The Journey North
CuriousOyster
Steve & Trish Brown
Fri 18 Nov 2011 09:07
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On our journey up the east coast of Malaysia
we saw a few unusual sights
Birds that thought we were one of the
many fishing boats and followed us for
miles expecting a free meal
 Islands that were only visible at low
tide
  And seas that unexpectedly changed colour, we
expected the depth to
change too but it didn't
 This colour change is due to rivers bringing
silt down into the sea
We stayed overnight
in one of these rivers, at 9.30pm the current was
flowing
at 3.3 knots
For the last month we have had very little wind and
what there has been has
been on the bow, forcing us to motor all the way
from the Ria Islands in
Northern Indonesia
This is not a great cruising area, although the
historic cities of Malacca and
George Town on Penang are great
attractions
We hope for better winds as we head further north
to Langkawi and beyond
to Phuket in Thailand
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