Follow the Rules Indonesia has worked hard over the last decade to bring its yacht clearance procedures in line with other yacht-friendly countries. With over 15,000 islands and 28 ports...
Note: These cruising notes related to cruising the area in late 2022, early 2023. After six years in the Philippines and the last four years exploring the Malaysian side of...
MALAYSIA Borneo As said in many publications, Borneo is different from the Malaysian peninsula. Both regions, Sarawak and Sabah, jealously defend their differences and keep as much independence as possible...
The southern Riau Islands, Indonesia, are a collection of large island groups bordered by Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia to the north-west, Sumatra to the west, Kalimantan to the east...
Posted 09 September 2012 Our thanks to Gini of SV Marquesa for these tips. We cleared into Indonesia at Jayapura and came down through Indonesian Papua, Raja Ampat, Ambon, and...
In 2012 a number of yachts left SE Asia for South Africa. Some opted to beat down Indonesia to Sunda Strait, then head for Cocos Keeling, making the crossing of...
