WEEK 18: 5 June – 11 June - Rebak Marina, Langkawi, Malaysia

Congratulations to Patrick and Dianne on the birth of their first grandchild!

Got the word that our nephew Jeremy was stuck in Kuala Lumpar with passport problems and were hopeful that he might make it to visit us but unfortunately Immigration had other plans and he was unable to come. Peter started antifouling the boat as soon as it dried off. We antifouled, ate at the restaurant, had a few storms and on Sunday it was pretty windy but at 9.30 up we went in the travel lift and in we went. Wasn’t too bad as we went in frontwards and Dell released the lines and off we went. A staff member and Peter off Two Up helped with our lines. Saw the otters just before we put the boat back in the water. One actually jumped out and stood on a wall right in front of us – didn’t have the camera!! By 11am it was blowing like mad and raining and a huge storm came in that evening so we were pleased to be back in the water. Two Up got hit by lightning in Telaga the day after Anzac day. They had 6 small holes in the hull and it destroyed all their electrics and electronics. So they are working on fixing it. Had a couple of rainy days and a couple of days when we went to the lovely resort pool. Kristie and Cilantro came into the marina for two days. Last night, coming back from dinner, we saw a long skinny tree snake on the path.

Well our backpacks are packed and we are booked on the sleeper train for tomorrow. We catch the resort ferry, then a taxi, then a big ferry to Kuala Kedah on the Malaysian mainland, then local bus to Alor Star then the train to Thailand.

Future blogs will be done from internet cafes so may be a while in coming but we will try really hard to stay in touch. Still anxiously awaiting second grandchild!!!!!

Best wishes and may you always have a foot under your keel! (thats good Fritz!!!)

Love
Dell and Peter