Mata Jitu: Princess Diana’s Waterfall
Mata Jitau was named by the locals after Princess Diana when she went to visit 30 years earlier; it turned out to be hidden within pristine jungle…
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Sumbawa Island: Ignore the Warnings!
Bima is the largest town on the island of Sumbawa, a place we were warned NOT to visit by our friend, who said “Sumbawa is lawless and helpless”…
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes (in the Ring of Fire)
We are sailing in the Sunda Arc, which means volcanoes and earthquakes. Many of those volcanoes are active, and earthquakes happen on a daily basis. Mount Tambora In 1815 Mt Tambora erupted, throwing into the air 20 cubic miles of
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Sumbawa: From an Impromptu School Visit to Satonda Volcano
This week we sailed to the extraordinary Satonda volcano, famous for its salt-water filled caldera. But before that, we took one more look around the remote fishing village of Ijok where we received a surprising invitation…
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What is a “Bagan”? Sumbawa, Indonesia
It was on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, where Jamie decided to document the “bagan” fishing process properly; it was his most challenging photography project to date. There was a lot of careful balancing on slippery poles in the dark…
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Stop Saying Over and Out | Good VHF Radio Etiquette
Unless you’re an actor in a bad action movie, you need to stop saying “over and out”! It’s just plain wrong. It’s one of the many mistakes we cruisers make when operating a VHF radio. In this brief blog post,
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