Salulami is for Sale

Hello to all our friends,


We are back on Salulami in Thailand. We spent most of the time this year 2011 in Switzerland. We got married July 19th 2011 in Courtelary, Jura Bernois, in Switzerland, and we are ready for new adventures land wise in Thailand.

SALULAMI is for sale. She has been well maintained and IS READY TO GO. Please visit our Blog at:
http://sy-tosca36.blogspot.com/ for all the details and contacts.

Thailand, December 2010, Phuket.

Beginning of December, we went to the Swiss Embassy in Bangkok to organize Pui’s visa to join me mid of May in Switzerland. Then we went to Pakchong say hallo to the Family and bring the Christmas gifts.

I will be leaving Thailand December 29 2010 on a yacht heading to the Mediterranean crossing the Indian Ocean, then up the Red Sea. We are planning to arrive second half of April.

Pui will stay on the yacht in Boat Lagoon until she joins me. While we are away the yacht will undergo a warranty job and have the deck repainted.


Pui joins me to wish you all a happy and healthy new year.


Bye for now!

On the way to Thailand, November 2010.

We left Langkawi from Télaga November 25 and made our way to O Chalong. We stopped South of Ko Bitsi the first night.

Next stop was Ko Rok Nok.

We picked up a Mooring close to the beach, as the tide was going out just before dark we left the mooring and anchored in deeper waters.

For the third night, we picked up a mooring in the bay of Ko Phiphile.

The place is crowded with speed boats, little ferries and long tails.

Luckily at dark they are all gone.


We were thinking to stay one day there, but by 11 o’clock we had to leave the place as huge ferries were mooring on the boy next to us. They would have touched us if the wind had changed

.We left the place at the same time than a Marakuja (aluminum center board yacht), just using the Genoa for propulsion. We arrived at the same time at Ko Mai Thon. We were rounding the island North and he rounding the Island South.


At dark a fishing boat anchored too close to us, but left to re anchor.



November 29, we anchored on O Chalong and cleared in just before lunch time. The tourist visa (2 month +1) worked well.

November 30, we made our way to the entrance of Boat Lagoon Pos 7°58.66N, 098°25.00E and arrived by five o clock in the afternoon in Royal Phuket Marina. In 3 years RPM increased his prices by 50%.

We had to wait to get a berth in Boat Lagoon. Their prices stayed almost the same. We moved in Boat Lagoon December 17.

Malaysia, November 2010, Langkawi.

To get to Kuah, we stopped overnight at Pulau Paya. There are moorings you can pickup but we had a strong SW swell so we anchored at the NE point of the Island. They have now a coral farm. It was too late to go to have a visit to the farm.

Next day and 16 miles later we were in the Bay of Kuah and dropped 40 m of chain in 5 m of water because the holding is very poor and it’s a saying: “don’t become the eagle’s eggs.

Some boats ended there in strong SW gales.

With the dingy to can make landfall the ferry terminal that never operates. Bobo’s Café has been taken over by locals and doesn’t serve any alcohol.

A new complex close to the ferry terminal is now open, but there are not many shops open yet.

The night market is still at the same place. In town nothing has moved much.

From Kuah we moved to Telaga and anchored behind the little islands at the entrance of the marina.

It was nice to come across old friends, Geronimo, SacréG2, and Proteus.


Together with Pompon and Isabelle from Seakedelic, we visited the Island.

We went to Batik Art Village of ATMA ALAM. A small workshop show’s you what the Batik Art consist of but you are not allowed to take pictures.


Of course you are invited to look thru the place where every thing is for sell.

As next, we visited Taman Agro Technologi Stesen Mardi Langkawi, the place grows fruit.
On a little shuttle, the guide brings us thru the plantation. It was not the best time of the year to enjoy all the variety of fruits, but still we could taste some of them.

After that we stopped at the Komplex craft Langkawi.

The place is big and this time I didn’t hesitate to picture Batik Art, it’s beautiful.

There was also a glassblower shop.

Just before living Malaysia we wanted to take the cable car. But it was closed because of mechanical problems.

Malaysia, November 2010, Penang.

From Pulau Pangkor we made again an overnight sail of 71 miles to head to Penang. They are building a new bridge between the Souths of the Island of Penang to the continent.

Further North, we past under the bridge and made our way to Tanjong City Marina in George Town just after the ferry terminal. Tanjong City Marina operates on VHF CH 68.

The place looks nice, but as you get in you realize that half the marina is gone, and from what is left, half is in the mud at low tide.

After one night you know why every body tells you the place is hatful. A terrible swell bounces your yacht, one night it broke three of my mooring lines not at the same time luckily. I had to buy new ones.

We stayed one week there to give the chain and anchor to re-galvanize. Seakedelic left after 3 days.

Amandine left the boat to make her way back home for the skiing season; she works in a winter resort.

Walking in the streets you make funny encounters like the pushbikes carrying tourists.

Traditional Hi-Tech bike (was not for sale), the Guinness Buddha, and strange perspectives.

George Town is a colorful city with many food courts. It’s inexpensive, good and the choice is huge.

For those who like, they are lots of activities going on after sunset. The streets are crowded with people enjoying loud music coming out of the discos.

Mid of November we made our way to Langkawi.

Malaysia, November 2010, Pulau Pangkor

We left Admiral Marina November 2, and made an overnight sail to drop the anchor at Pasir Bogak at the SW corner of Pulau Pangkor. Seakedelic joined us, and together we went for an Island tour.
We first walked from Pasir Bogak to Teluk Nipah. On the way we pictured monkeys, a dragon and an empty marina falling apart. We also pictured a wonderful beach. We had a lunch at Nipah, and then we hired a taxi that drove us around the Island.

We stopped at the Foo Lin Kong temple. There is a mini version from the famous Great Wall of China to see, and many other stoning things.

Next stop was Teluk Gredong at the Dutch Fort. It was built in 1670. Despite frequent visits, the Dutch were kept away by hostile locals and were unable to maintain the site and rebuilt it until 1743. Only 5 years later they abandoned it for good after local warrior chiefs repeatedly attacked them.

As the day was going on it was time to get back to the yachts. Some wind built up during the day and it was quite a challenge to row back. I first brought Pui back to Salulami and then went back to help Pompom Isabelle and Amandine to get back to Seakedelic.

Malaysia, October 2010, Kuala Lumpur (KL) day 2.

The second day we went to Chinatown and made the walk recommended in the LP. It starts at the Masijid Jamek LRT station. First you see the old shop houses in Lebuh Ampang.

We stopped at the Sin Sze Si Ya temple founded in 1864 by Kapitan Yap Ah Loy. It is dedicated to patron deities of Sin Sze Ya and Si Sze Ya. The deities have guided Kapitan Yap Ah Loy to defeat the enemies and defend Kuala Lumpur during civil war (1879 – 1873).

The temple has witnessed the birth and growth of Kuala Lumpur.


We past a stoning herbal tea shop with big sparkling Copper jars.

We tried one cup of tea of each jar, it was so bitter that with no doubt it has healing abilities.

We made our way further down to Petaling Street were businesses of all kinds offers you what ever you can think about to unbeatable prices of course.

 

On the way to the Maharajaleta MRT station we stopped at the ancestral ornate Chan See Shu Yuen Temple. The figurines are of high details.

Then It was time to make our way to the Hang Tuah Bus terminal to get back to Port Dixon.

We had a double deck bus for the first part of the trip, and from Seremban a classic bus to Port Dixon.

From Port Dixon to the marina we were too late to take a bus and drove home in a taxi. The taxi was 2 MYR more expensive than the total bus fare for one person from KL to PD.