Cruising the West Coast of Phuket 2013
With Carol back on board and the last of our guests departed, it was time to do, as it turned out to be, the end of our cruising in Southeast…
Return to Phuket and Early 2013 Cruising
We arrived back in Phuket on the day after Thanksgiving. When you travel East to West for this distance, you cross the Date Line and actually lose a day. Unfortunately,…
Seabird Facelift Project at Boat Lagoon in Phuket
Warning! Technically Bloated Blog –Do not read any further if you don’t like this stuff!Seriously, MOST of my blogs have been about our travels, sea conditions, local customs etc. I…
Phuket Early 2012
2012 started with our friends Andy and Jane coming from the US to visit us. For the better part of two and a half decades, we have always spent New…
Phuket, Thailand
A lot has happened since our last “normal” blog lastfall. Time has just gotten away from usand I have been severely negligent in my writing. I have received some emails…
Grey Pearl
I have not written a blog entry since we left Singapore. It was a great trip from there to our winter marina here in Phuket, Thailand, but all of the…
Borneo to Singapore
Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Departure day has finally come for our trip from Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, to Singapore. I still have not gotten over my pre voyage jitters yet. I’m not…
Leaving Borneo
While we enjoy our time home seeing friends and family, a few weeks before returning to the boat , a feeling of great anticipation creeps in. The excitement of starting…
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Borneo)
Life in KKAlthough KK (Kota Kinabalu) in Borneo was not our final destination for the season as far as we had planned, it was a major stopover for us. It’s…
Puerto Princesa to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
There was an air of excitement on both Grey Pearl and Seabird as we pulled up anchor in Puerto Princesa. As much as we loved the Philippines, we were looking…