Sailing Donetes

After a wonderful trip to Perth highlighted by the birth of our Grandson Joshua, Christmas with our daughters and their husbands and partners, Rebecca's weightlifting debut and two visits to the new Perth Stadium to see great cricket matches (if poor results) we are back in Lombok. Joshua Taylor Dry Ali meets her little brother for the first time Proud Grandparents Happy Family Christmas Photo Long walks along the coastline near home were a delight Scorchers Semi Final with Gary and Wendy (and Shannon and Lance out of shot) Back to the wet at Gili Gede Pleasant view from Palmyra Bungalow Resort Oh those sunsets Mount Agung clearly visible on our departure from Gili Gede Moored safely at Medana Bay Marina. Able to appreciate the special views again. And so we prepare to travel on.  Having paid some locals form the Gili Gede Marina to clean our hull, it turns out that they were a little too enthusiastic on t...

For those who may be interested in a comprehensive summary of our cruise in 2017 to Indonesia here is a video of highlights: Fremantle to Bali 2017 with Steve and Linda on Donetes  (click this link)

This post brings us up to date on the first phase of our amazing cruise so far.  Apologies to those who have been relying on this blog to follow our progress.  A combination of internet access and laptop charging issues have meant that blog posts have been not as current as we would have hoped.  We have now fixed the charging issue so hopefully good internet access will allow us to keep this up to date when we restart our cruise in February.  We also post regularly to my Facebook page so you can seek us out on Facebook. Sunset at Gili Gede taken from Donetes Donetes Cruise 2017 Indonesia Central - Eastern Portion Indonesia Central Western Portion Gili Lawang Anchorages Having departed Moyo Island at 6:20am and travelled 54 NM we arrived at Gili Lawang at 4pm.  The light was fading and the heavy cloud coverage didn't help so we could not see the reef that circled our preferred anchorage. After several attempts and nearly striking the r...