You have to love a beautiful home, full of expensive art, turned into a museum. Even more so when the owner, a silk magnate, was a one-time U.S. OSS operative who was on the outs with the CIA, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Malaysian jungle with no body … Read More
Bangkok Temple Day
Our days were packed in Bangkok. There’s always another market, another temple, another interesting street, or more food to eat. The obligatory tuk-tuk shot. It appears that maybe we aren’t the only tourists in Bangkok at the moment. The Grand Palace. Lowe has been on a boat too long. He … Read More
Hauling to Bangkok
The boat came out of the water for a fresh coat of bottom paint and to have the hulls polished. Two rather mind-numbing labor-intensive jobs that I had zero desire to do myself. So the same day the boat came out of the water we climbed onto a little plane … Read More
Simple O-Ring Replacement
Not a whole lot going on around here lately. Kids have been hanging out with friends, leaving Ali and I with nothing but boat projects to knock off. Mostly just cleaning and emptying. There is a free table next to the marina office and it’s gotten to the point that … Read More
Langkawi Day Out
We’ve been pretty well situated out on Rebak Island. The kids have friends they’re off with all day, and Ali and I are just plugging away on some boat projects and then spending the afternoons lounging on the beach. There really hasn’t been any reason to head across to Langkawi … Read More
Langkawi New Year
Around Rebak Island there’s a few nice hikes leading off to different beaches where there’s never anybody else around. It’s kind of a running joke that I always order entirely too much food for our family. New Year’s Eve. Syrian food in Malaysia. Delicious. The fire dancing show back at … Read More