From the Turkish town of Cesme it was a short, eight-mile hop back to Greece and the island of Chios. We slipped away early in the morning before the mighty Meltemi began to blow and we found plenty of space to Med-moor on the quay in Chios town.
All the offices of officialdom were well hidden [...]
Continue reading about Greece: From the Aegean to the Ionian
With Moonshadow tucked away in Cesme Marina, we organized an early morning flight from Izmir, an hour away by car, to the city of Kayseri in the central Turkish region of Cappadocia. To avoid a very early wake-up call, we decided to head into Izmir the day before and have a look around Turkey’s second [...]
We were picked up by a mini bus at 0530 and headed for Luxor, along with our cruising friends Susan and Ron from Gemini, who would be our traveling companions for the next week. We were on vacation!!! We headed to the town of Safaga where we joined a police-escorted convoy of tourist buses headed [...]
November 9, 2007
We checked out of Vietnam, boarded another boat, went a few hundred meters upstream, disembarked again presumably at the other side of the border, handled the formalities, and were welcomed into Cambodia without any further drama. Boarding the boat for the last time, we were finally on our way to Phnom Penh. Well, [...]
October 8
One of the great things about being based in Langkawi is that the airport is just a 10-15 minute hop from the marina, and there are regular connections via Malaysia Airlines to Kuala Lumpur or “K-L”. From there we popped down to Singapore. The three-hour layover was enough time to collect bags, check in [...]
Cruising on land for a change.
When my good friend and old Chico State fraternity brother Rob Salisbury asked me to join him on a business trip to Canberra and Melbourne, I jumped on the opportunity. I had wanted to see both cities and just hadn’t made the time. Rob has been living and working in [...]
Continue reading about A Road Trip to Canberra and Melbourne (And a Bit of Yacht Racing)
Christmas in the middle of summer-the Aussies got it right! We have been here since early November, typically the start of the Christmas rush back in the States. Downtown Sydney, a week before Christmas, and there is no more “rush” than is typical in the middle of a city of 3-something million people. Sure, there [...]
Sailing
I have been doing a lot of yacht racing in regular events sponsored by the Ponsonby Cruising Club and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (temporary home of the America’s Cup). Occasionally I have been filling in as crew on one of two all-women’s boats in races sponsored by the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. It’s a [...]
Well, I’ve been here in New Zealand now for just about eight weeks so I thought I’d give you an update on Moonshadow and share a few of my impressions and experiences of this wonderful and unique country.
New Zealand may appear to be just a couple of specks on the world map, but is [...]
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