Another cyclone and another delay. When we left Townsville last week, our intended destination was Kupang, Indonesia. It was an ambitious non-stop passage to attempt still inside cyclone season, but we figured what the hell…. not that we had much … Continue reading
Our silence for the past couple weeks is because we’ve had little of interest to report. As always is the case, the weeks leading up to our big crossings are consumed by various chores and prep work. This time we’re … Continue reading
The Great Barrier Reef is one of those places that everybody knows about but, surprisingly, hardly anybody’s been to, mainly because its remote position nearly 100 miles off the east coast of Australia makes it an awkward place to access. … Continue reading
It seems that every place we come across has developed its own unique character traits and often unforgettable identity…. drawing charicatures of our sailing destinations would be a simple task. The Whitsundays is certainly no exception. Like St Tropez in … Continue reading
There’s a saying that goes “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only different types of good weather.” That’s exactly the type of delusional optimistic thinking that any around the world sailing voyage will put a permanent end to. As … Continue reading
It’s been almost two years since we set sail from Turkey and began our dream of circumnavigating. We have to remind ourselves of that fact using a mental calendar – we’re keenly aware that our intuitive sense of time has … Continue reading
When we ditched the boat and took off in a jalopy van from Bundaberg in early December, we hadn’t a clue what we were getting ourselves into. We’d done almost no research into the subject of road tripping around Oz, … Continue reading
Americans are notoriously awful with geography. It’s a 100% certainty that most Americans couldn’t point to Tasmania on a world map…. we suspect a majority couldn’t even say if it’s a real place on Earth, or just a fictional home … Continue reading
Getting trapped in a place indefinitely because you simply can’t stand the thought of leaving, or don’t see the point in leaving, is probably the single greatest destroyer of circumnavigation dreams. For people thinking about an RTW trip of their … Continue reading
The past couple weeks have proved to us a theory we’ve had about travel for some time. It is that the people you meet in a place are way more important than the place itself. What makes travel so addictive … Continue reading
Every now and again on this journey we enjoy experiences that bring us new perspectives about life. Normally this happens when we see people living in ways that are different from what we’re used to. The past few weeks in … Continue reading
When you travel to diverse places you start to notice the huge differences in the way governments behave towards their people, and the role the government plays in day to day life. In some places, like the Eastern European countries … Continue reading