Tag: indonesia
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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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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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April happenings
Our first stop back in Indonesia was Pulau Kawio. We rested for a few days and snorkeled to the beach to play Kubb with rocks. We saw dolphins pass by while at anchor. We checked in to Indonesia at Bitung, Sulawesi. It was an all day affair, from 9 am to 7:30 pm. While in…
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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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Hiu Paus of Indonesia
A decades-long dream has come to fruition for me! I never imagined it would be with my 3 young kiddos and amazing life partner. Nor did I imagine it would go on for almost 2 hours with only us five in attendance . When we finally got in the dinghy the whale sharks were still…
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Kaimana and the hiu paus (whale sharks)
The kids decided to stay on board, so we took a handheld VHF radio, and headed into town to provision and visit the Quarantine office to get our green book (apparently a necessity to clear out of the country). We left them a card with how to say, Jangan datang! (Don’t come) or Mohon pergi!…
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Tual and Ngurbloat beach
This is the view of Tual from where we tied up our dinghy to the back of a coast guard boat. Then we climbed over two other boats and had to jump down onto a huge black fender and step up again to get to shore. After we cleared in on Wednesday and said goodbye…
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Passage to Indonesia
Our autopilot died about an hour after we left Thursday Island. Riki put the spare one in, and it worked, but it was super loud. It sounded like a pinball machine, and we nicknamed it Pinball Wizard (sure plays mean pinball!). We used the wind pilot when we were sailing, but often there was no…
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On the Eve of Indonesia
We have been in Horn Island, across from Thursday Island for 5 days now, preparing for the voyage to Indonesia. I’ve been provisioning and pre-cooking meals. Riki fixed our starboard winch and the manual bilge pump. We have been across to Thursday Island 3 times on the ferry: we took Jade to the doctor for…
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