Category: sv evi
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Indonesia to Brunei to Malaysia
We had a wonderful visit to Moon Rock Lagoon before leaving Indonesia. We hiked up to Moon Rock on the first non-hazy day in six weeks, according to Antje, the German proprietor of the resort Eco-symbiosis. The colors in the lagoon were stunning. After a grueling hike (adults only) to the other side of the…
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Reflection Time! (after 3 years on board)
Tomu (12) For Tomu’s reflection this year, he is using part of his autobiography that he wrote in June 2026 for home school. 8 things I love: Eating fruit Folding paper Living on a boat Logic books and puzzles Playing games, especially board games Reading, specifically fantasy and sci-fi Rubics cubes and yo-yo-ing Running around…
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back home on the boat
Jade, Luz, and I traveled back smoothly to re-join Riki and Tomu on board evi. They are both really getting into reading! 🙂 We spent a week in Senibong Cove Marina, getting ready to leave. Riki installed new house batteries (6 of them). We then left on an overnight to Tioman Island, which is still…
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South Africa!
Jade’s bestie from our time sailing is named Chloe. They met at an aquarium in Cairns, Australia in September 2024. We spent about three months together in Indonesia in late 2024, and they have kept in touch via WhatsApp video calls, voice messages, and texts ever since then. Jade started saving her money for a…
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August fun
For the rest of Taylor, Brad & Rex’s visit, we hiked & biked. We hiked Mount Townsend in the clouds — what a pity to miss the views! But the wildflowers were spectacular. And we rented some bikes and biked 14 miles of the Olympic Discovery Trail. Taylor and I went to this amazing sauna…
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My 50th birthday (observed)!
I wanted to do something special to celebrate this decade birthday (my real birthday is Sept. 14th). I decided that a backpacking trip to Third Beach would be perfect for me. I camped there as a child with my dad, and have tried to go back every summer since having kids. It is a special…
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Family time
We visited with Abuela Mo on two separate days this summer — hanging at Alki Beach and a park in West Seattle. It was lovely to see her! We went to our annual Chin family reunion at Oyhut Bay in Ocean Shores, WA. It was a blast, as usual. Our kids rented bikes (for free)…
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Santa Fe
Next stop on our summer visit was two weeks in Santa Fe, where we visited Susha, Christy, and their kids Espe & Willie. After a few days, Susha and Christy went on a special trip to Portland. Ma and I were on with 5 kids for 6 days! It went really smoothly. The kids decided…
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Home sweet home!
This year we doubled our visit time to the States from 5 weeks to 10 weeks. It felt more sane this go-round. We got to have one-on-one quality time with friends, lots of family time, and do some camping and backpacking. I flew with the three kiddos on June 11th. Riki stayed 12 days longer…
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Malacca Strait southbound from Penang
We had fun with Sanne & the girls in Penang while Koen was working in Bangkok. One highlight was the Wonder Food Museum — a fun, creative, informative, and interactive museum about Malaysian food. The museum had giant bowls of different traditional Malaysian dishes (fake food, not real), and lots of great photo opportunities. I…
