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Addu Atoll 22nd May 📍 Addu Atoll · 000°40.373′S, 073°07.869′E · Seenu Atoll The wind and waves continued to batter us throughout the night, and to add insult to injury, the chart plotter decided to restart halfway through the pass on the way into the atoll....

Thinadhoo 6 May 📍 Thinadhoo · 000°32.057′N, 073°00.290′E · Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll (South Huvadhu) The squalls arrived after midnight, bringing buckets of rain and taking away any hope of sailing all the way to Thinadhoo. It wasn't the power of the wind that was the...

Magoodhoo 29 April 📍 Magoodhoo · 003°04.839′N, 072°57.451′E · Faafu Atoll (Northern Nilandhe) They are building an airport at Magoodhoo, but I suspect the workers had downed tools for the day because the weather was battering the island. On the way here, we had...

Huvafenfushi 22 April 📍 Huvafenfushi · 004°21.000′N, 073°21.051′E · North Malé Atoll (Kaafu) The anchor came up quickly - the old mechanic's trick of using brake cleaner on electrical equipment really does work. On the way back to Huvafenfushi, we nearly got battered...

Himmafushi 18 - 19 April 📍 Himmafushi · 004°18.168′N, 073°33.504′E · North Malé Atoll (Kaafu) We motorsailed all the way to Himmafushi, dodging far too often local boats with no AIS and questionable knowledge of COLREGS. After squeezing through the narrow channel into...

Sailing Past Fancy Places 8th of April 📍 Kalhunaiboli Reef · 005°03.247′N, 073°00.459′E · Baa Atoll (North Maalhosmadulu) Only God and Booking.com know how much it costs to stay at these places. But I'm sure it makes our daily charge for sailing around the Maldives...

Hurasfaruhuraa 3 - 4th April 📍 Shaviyani Atoll · 006°08.623′N, 073°02.087′E There isn't much wind around at the moment, so the engine continues to get a workout as we bounce around from place to place. Our next stop was somewhere that may win the prize for the best...

Some small changes I have made a couple of changes to the post format to make it more journal-like, so we can better remember where we have been. Besides, there are a lot of islands here with names that have far too many vowels and consonants, so it's even harder to...

Day One The forecast looked promising. Out of all the days we could have chosen to leave for the Maldives, Monday 9th March promised the most sailing and the least motoring (less than 2 hours of it to be nearly precise). We even had a fresh breeze to blast us...

Embarkation at Bang Tao I must admit I had reservations. Jake has a history of association with mechanical failures. The last time he came out on a boat with us – a day trip in the Solent many years ago – the engine broke. We didn't dwell on it at the time, because...

But first, the dinghy Being tight-arsed Northerners, we really didn't want to spend money on a new one. Highfield doesn't price their tenders in the same bracket as those in novelty shops (the ones sold alongside floating flamingos, rubber doughnuts, orange armbands,...

A Rest Stop on the way Our Fortaleza friends, the Far Too Lazies, suggested a quick stop en route to Chalong to enjoy light beer, tasty food, and delicious Pina Coladas. We are glad they did. The cocktails at the Kung Fu Bar in Ko Lanta were delicious; served with a...

Escaping Pangkor We were amongst the most junior residents of Pangkor Marina, having been there for only 7 months. The wise ones have been there for years, and many of these long-term resident sages said that leaving couldn't be done. We left anyway. After a few...

Inside the City Walls There aren't many words in this post, but there are plenty of pictures. Chiang Mai offers up surprise treats for the eyeballs almost everywhere you go. And for those preferring not to feel like they are being slowly cooked alive in a sous vide...

Bridge over the River Kwai Continuing our quest to explore how bonkers, dangerous and cruel people can be, we caught the train from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi, the location of the bridge over the River Kwai. Interestingly, the name of the river made famous by the...

Large chicken and strange menu choices Probably the best way to get to Phnom Penh is by bus from the centre of Siem Reap. It takes a few hours, but it avoids the hassle of flight and the inevitable long journey from the airport to the city. We arrived at the Giant...

Siem Reap I appreciate it's been a while, but the name of the city must wind up the Thai people. Siem Reap references a victory by the Khmer King Ang Chan I over Siamese forces around 1530. The translation of the name is Siam defeated. I suppose it is hard to change...