• Koh Mak,  Thailand

    New Year in Koh Mak

    Koh Mak is one of the smaller islands off the south coast of Thailand near the Cambodian border. From what I can tell, Koh Mak’s economy is largely based on rubber plantations but like many of the islands around this area, expanding tourism is also starting to play an important role.

  • Bangkok,  Kerikeri,  Minerva Reef,  New Zealand,  Opua,  Thailand

    Merry Christmas from the tropics

    We’ve been especially busy since leaving Tonga almost 6 weeks ago, although in many ways it feels like we only left yesterday. We set sail to New Zealand with a stop off at Minerva Reef. We were expecting to wait at Minerva for just a few days for an appropriate weather window to continue our journey to New Zealand, but ended up staying for