Dear Tehja and Taylor,
Well, this Sweet 16 day was pretty significant.
CanKata is no longer flying her Thailand flag, and we have left that country
for about five years. We hope to sail back to Thailand in 2018.
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| Grandma walking down the street of Nai Yang for the last time in a long while |
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| Grandpa taking a long last look … probably everything will be changed in Nai Yang when we get back. |
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| We have been friends with this fellow for years, and we left our trusty old bikes behind for his grandchildren. |
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| Good-bye Nai Yang anchorage. Thanks for giving us safe, secure anchorage for so many years. (That cat’s not CanKata). |
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| Grandpa taking down the Thai flag |
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| The weather isn't always perfect in the tropics (storm at Tarutao). |
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| But even on stormy days, we can get a beautiful sunset. |
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| Sweet 16 day – raising anchor at Tarutao, to head to Kuah. |
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| Off on the hazy horizon … is that a ship on the left? No! It’s an island! |
On February 16, we set anchor in the harbour of the
town of Kuah in the province of Langkawi in the country of Malaysia. (We have
pictures of Kuah in our November 2012 blog entry). From here, in a few days, we
will take a 3-hour ferry to another Malaysian island – Penang - to get our
visas for Indonesia, where we will cruise for the months of March and April
before heading across to Mauritius.
Mauritius is the place that we’ll leave CanKata when
we fly back to Alberta for the summer. We’re counting the days!
But back to February 16: We were “underway” for eight hours, and while
we were underway I did laundry in my new machine, Grandpa was at the helm, we
ate sunflower seeds and spit the shells overboard, and we had our last taste of
pork for a while. We will now be in countries where eating pork is not allowed
for religious reasons, so we enjoyed that last taste.
After we anchored in Kuah, we had visitors aboard
CanKata – Ralph and Jenn of El Misti. You might remember us mentioning them
before – they are the ones who rode their bicycles for thousands of miles over
three-and-a-half months. They are now living back in Australia but were in Kuah
to check on their boat. It is always nice to see old friends.
And it is always nice to see family … which we will be
doing lots of this summer! Looking forward to it.
All our love, Grandma and Grandpa Sailor xx
(now sailing in Indonesia, and not eating pork)
