Turtle Mail

We are visiting Thailand during expanded military control. Basically, the military lost patience with the dysfunctional federal ministers wh...

Now in Thailand, our first order of business was getting hooked up with a national cell phone company for WiFi so that we could internet fro...

Without turning the motor on, we pulled anchor and sailed 3.5 of the 4 hours to the southerly end of the well-known Island of Phuket (Thaila...

After more than 10 days at Langkawi (Malaysia), we pulled anchor at 13:00 on July 28th and set off on a short passage to Phuket (Thailand) w...

Langkawi (Malaysia) is a duty-free Island, meaning anything imported here is duty free and the end price to the consumer is reflected in tha...

We rented a motor-scooter at Langkawi (Malaysia) to scoot around the winding scenic roads of the 25 km long Island and can easily be driven ...

We left Penang Island July 15th, passing close to lots of marine traffic going both ways in a lane that was dredged in shallows that extende...

Still hanging out at the Island of Penang (Malaysia). Another attraction that we wanted to experience, and would be a first for us, was the ...

Earlier today we anchored in front of George Town at Penang Island (Malaysia). Going to shore was interesting as we tied up the dinghy at 1 ...

We had arrived at the south end of Penang Island (Malaysia) yesterday - July 11th - in the dwindling twilight and safely anchored on the lee...

We left the City of Malacca (aka Melaka) Malaysia early in the morning at 07:30 on July 7th. We had a good wind on the port which pushed us ...

There are so many sounds associated with sailing. The wind, the water rushing past the hull, rigging, stores moving around with the motion o...