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Preparing to Return to Malaysia

We are in the final week of our holidays stay in the US. It’s been a great time visiting friends and family and has been especially cherished because last year we didn’t come home during the winter holidays, and this … Continue reading

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Three Years of Wonder

Less than two weeks ago, we reached a major milestone on our trip. Three years ago, in November 2009, we departed the US on Tahina to begin our circumnavigation. We left from Carolina Beach, North Carolina on November 14 of … Continue reading

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Heading Back Down Under

We are leaving this afternoon to begin our long trip back to Australia. It was great getting to see so many of our friends and family! And, this time we will only be gone a few months before we are … Continue reading

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Back to the USA

After weeks of work on the boat, with a few breaks here and there, mostly drinking sundowners with our boating friends, we are finally ready to leave for our trip back to the USA. Tomorrow we take a train to … Continue reading

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Day Trip to Dubbo

Yesterday was a beautiful day in the part of Australia we traveled, not a cloud in the sky. We finally left Port Stephens and drove all day out to Dubbo – about 500 km away. We took some back roads … Continue reading

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Our Tracks in South New Zealand

I’ve been working in my spare time to create a map of all our travels in the South Island of New Zealand. I’ve now completed pretty much all the roads we traveled. And have started putting some of the placemarks. … Continue reading

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Change in Travel Tempo

Since we arrived in New Zealand, our travel tempo has changed dramatically. When we were crossing the Pacific, we had a more regular tempo where every few days (usually no more than a week) we would pull up anchor and … Continue reading

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