We have left Thailand for the last time and gradually sailed down through the islands back to Langkawi in Malaysia. We revisited old favourites and found new spots we had not been to before.
We revisited Krabi River again and did Thailand's best southern Thailand forest Wat! 1067 steep steps to the top but worth it for the view and the encounter with rare stump tailed Macaques with bright red bums and faces!!
We also spent a couple days in our favourite hong Pileh Hong on the east coast of Phi Phi Ley. Pura Vida joined us in here as the tides were perfect and Pura Vida being a monohull needed the spring tide to get in. Worth it!!
Ko Jam, Ko Kraden and Ko Bulon Le were all new to us and worth a visit. We had a special meal out at Ko Muk. The location of our first Thai meal and my birthday in December 2007. Spicy green mango and dried fish salad delicious!!
Ko Bulon Le is beautiful but needs the right conditions to anchor. Our last Thai Bart was spent here on our last chang beer.
Next stop was Telaga Harbour Marina in Langkawi. This is a good place to restock on food and alcohol as it is a duty free port. We also beached ourselves to antifoul. We hope this will last us till we get back to Australia.
Yesterday we had a fast sail averaging 9kts for a couple of hours! Averaged over 7kts and topped 10.4 on a 9 hour sail.We are now in Penang enjoying the delights of Georgetown. We head to Port Dickson next and check out Malacca and Cameron Highlands and then on to Singapore for Anzac day. We are thinking of attending the service at Changi.
The Sail Malaysia 2009 rally officially starts in Danga Bay near Johor Bahru in May and that's as far as we've planned!! Tioman Islands for a couple of weeks before heading to Borneo.We do have most of the charts now for the return trip and are gathering cruising guides and lonely planets on the areas we are going to!!
The wind is still northerly in the Malacca straits and the season hasn't changed to the SW monsoon yet so hopefully it stays that way till we get to Singapore!
