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Better a bleeding heart than none at all.
Just a heads up that this post will talk about the current government of the USA. I know that can be triggering for many people, so you decide if now is a good time to read on or not. My dad, Tom Pratt, died of pancreatic cancer in 2006. There were six weeks between his…
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Filipino grocery stores
Once when I was in the NCCC grocery store in Babak, a song came on and all the workers started doing a choreographed dance. How joyful! Some things I think are so ingenious about the grocery stores here: plastic bags come with an extra bit of plastic so you can tie the bag shut without…
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Holiday Oceanview Marina
HOV has been our home for the past 5 weeks. It is a lovely and unique place. First of all, it has no website, and the only way I found out how to get a hold of Dina, the manager, was word-of-mouth from another cruiser. Dina is super helpful and kind. We chose to come…
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China (kids’ perspectives)
Tomu: It was cool to explore our ancestral home and see the photos that were on the wall before. There was a big room in the middle, and it was symmetrical on either side. It felt bigger than our house in Tacoma, but that might have been because I have been living on a boat.…
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China!!
While on the passage to the Philippines, I had the idea that I would like to visit our ancestral home in the Chin village, Taishan county, Jiangmen city, Guangdong province, China to show my kids some of their roots and to pay respects to our ancestors. My Gung Gung (my mom’s father) was born in…
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Kamusta (hello) Philippines!
Well, I wasn’t properly mentally prepared for our passage to the Philippines. Perhaps because we had spent 4 months motoring around Indonesia — there was never any wind and the seas were almost always flat calm. Or because a friend had said getting to Davao, Mindanao from Raja Ampat was relatively straight-forward, involving 3 overnight…
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Dada (goodbye) Indonesia … for now
In January we enjoyed more fabulous snorkeling in Yanggelo, Naffi-Nokor, and Dayang. Packhorse Riki heading into Waisai to fill diesel jugs and swap out the propane bottle. We got to eat out at a resort and a diving homestay. Tomu learned to play bridge! Bridge is my favorite card game, so I was thrilled to…
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Indonesian Creatures
I think about posting often and then life gets in the way which is a nice problem to have! Here is a collection of GoPro shorts, captured in Dayang anchorage, Batanta Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, and stitched into a movie for your enjoyment. Starring big mantas while featuring the usual suspects on the reef including…
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December happenings
My mom arrived Friday, December 6th to Sorong, after leaving Seattle on Monday afternoon! The kids are so happy to have their Po Po here visiting. She has been seamlessly incorporated into our daily life. We woke up one day at 4:15 am to go see the Red Bird of Paradise, which does a dance.…
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Orang Indonesia baik sekali!
Indonesian people have been extremely kind and helpful. Often, when I ask where I can find something, instead of telling me how to get there, the person will stop what they are doing and take me where I want to go on the back of their scooter and refuse any payment. One example of this…
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