Tag: travel
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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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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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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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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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Komodo Dragons, Manta Rays and more
In May we continued adventuring south. We visited the Blue Lagoon at Labengke and had a lovely refreshing (even got cold!) swim. After an overnight sail, we arrived at Wangi Wangi, in Wakatobi National Park. We docked at a free marina, and ended up staying for a week! Yes, free marina. No power or water,…
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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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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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