Position, 07.57N 098.26E
Storyteller’s first three months in Thailand started with a bang, with an exciting trip with Jackie and Michael from Lady Kay, en route from the UK to their yacht in Mackay. On our trip up the Andaman Sea from Phuket, to wi…
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Storyteller in the Bay of Bengal
Position, 06.17N 99.41EI’m writing this blog as I pack for the flight home from Langkawi in northern Malaysia. Since it seems that Storyteller will be in Equatorial waters for the forseeable future a huge amount of warm clothing and bedding is goi…
Back to the first world
Position: 01.20N 103.38WIt's no coincidence that as I write this the Singapore Stock Exchange is making a bid for it's Australian counterpart. Coming from Indonesia we are finding it a huge culture shock to be in such an incredibly modern c…
In the Land of Lord Jim, almost on the Equator
Position, 02.44s 11.44E(by Claire Owen, as Sue would prefer to do the dishes) Here we are in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, anchored
about 30 km up the Kumai River. We had been warned in advance that the river
was muddy and mosquito in…
Fwd: A touch of first world luxury
Position, 08.21S 116.07EThis is where I was lolling reading my book this morning–John was having a massage. If you wish dinner can be set up in these gorgeous gazebos. There seem to be lots of honeymoon couples enjoying romantic dinners, not to…
Fwd: Colourful Bema
Because the sat phone connection is slow we weren't able to send photos with our last report. However since it is such a colourful place we include these now that we have a fast connection.The harbour master looks bemused as we climb aboard our t…
The Real Indonesia
Position 08.08S 117.22E
We could have stayed snorkelling over the wonderful
reefs of the Komodo Islands for weeks, but lack of fruit and veg and ourboard
fuel forced us to move west to civilisation on the large island of Sumbawa,
known fo…
Fwd: Onward to the Komodo Islands, West Flores
Position, 08.32S 119.50E Since the last blog we've travelled south west about 350 nautical miles (680 km) to Labuan Bajo, the stepping off point to the Komodo Islands, famous for diving, and of course, the famous Komodo dragons. In the course …
Fw: Wakatobi Welcome, South East Sulawesi
Position, 05.19S 123.32E
After beautiful Banda we received a reality check at Ambon where we spent
only two days before the two-day trip to the Wakatobi islands where we have
spent the past five days. As you'll see from the photo of Anne…
Fw: Spice Islands Festivities
Position 04.31S 129.53E
Four days after leaving Darwin we arrived at Bandaneira, the capital of the
tiny Banda Islands, previously known as the Spice Islands. Of all the places we
have visited, this is possibly the most beautiful and cert…
