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As I write this, we've past our 100-days at sea anniversary. In the past 100+ days, we've visited 7 countries and stopped at 19 different ports. Time has gone by quickly, even the cruising days at sea. Lately, I've upped my social presence. Normally, Connie's the "Social Butterfly" in our family. With her being off ship, I've forced myself to step up and try to meet more people and ...
In my previous blog, I jokingly mentioned my confusion about using the term "sailing". A reader, who has been a mariner for over 45 years emailed me and let me know that the correct nautical term is "steaming". This is also funny and outdated, as I don't think there are many ships powered by steam anymore. I may stick with the incorrect nautical term of "cruising". Below, you'l...
We continue to float/sail around the Indonesian islands slowly. Why do they call it "sail" when we use engines and not sails? I guess "engining" around the ocean would sound funny. What would you call it? Maybe cruising the Indonesian islands? We recently picked up a bunch of new residents, and some that have already been onboard and are returning. Lately, I've been trying to be more sociable...
Before I get to the travel logs, I thought I would share a little bit about how our life on the Villa Vie Odyssey has been going. In a couple words - pretty good. Since we arrived in Bali, Indonesia, we haven't had as many "sea days", where we slowly head to the next port. The new routine has been spending 2 to 4 days at a port, travel for a day or two then spend another 2 to 4 days at the next po...
With the events taking place in the world, fuel prices have sky-rocketed and are becoming scarce. At least in Asia and Australia, fuel is getting hard to find. Australia imposed a restriction on providing fuel to "foreign" vessels. They're giving priority to domestic ships, which caused the Odyssey to re-evaluate our travel plans. Since fuel wasn't going to be available in Darwin, we did...
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