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Malaysia: monkeys, street art and food
We cleared into Malaysia on October 1st. It’s now November 2nd, and we are in Langkawi, a duty-free island just south of the border to Thailand. We are in our fourth marina in a month! In our 8 months in Indonesia we only stayed at 2 marinas (one of which was free). Part of the… Read more
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Reflections after 2 years of living aboard evi
Luz (7) Some of my favorite things to do on the boat are color, play games, swim, and play on the paddleboard. I also play Aina Amelia with Jade — it’s a really fun game we made up. Sometimes Mama really nicely lets us do video games. Passages can be fun, but normally they are… Read more
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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.… Read more
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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… Read more
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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”… Read more
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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… Read more
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