june 2 2006 : suez canal, egypt, africa Yet another 5 a.m. wake up call yesterday morning so we could get things ready for day two of the Suez transit. We had called our agent the night before and he assured us that the pilot would arrive between 6 and … Read More
May 2006
may 1 2006 : cairo, egypt, africa This morning we visited the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities which was just a short walk away. This place houses over 136,000 exhibits and is really a pretty amazing place. There are so many artifacts that it has basically become impossible for the museum to … Read More
April 2006
april 2 2006 : asmara, eritrea, africa Yesterday morning we caught a bus to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, about four hours away. The bus was a small Japanese minibus converted to seat about twenty-five people, a couple of babies, dozens of boxes of salt, possibly some livestock, and whatever … Read More
March 2006
march 2 2006 : en route to oman Only 300 miles to go to Oman. There really has been nothing of note on this passage. We finally caught one small mahi mahi, but somehow managed to lose two more. About three days ago the winds finally shifted and we had … Read More
February 2006
february 1 2006 : kandy, sri lanka Today we were finally off for the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage. It was an hour and fifteen minute train ride back the way we came the day before and once again the train left at the crack of dawn. We found our way to … Read More
January 2006
january 3 2006 : phuket, thailand 2006! A big year for us. We’ve got a lot of sailing to do in our last full year on the boat. Hopefully at some point boat repair costs will start to decline, while our sailing will continue to go well. The other day … Read More
December 2005
december 1 2005 : singapore After a couple of busy days we suddenly find ourselves in Singapore. Back on our second day in Kuala Lumpur the first thing we did in the morning was to go pick up our computer. We were disappointed that HP couldn’t recover a single shred … Read More
November 2005
november 3 2005 : bali, indonesia We spent a couple of boring days back on the boat getting a few more things taken care of there. We had our screecher sail picked up by a little guy on a scooter. The sail has a small tear in it and after … Read More
October 2005
october 1 2005 : darwin, northern territory, australia The last couple of days have once again been spent around the boat getting the last of our boat list done. We are actually very close now. There is even a slight possibility that we won’t have anything to do in Bali. … Read More
September 2005
september 1 2005 : gulf of carpentaria, australia A couple of days back we left Thursday Island and set out across the Gulf of Carpentaria. The trip across the Gulf to the Wessel Islands is about 350 miles and never gets deeper than about 200 feet. It’s a little weird … Read More
August 2005
august 1 2005 : airlie beach, whitsunday islands, australia It was a good day to work on the boat with strong winds, a solid gray sky, and plenty of rain. Started out this morning by changing the engine oil. Always a really fun project. It takes me about an hour … Read More
July 2005
july 4 2005 : brisbane, queensland, australia So you don’t think we have been exaggerating how bad the weather has been lately, here are a few headlines I found online. Remember this is from an area that has been in a sever drought for five years. Emergency Services Issues Flood Warning, Rising … Read More