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You can check out our diary entries; leave a message; view our photos and movie; or see exactly where we are in the world... it's really easy: select the URL below (http: etc); copy, and then paste it into your Address Bar in the Internet Browser, and hit Enter):<br /> <br /> http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/tracker.php?ident=zr5165 <br /> <br /> Sea miles covered in Australia, 2009: 2884.40 <br /> <br /> Sea miles covered in Indonesia, 2009: 2958.00 <br /> <br /> Total sea miles to date: 37551.20 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CURRENT PLAN: well the Malaysian Rally is in full swing (despite at least half the boats attending celebrations!) - we're in Georgetown, Palau Pingang - will be here until about 2 Dec before heading off to Langkawi... the plan is then to move on to Thailand for Christmas and New Year. http://www.getjealous.com/sailingfastforward http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632201&go=sailingfastforward BORNEO/KALIMANTAN UP THE RIVER AT KUMAI Distance from Bali: 417.10nm (including stopover at Palau Bawean) GPS: S02.44.31 E111.43.99** Duration of stay: 7-13 October 2009 1 October 2009 After 74nm of motor-sailing, Palau Raas was a sight for sore eyes! We dropped anchor 11 hours after leaving Bali and couldn"t wait to have a good night"s rest as we were both exhausted after not having sle... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632201&go=sailingfastforward Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632200&go=sailingfastforward SERANGAN TO LOVINA BEACH 21 September - 1 October 2009BUMBU BALI COOKING CLASS 21 OctoberWhat"s a visit to Bali without attending a cooking class? Ken and I were both very keen to attend one of Heinz von Holzen highly acclaimed classes at his cooking school. This food guru is the author of a few Balinese recipe books, but "The Food Of Bali" was his first - and a major accomplishment... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632200&go=sailingfastforward Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632198&go=sailingfastforward SERANGAN, SOUTH BALI GPS: S08.43.08 E115.14.48** Distance from Gili Air, Lombok: 43nm Duration of stay: 12-24 September 2009 If it hadn"t been for my very basic skills in Bahasa enabling me to read signs and say "good morning, how much? " - I would"ve thought I was in a different country! Bali was so not like the rest of Indonesia! And boy were we glad that we didn"t star... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632198&go=sailingfastforward Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632195&go=sailingfastforward MEDANA BAY MARINA Distance from Labuan Bajo: 201nm GPS: S08.21.67 E116.07.76** Duration of stay: 6-12 September 2009 With our passports firmly clasped in someone else"s hands, we left Labuan Bajo and spent the night at Sabojar Besar. Here Ken was finally able to source the problem of we"d been having with the VHF radio, a dodgy connection - so now we could hear everyone again! The follow... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=632195&go=sailingfastforward Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615283&go=sailingfastforward RINCA AND KOMODO 23 August - 2 September 2009 LOH DASAMI, SOUTHERN RINCA Distance from Labuan Bajo: 37nm GPS: S08.47.17 E119.40.22** Duration of stay: 23-26 August These fairly isolated islands are surrounded by some of the most tempestuous waters in Indonesia, fraught with very strong currents, riptides, and whirlpools. Bearing this in mind, we decided that since we had a few hours to kill before... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615283&go=sailingfastforward Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615279&go=sailingfastforward ECO LODGE RESORT, LABUAN BAJO, FLORES ISLAND, EAST NUSA TENGGARA GROUP Distance from Sea World Resort: 154nm GPS: S08.31.03 E119.51.87** Duration of stay: 20-23 August After doing some last minute internetting we upped anchor at around 8:15am and headed off NW in a light breeze of around 15 knots. The wind continued to be fairly iffy, however we managed to sail for a fair chunk of the day before h... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615279&go=sailingfastforward Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612666&go=sailingfastforward SEA WORLD RESORT, WAIARA, FLORES ISLAND, EAST NUSA TENGGARA GROUP Distance from Wakatobi: 196nm GPS: S08.37.98 E122.18.52** Duration of stay: 16-19 August Our trip to Sea World was seriously uneventful... after upping anchor at 8:30am we managed to sail in very light winds until about 7pm - and motored straight through to our destination. Welcome to semi-civilisation! Daily temperatures must be ar... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612666&go=sailingfastforward Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612669&go=sailingfastforward WANGI WANGI, WAKATOBI, TUKANG BESI ISLANDS, 386nm GPS: S05.19.83 E123.31.84** Duration of stay: 3-6 August Despite catching a flu virus/sinus infection the day before we left, we had a fantastic 2 day trip! Our average boat speed was around 8.5 - 9.5, the sea was a bit lumpy but not too bad really. As Monday dawned we could see land and quite a few fishing boats. There were 3 other yachts already ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612669&go=sailingfastforward Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612668&go=sailingfastforward SAUMLAKI TO BANDA ISLANDS, AKA SPICE ISLANDS, 255nm GPS: S04.31.35 E129.53.86** Duration of stay: 25 July - 1 August 2009 Boats had been leaving in drips and drabs all morning and at 11:30am we too upped anchor and headed off round the southern tip of Saumlaki, it was such a perfect day and the sailing was just glorious. The wind started to get fickle at around 5pm and if we continued on to Banda ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612668&go=sailingfastforward Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612667&go=sailingfastforward 18 July 2009 DARWIN TO SAUMLAKI, 311nm Duration of trip: 2 days As expected, after the Sail Indonesia Rally briefing on Tuesday, our last days in the first world literally flew past... having read through a couple of websites from previous years, and after being in touch with a couple who"d visited Indo by boat last year, we were heavily stocked up with what we would not really find: tinned t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=612667&go=sailingfastforward Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT