to break the kite poke in two as it was pinned back against the side stay as the windward side of the boat quickly became the leeward side as we swung through the gybe. Luckily it was only the pride of the crew was damaged as no one was seriously hurt. With the pole broken it was a long afternoon on the race course without the big kite, the team on GTR raced on flying the A-Sail of the bow to ensure they did not end up with a DNF in the second race of the day. If you made it this far and like what you saw why not join the bottom up boats crew to come on board to ensure you don't miss any of the action.
Dopo una giornata piena di lavoro decidiamo di esplorare un luogo che non sapevamo cosa ci stesse nascondendo. Apparentemente una baia come tante, qui ai Caraibi. Ormai è purtroppo abbastanza “normale” vedere spiaggia bianca e palme, ma non quello che ci avrebbe aspettato a momenti. Prendiamo il gommone e scendiamo in cerca dell’indian river. Pensare che credevamo di farlo tutto con il gommone.. Arriviamo e scopriamo subito che non funziona così. Bisogna andare con i local. Lo ormeggiamo e saliamo a bordo con Albert. Ci conduce lungo il fiume a remi, raccontandoci ogni pianta, granchio, insetto e, ahimè, storia di uragano presente in quel luogo. Un viaggio fuori dal mondo. O meglio dal nostro mondo. Riflettiamo sul fatto che siamo così poco abituati a vedere questo tipo di natura che ci sembra più facile pensare di essere in un parco divertimento artificiale. Quella realtà è più vicina a noi. Finta, ma più vicina. Eppure no. Siamo veramente qui, siamo veramente in un paradiso naturale. E ce lo godiamo tutto, fino all’ultima luce del giorno. Andrea