Category: sv evi
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Boulders in Belitung
We had a rough passage from Kumai, Borneo to Belitung. It took us 48 hours: it involved 2 sick children and Riki hand-steering for 3 hours in the dark because the autopilot couldn’t handle the wind direction/wave combo. Both Jade and Luz recovered after the first night but it’s hard parenting sick kids at sea.…
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Birthday in Borneo
I had been looking forward to seeing the orangutans in Borneo since before coming to Indonesia. I bought the kids rain boots last year in Cairns, Australia to protect against fire ants and leeches in the rainforest. By the time we got to Borneo, I had to buy them new boots as they had outgrown…
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On the move again
We spent 12 days in the marina hanging out with the awesome crew (Caz, Milla, Ziggy, and Hamish for just one night) of SV Cooeyanna, cleaning, and preparing to leave. Riki replaced our windlass with the new one. One day we decided to walk around the island of Gili Gede — a “2 hour walk”…
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Well-traveled chips
Before we left the boat in late June, there were about 11 bags of various and sundry chips that I tried to give away. I didn’t want to leave them on board for two months, as I was afraid of tempting vermin or insects. All of the chips were kinds that I had only bought…
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2 weeks in Japan
On our way back to the boat we stopped in Japan. We visited Disneyland Japan in Tokyo, Warner Bros. Studio Tour to the Making of Harry Potter in Tokyo, and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Tomu, Jade, and Riki went on all the scary upside down backwards rollercoasters at USJ. Luz wanted to, but she…
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For Harris with love
oh harris you were on your way solo hiking the JMT you were bummed to only get a nobo, or northbound, permit and then i saw online that you hadn’t picked up your food caches and you hadn’t pressed the SOS button on your In Reach device where were you? what happened? and the next…
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Visit home
We were in the States for 5 weeks total. On our tour we visited Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, Port Townsend, Ocean Shores, Third Beach, Whidbey Island, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was so amazing to see all our loved ones! We felt so much love — our hearts are full to the brim. Lots of…
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Singapore
We left sv evi at 8 am on June 26th, heading for Bali to catch our flight to Singapore. We drove about an hour, then took a ferry for … 6 hours! Then drove 2.5 hours more to get to our hotel by the airport. It was an exhausting day. Also, the ferry ride involved…
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Movie Time!
Make some popcorn, watch on your big screen (I believe phone viewing doesn’t capture the magnitude of the ocean and the subjects). Here are some videos of recent wildlife encounters. If you are having trouble viewing on the blog here is a direct link to the YouTube page https://youtube.com/@svguavajelly?si=Fv1O_42fUJ6mGmKl Jade, Luz and I had an…
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Waterfalls and Orang-utans
Our visa extensions got approved! Whew! We had to give them some additional documents, but it worked out. We had a lovely time on Moyo Island, where we visited two amazing waterfalls and met a nice family who has recently moved from St. Croix to Bali. We hired 3 guys to take us 6 km…
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