Kalimantan

Kalimantan

Kumai River Cruise The sail to the mouth of the Kumai River was lovely. We managed to put the ballooner up for the first time in a long time to take advantage of the downwind sailing conditions. From there, however, it’s a bit of a slog upriver to get to Kumai,...
Bali

Bali

Lovina Beach While most of the rally boats headed to Benoa in the south of Bali, we headed north to Lovina Beach – where the Sail 2 Indonesia rally stopped in previous years. In contrast to seeking the wild party life to be found down south, particularly in the...
Gili Air and Lombok

Gili Air and Lombok

Gili Air The World Arc boats were gathering in Lombok for their onward journey towards South Africa. So. with limited room in the anchorages and no mooring balls free at Medana Bay marina, we decided to head over to one of the islands opposite Lombok, Gili Air. It is...
Badas and the Buffalos

Badas and the Buffalos

Badas Badas was a disappointment. We stopped here for one night, anchored amongst the commercial traffic while savouring the fumes belching out of one of the ships at the dock. And there wasn’t a t-shirt shop (or any other shop for that matter) in sight. The...
Rakiet and the Whale Sharks

Rakiet and the Whale Sharks

Rolly Road to Rakiet We believe Moyo Island is very beautiful, but because the anchorage was packed with rally boats anchored in deep water on a lee shore, we decided to give it a miss and carry on around the corner to a more peaceful place where we anchored in 15...
Sumbawa – Bima

Sumbawa – Bima

Bima Either they have cleaned their act up, or the comments we have heard regarding Bima’s cleanliness are a bit harsh. The photograph below, taken from the back of the boat, illustrates three things: the water shows no obvious signs of sewage, the fishermen...