sailing Malaysia
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Penang turns out to be my favourite place in Southeast Asia so far. Imagine exotic Chinese shabby-chic, blended with British Colonial, Deco, and 1950s architecture. Throw in some Chinese and Indian temples, lots of narrow lanes, exquisite street art, one-way streets, food smells and the hubbub of daily lives, and there you have the vibe…
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We’ve embedded ourselves in the Langkawi life for a while. It’s nice to have a change from being on the move or working. The boat is in the marina at Rebak Island, and we come and go from there out to the beautiful anchorages in the Unesco Heritage islands off the coast of Langkawi. It’s…
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A four-day break in Kuala Lumpur was a great way to celebrate Angus’ birthday and explore another part of Malaysia other than Langkawi. Kuala Lumpur is an extremely sophisticated city, with great public transport, shopping centres, street food, parks and gardens, mosques and temples. Here are five really cool things to do in KL which…
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Hey…we’re back on board Innocenti after nine months away. We are no longer home-owners. The only real estate we own is this 42-foot little piece of Aotearoa floating around in Malaysia. Let me attempt to summarise the goings-on of our time away in a single paragraph. Here goes…. We ran out money and couldn’t re-tennant…
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We’re enjoying 18 degrees instead of 33 degrees, sleeping with a blanket and duvet, instead of lying in a puddle of sweat. I’m wearing jumpers and long trousers, not shorts and teeshirts, and waking up to the song of tui, not hornbills and Macaque monkeys. We’re back in Auckland until January, and it was so…
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My predictions about a shitty trip to Langkawi were spot on! We checked out of Batam (Nongsa Point Marina) for the 430nm trip to Lankawi with plans to anchor each night, but the wind was blowing from the wrong direction, and none of the recommended anchorages provided any protection from the decent swell. So it…
Cruising Innocenti 