Dreams are pathways to reality. All you have to do is walk down the path!

Blog 26th July 2012, written by Saskia Bauer Today was our last working day at Fontein Combined School and we still had some things to be done: The food garden is now officially finished after having carried 7 tons of stones up from the school yard as they had been delivered to the wrong place. But with the help of some keen learners we packed them into bags of around 25kg each and carried them up to the garden. The two scarecrows we built to prevent the birds from eating the seeds symbolize the successful building of the vegetable garden, may it give the community lots of fun while gardening, friendships and above all fresh food. Our second mission of the day was to finish the murals. Ben impressed us all with his incredible art skills as he painted at least 20 faces on one wall that were all unique and completely different from each other. The last wall we did shows the South African Flag, Europe with the Mike Horn expedition center and PANGAEA in the middle. All of us signed our name so that the kids have something to remember us. Let’s hope that this wasn’t the last project in Port Elizabeth and we come back to continue our work. We’ve built friendships with the kids and teachers which we have to keep for the future. For me that was one of my main expectations which is now fulfilled: becoming friends with people from a totally different background and starting to understand their lives. These people have taught me a lot and I enjoyed it very much to learn from them.

After 4 years and 140'000 nautical miles, Mike Horn sails Pangaea once again into the Cape Town waterfront.

This incredible exploration sailboat has survived storms, typhons, Tsunamis, icebregs and has always bought it crew safley to its next port of call.

Mike and his crew are given a heros welcome at the  V&A waterfront in Cape Town.

Click here to view the press release

We all have 24 hours in one day! The difference is what you decide to do with it!!

July 2012: Nine Pangaea Young Explorers and members of the Mike Horn Team engage in the Pangaea Geberit School Project in Port Elizabeth, transforming the school of Gelvandale (804 pupils) repainting the buildings, giving sports equipment, planting a vegetable garden, doing clean-ups and engaging in environmental discussions with the pupils.

Click here to read the article in the Herald News.

If you do not wake up excited every morning, you are not living life!

36 hours of rough seas – a rather difficult introductiion to sailing for the Young Explorers as they sail south down the Namibian Coastline towards Cape Town. The seas have now calmed down and the Young Explorers are learning the ropes of crewing on board Pangaea.

Birthdays are only reminders that you are running out of time to do what you really want to do.

In preparation of the 12th Young Explorer Expedition to Namibia and South Africa, Mike Horn and his crew sail Pangaea into the small harbour of Walvis Bay, Namibia.

On the 10th of July, Mike Horn and his team meet with 9 international Young Explorers and begin an amazing 3 week ecological exploration of the Wildreness Coastline and south towards Cape Town.

Images from Walvis Bay, Namibia