We made it to Isla Chimana Segunda, then El Occulto, Mochima in Mochima National Park, Laguna Grande, and then Medregal Village in the Golfo de Cariaco.
Laguna Grande is especially beautiful, a huge protected bay with hillsides that remind us a lot of the American Southwest. It is very desert-like, full of cacti and other desert plant life, with red hills. It was a beautiful vista when we hiked up to the top of the hill by our anchorage.

The most recent show- stopper for us now is the sea water cooling pump on the diesel engine. We had a friend bring some parts back from the States in October, a plate, gaskets, screws, new impeller, to try to stop a leak from the water pump. It didn't work, and we now think we need a new pump. Trying to get one delivered from the States to get us going again is proving to be a real challenge. And - making sure we have the correct pump. Yanmar original pump costs almost $500 in the US, and about $600 here (plus about 20 days to deliver it). However, another model will fit and work, we have been told by several Yanmar service department employees, and cost about half that. Now we just need to figure out how to ship it here and get it without paying an arm and a leg for customs and shipping.
Meanwhile, there are worse places to be "stuck" and the Debonair is peacefully bobbing in her slip.