Yesterday the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza arrived in Cape Town to support our delegation at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg.

Today fresh supplies are being brought on board, some new crew members have arrived to join the ship and preparations are being made leave port again soon.

I am one of the people to join the ship in Cape Town. It's my first time in South Africa and my first time aboard the Esperanza. Very exciting. There are over thirty people on board so I've got a lot of names to learn!

My job over the next few weeks will be to keep the website updated with news from the Esperanza. I've parked my laptop in a corner of the radio room, I've got a digital camera, and an MP3 recorder so

stay tuned…

- Nick

Web editor.

The MV Esperanza moored in Cape Town with Table Mountain in the background.