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Originally we had planned to be in Singapore in early June, but we decided to remain in Borneo and travel to Singapore next fall. Here’s why.
All the guide books and travel brochures that are readily available here in Sabah, Borneo extol the virtues…

Cruising the Philippine islands has been easy weatherwise…we hit the weather perfectly as it is the lull period between the seasonal monsoons. The weather is transitioning from winter NE winds to summer SW winds and during this time there is very li…

Well…our South China Sea passage from Hong Kong to the Philippines will go down as memorable in my personal log book…the first 48 hours was pretty messy…ESE winds periodically gusting up to 30 knots, forward of the beam seas mostly 5’-9’. A l…

Here we go…across the South China Sea! 
The South China Sea is an arm of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by southeast China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and Vietnam. Yessiree…I didn’t know any of that a short time ago. Funny what you…

Greetings from aboard the good ship ‘Grey Pearl’!

First off – THANKS to many of you who have kindly written inquiring about us and the boat in view of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.  We are fortunately well on our boat in Hong Kong har…