My Travel Blog

Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Day 74 Selamat Pagi, ‘good morning’, from Indonesia! Indonesia is the 14th largest country in the world by area. It covers 735,358 square miles over 17,000 islands. Its islands would stretch from coast to coast and beyond compared to the US. Over 275 million people live here; over half of… Continue reading Selamat Pagi

February 28, 2023 – Day 69 – The half-way point of our adventure Today we explored Komodo National Park, Indonesia. We were expecting to go to the Island of Komodo where it is possible to walk among the dragons, but due to a restriction in the number of visitors allowed we went to Rinca Island.… Continue reading Thar be dragons here!

Friday, February 24, 2023 – Day 65 G’day mates! We haven’t needed our jumpers since we pulled into Sydney, the weather has been awesome! The mozzies have made a bit of a meal of me, but I’ll live! Our first day in Sydney we took a tour of the city and saw the old and… Continue reading Farewell to the Land of Oz

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 This may reach you a day late, but the wishes for a Happy Valentine’s Day are no less heartfelt! Hoping you celebrate with those you love every day! Well, we can now say that we have ‘crossed the ditch’. Similar to ‘crossing the pond’ between Europe and America; ‘crossing the ditch’… Continue reading Crossing the Ditch

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Day 48 (long post!) Kia Ora! This is the Māori greeting wishing you good health. It is also a farewell, a way to affirm support, and an all-around acknowledgement of another person. Think ‘cheers’ or ‘aloha’. Now, let me tell you some of what we learned in New Zealand. The… Continue reading Kia Ora! – ‘The Land of the Long White Cloud’

Monday, January 30, 2023 – Day 40 – At Sea Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – Day 41 – At Sea ‘Way out west, they got a name,For rain and wind and fireThe rain is Tess, the fire’s joe andThey call the wind Marīa‘ When I was very young, my mom played lots of records during… Continue reading They Call the Wind Maria

Sunday, January 29, 2023 – Day 39 (Yup…It’s Sunday here, we crossed the International Date Line!) What is the ‘Bounding Main’? Well, the infallible internet says it is, “the mass of water occupying all of the Earth’s surface not occupied by land but excluding all lakes and inland seas.” That’s what we’ve been doing for… Continue reading Sailing, Sailing over the Bounding Main…

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 – Day 35 Hello Friends! It’s been a few days since we’ve had internet access, so we’ve a bit of catching up to do. Since we last wrote, we’ve crossed the equator and are sailed to French Polynesia. French Polynesia is a collection of 118 islands & atolls, with a total… Continue reading Liquid Sunshine, Island Paradise

Friday, January, 20, 2023 – Day 31 Ahoy Friends! We’ve been at sea for the last 4 days and out of reliable internet range for most of that time. We have 1 more day until we reach Bora Bora. But… we are going to give posting a try today. Since we last shared, we’ve enjoyed… Continue reading Sea Legs

Sunday, January 15, 2023 – Day 26 Yesterday was a day for celebration – we saw land for the first time in 6 days! We didn’t get to set foot on land until today, but the promise of terra firma was enough to cause the crew to break out the champaign! We gathered at the… Continue reading Land Ho!