The highlight of our rally so far has been attending the Festival Pesona Indonesia Budaya Tua Buton (Buton’s Festival of Traditional Culture) in Pasarwajo in the Buton Regency. Pesona Indonesia, the Indonesian tourism board, holds the Pesona Indonesia festivals around the country every year to promote the traditional culture and tourism. Lucky for us, the…
After a leisurely time in Walir, we made our way over to Banda Neira, the second stop for the rally. We’d spent so long in Walir that most of the rally boats had left. That was just fine with us. Docking in Banda Neira Slow Flight was still in Banda Neira and they greeted us…
After four days sailing from Australia to Indonesia, our arrival port in Indonesia was Debut, a small village in the Kei Islands of Indonesia. This area has many islands, and Debut is on Kei Island. The main town is called Langgur, and only a small channel is between Kei Island and the next door Dullah…
David and I departed Lizard Island for a 54-hour sail up to Horn Island, where we were going to make our last stop in Australia before clearing out and heading to Indonesia. Many friends made other stops along the way, but when they did stop, it was usually just to sleep or ended up being…
After two nights sailing from Hook Island in the Whitsundays, we arrived in Cairns, where we attended the first meeting of the Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia Rally. Why Did We Join the Rally? We’ve never done a paid rally before (the Pacific Puddle Jump is free). This will be our first time to really cruise…