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Tomorrow, I get to sail my new boat for the first time. I have taken her out of charter for a week then I will put her back to work .....

I was going to rename her Mausgras, but then I realised that many of the charter companies that take bookings for her will have her listed under her current name "Lolita". It was too much of a hassle to get ( Read more... )

I still have a lingering head cold that just will not completely go but my new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is already making me feel better.


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I'm really disappointed that the great Indian Ocean sailing trip is off, for good this time. I have decided not to go, even if he changes his mind again ( Read more... )

After three days in bed with a miserable cold it feels so good to wake up and feel almost good again .... hour by hour I feel better. .... ready to take on the world ... but I think I will do that tomorrow.

First it was on, then it was off at the insistence of his wife, then he decided he would call her bluff and it was on again. Now she has called his and he has caved in and it is off again ( Read more... )

I just love Thai newspapers.


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In all the years I have lived in the region this is the first time I have come across this festival which is apparently unique to the Phuket region.

It was really quite a long procession, must have taken an hour to pass and I lost count of the number of groups/temples participating. While the people in the parade were only using mock self harm at ( Read more... )

As an expat and traveller I am very aware of foreign exchange rates. The Aussie dollar is at a historic high which is good for me as an expat but I understand how it can also be hard domestically ( Read more... )

Earlier this year I sailed up from Singapore to Langkawi in Malaysia. This is a long overdue "log" of that trip ( Read more... )