We woke the next morning to a quiet foggy river. While we ate our way through a big breakfast, the crew picked the boat up and got us ready to get back underway. We had spent the night tucked into the trees along the side of the river just a … Read More
Borneo’s Orangutans Day One
I remember planning a trip to Borneo to see the Orangutans back on our first time through this area all those years ago, but I don’t remember now why we didn’t do it. So, when we reached this part of the planning stage again this time, we were sure to … Read More
Indonesian Borneo
We continued sailing across the Java Sea, bound for Borneo, or Kalimantan as it’s known in Indonesian. On our way there I discovered some geographical facts I didn’t know. Borneo is the third largest island in the world, and it’s shared by three countries. Borneo seems to live in all … Read More
Bawean Island Celebrities
Denpasar wasn’t the kind of place we like to linger very long, and after fighting traffic any time we left the area we were sort of left with little to do but leave. There was a great grocery store nearby, so with the larders full, we set off again We … Read More
Losing Inner Peace in Bali
When in Rome, visit Buddhist temples. Our group of friends rented a big van with a driver and set off with big plans for a day of sightseeing around Bali. Taman Ayun was our first stop, not too far away through the morning traffic. It’s a beautiful place, full of … Read More
Denpasar, Bali
I know it doesn’t usually look like it, but while I’m out here traipsing around the world I’m also running a business. I started Wanderer Financial about eight years ago now, and it just continues to grow no matter how far away I manage to sail from the the financial … Read More
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks, the surf break, was first given the name because of a cargo ship that had run onto the reef there in the 60s. The sea has long since eaten that wreck, but apparently it’s such a regular occurrence, with dozens of ships of different sizes going up there, that … Read More
Lembongan
After another quiet night we headed out in the dead calm for Lembongan. Typical rows of fishing lines/nets. We come across these quite often in Indonesia. Huge swaths of sea covered and inaccessible. Lembognan is an island just a few miles from Bali. It’s a unique place, with a surf … Read More
Clowning Around
Not much to say about this place. Just a couple miles from Gili Gede, was Gili Asahan. A nice spot to spend a couple of days snorkeling, hunting for elusive seahorses, and wandering the small village, hunting for dinner. Spotted a monkey on this little islet. He was busy raiding … Read More
Gili Gede
After a few days of eating out every night, and getting Ouest’s little toe surgery taken care of (it healed up perfectly), we were off again. Along this particular stretch of water there were hundreds of these fishing boats zooming along with a line or two trailing out the back. … Read More
In Stitches
The whale shark anchorage wasn’t great, which had become a recurring theme along this stretch of Indonesia, so we upped anchor again and continued west. We had our sights set on a number of different places along the coast, but encountered problems in nearly every one, so for the next … Read More
Whale Shark
This morning we woke early, ready to go swim with whale sharks for the first time. We were anchored inside the huge Saleh Bay (more like a sea, at 50 miles deep and 10 miles across) that was well known for housing whale sharks. The experience falls somewhere underneath a … Read More