This is the third and final episode set in staggering Tun Sakaran Marine Park. Liz echoes Jacques Cousteau’s words at the end of the video, “…we stayed for seven days but it could have been seven months…”. There is more variety and quantity around the edge of the small island Click here for full post: […] More
This week, we head back towards the pirates (hitting submerged logs, dodging debris, running aground and navigating shallow water on the way). But first we have one more night in the Kinabatangan River. We take the dinghy up an overgrown tributary to an oxbow lake (or is it an abandoned Click here for full post: […] More
We’re sailing up river to find elephants and monkeys. Specifically pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys! The Kinabatangan River has rainforest lining its banks, but just behind are vast swathes of palm oil plantations. This means the rarest animals are squeezed into a small area of what was once a vast Click here for full post: […] More
When a second squall followed behind the first, all six rally boats turned 180 degrees and were pushed towards the reef. Boats began dragging in the soft sand forcing one of our number to motor deeper to escape the danger. Just yer average day on a rally in northern Borneo! Click here for full post: […] More
Huge apologies for our absence over the past few weeks. But now we’re back after plenty of sailing, passage-making and anchoring around the eastern tip of Borneo and we’re ready to rock. The rally was so intense and loaded with stuff to do and things to see that we didn’t Click here for full post: […] More
Deep in the middle of lockdown six intrepid sailboats, with a military escort laid on by Malaysia, sail the northern tip of Borneo. Through pirates, some of the best coral reefs in the world and up a river through an amazing tropical rainforest. Will we see pygmy elephants? Orangutans? Nesting Click here for full post: […] More
Dinawan, a small island just 10km south of Kota Kinabalu (5°50’38.5″N 115°59’30.4″E) has everything you need from a Caribbean island: coral sand beach, blue lagoon, wooden bungalows, gentle lapping water. But,like many worldwide destinations, Sabah’s tourism industry has been hit hard by the pandemic crisis. With borders closed and Click here for full post: https://followtheboat.com/caribbean-asia-207/ […] More
Now that we’re at anchor we get a much better perspective of the impressive Sabbah mountain range. Dominating the landscape, however, rising high above every other mountain, is Mount Kinabalu. It stands at over 4,000m above sea level and can be seen from anywhere along the Sabah coastline. Of course Click here for full post: […] More
One more from that mangrove, just to show you how dense it is. It meanders for a good half a mile into thick roots. Sometimes paddling becomes impossible so you end up bouncing off trees hanging over your head. I kept a careful eye out for snakes but there were Click here for full post: […] More
The movement control order rules here in Malaysia are relaxing, but people are being careful as the shops tentatively re-open. In Sutera Harbour Marina the pontoon home-made “pubs” are still popular with the seven occupied boats here and Jamie’s in the kitchen making a mess. But when the excitement has Click here for full post: […] More
Yeah, right, as if! In this latest episode we end up on the super-yacht pontoon in super-posh Sutera Harbour Marina, where we are currently berthed. Priority, of course, is Millie, and this is why we have come to Kota Kinabalu. We had it on good authority that there is a Click here for full post: […] More
With all that’s happening in the world, it’s a relief to look back to BC (Before Coronavirus) and remember simpler times… One of the biggest problems for cruisers in SE Asia is the sheer number of fishing boats hard at work close to land and off-shore. They range from one-man Click here for full post: […] More