Geo: 5.36904, 100.264As my visa is due to expire, this time I will go back to Sumatra. I've booked my flight and arranged to be in Penang around 5 days beforehand to get my Indonesian visa. Drew's visa expires the same day and his plan in to head into Thailand and try and get to Myanmar. After saying farewell's to friend's around Langkawi, Drew saw me down to the ferry terminal and I set off once again. On arrival in Penang I checked into my usual guest house and applied for for Indonesian visa next morning. I feel really sad now that I'm here, Sumatra isn't sitting well with me, it was the most dangerous roads that I had cycled plus I'm missing Drew. I've a few days to wait around for my visa and flight ... read more

Geo: 6.3663, 99.6838So after hanging out in Kuah we head off sailing once more, it was great catching up with everyone again, we've made some great friends. From Kuah we headed to Tengah Beach which is close to Pantai Cenang and hung out for a few days.Only problem with this anchor is you have all the para gliders and jet skis in the area, we end up waving at them from the boat but they don't cause us any problems thankfully, we seem to be far enough out their routes. There's nice resorts on this beach so Drew decided to set up his metal detector and hit the beach at night to have a scan about, you could be lucky and find all sorts of treasures. We wander up and down the beach, we set up ... read more

Geo: 6.32, 99.85I do love life at the yacht club, we've made so many great friends here it truly is a home from home. After our coffee in the morning there are always jobs to do on Malmuirie which I love, she is such a beautiful boat.I thought I'd show you general photos of what we get up to from Drew doing a bit of diving to clean his prop or scrub the bottom, or look for lost items... we managed to spin off one of the winch handles once the new windless was set up! To sail folding and storing, some pictures of the inside of Malmuirie, some of the exterior and of the cutest dinghy ever! There are always boats coming and going from the marina and there are some fabulous boats here from ... read more

Geo: 8.01056, 98.8394Drew and I decided to head to Krabi for a few days to get away from working on the boat and for a bit of chill time, we've been hard at it so time for a break. From Langkawi we arrange the ferry and bus which saves us any hassle getting to the bus station when we arrive in Thailand. It's an easy enough journey although it takes a bit of time, once at Krabi we jump a tuktuk down to the town and manage to find a cheap room for the night. It wasn't an exciting night in Krabi, a quick bite to eat and a couple beers then back to the digs, but in the morning we went round a beautiful white temple in the town. We caught a local bus down ... read more

Geo: 6.32649, 99.8432Ooo the gossip of it all... Boat on A dock seized by Customs...Everyone was talking about the drama that unfolded at the marina, one of the boats on A dock was swarmed by Customs officials who sped in on their inflatable rib to search the boat for alleged gun running. Neighbouring boats detailed the seize and search with the skipper 'Julius' (a regular at Charlie's Bar) being held at gunpoint while the boat was searched, police were also involved and another person on the boat who was also detained.The search lasted over an hour and neighbours talked about the drama and shouting involved until the guns were drawn and Julius was handcuffed. Although you'll never really know the in's and out's of what happened, Customs impounded the boat making the skipper take the boat ... read more