Author Archives: John

Jan 20-25 Hi All, We did leave Puerto Princesa on Tues, Jan 23…..we were supposed to leave on Monday but got delayed….more on that later….ugh!!! The first day we went 55nm to Flat Island….7.5 hours, avg 6.6kt SOG, had a 1-2kt adverse current, the 2nd day 60.6nm to Caspian Island through the Dumaran Pass…..8 hrs, … Read More →

Jan 16-19, Hi All, Yeah…..we are here in Puerto Princesa safe and sound. You will notice I was silent in the blog regarding our plans. That is because we were advised to not discuss our plans with anyone out of concern too many “bad” guys are on alert for boats traveling north into the Philippines. … Read More →

Jan 16, Hi All, Well….as the saying goes…..”We’re BACK”!!!!! We came back from USA on Jan 2 arriving here in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia on Thursday Jan 4 around noon time….about a 25 hour trek door to door…..we crossed the dateline so lost a day….all things considered to travel half way around the world in 25 … Read More →

Nov 16 Hi All, Here are some videos from our scuba diving trip to Wakatobi Indonesia in early October 2017. Also some videos of the Balinese dancers from Ubud Bali.  As promised I finally had time and plenty of Internet to upload. These are somewhat lengthy videos so go get your favorite beverage and enjoy!! … Read More →

Oct 13-25 Hi All, Yep, got that tune in my head…..and the other one….Leaving on a jet plane……..ok…..now that I put those tunes in your head keep singing along with me!!! We are leaving today, Wed, Oct 25 at 8pm tonight and we get into SFO at 10pm the same day……just love crossing the date … Read More →

Sept 25-Oct 12 Hi All, We are now back aboard Mystic after a very delightful and relaxing 2 week vacation to Wakatobi and Bali!!! We now have about 2 weeks to put Mystic to bed for a few months while we go back to the USA to see our family and friends!! Wakatobi: We spent … Read More →

Sept 17-24 Hi All, Wow…..what a delightful time we had at the Sukau Rainforest Lodge on the Kinabatangan River……4D3N…..left on Tuesday and back late Friday. We saw all of the Borneo “Big Five” – Orangutans in the wild, Rhinocerus hornbills, Pygmy Elephants, Crocodiles, and Proboscis monkeys! What a treat! The Lodge was great, nice air-con … Read More →

Sept 14-16 Hi All, We did leave Labuan on Thursday Sept 14 around 8am as planned. We did the 38nm in record time…..had a 1-1.5kt favorable current with us the whole time and we had pretty close to trawler conditions….<10 kts and 2′ swell all on the aft port qtr …..sweet as!!! We anchored in … Read More →

Sept 9-13 Hi All, We were up early for our day trip to Brunei from Miri on Saturday Sept 9. It was a long day…..left at 8am and got back after 8pm…..a 12+ hour day!!! We had a good guide named Charlie…..a Chinese Malaysian with pretty good English!! So, how did you like Brunei…..well, it … Read More →

Sept 3-8 Hi All, In doing our research and talking with people we found that the more popular attractions in Miri were the caves……so caving we went!!! We did a day trip to the Niah Caves and then a 3D/2N trip to Gunung Mulu……in total we did 6 caves……all excellent!!! “Miri is a coastal city … Read More →