http://www.chasamba.com The Chasamba Weblog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:30:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    We have been anchored off the little bay on the western side of Ko Muk for the last few days, and have had a great time. The snorkelling and fishing is some of the best we have experienced, and we have been living off squid, sometimes three meals a day! ... http://www.chasamba.com/192/ko-muk.html It's the last day of a good year, one in which we did all we hoped we would and experienced nearly only good experiences. After the difficulties of 2008, this year showed us the way life looks with the wind on the aft quarter! We have enjoyed every country we ... http://www.chasamba.com/190/2009-from-cochin-to-phuket.html [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="victory v!"][/caption] People sometimes ask us whether we get bored not having anything to do. This just shows that many people do not have experience in trying to keep a sail boat working. It seems to me that we work much harder than we ever did, and ... http://www.chasamba.com/187/angkor-wat-and-alternators.html We have just heard that friends of ours, Rachel and Paul Chandler, have been captured by pirates just out of the Seychelles. We met Rachel and Paul  in Cochin, and had good times there together. Afterwards we were supposed to meet again in Chagos, but due to family obligations they ... http://www.chasamba.com/185/lynn-rival-pirate-attack.html http://www.chasamba.com/180/pictures-of-inbal-in-thailand.html Its been quite a while since we updated the site, and so this will be rather a long update! We are currently anchored outside Yacht Haven, a small marina in the north of Phuket island, close to the bridge to the mainland. It is a good place to be because they ... http://www.chasamba.com/177/thailand-update.html We arrived in Thailand about two weeks ago, and are anchored in Ao Chalong bay, the best anchorage in Phuket. This is a big bay, well protected from all sides, and quite shallow, in fact you have to be careful not to go aground on sand banks and can't get ... http://www.chasamba.com/170/ao-chalong.html We have been in Sri Lanka for 3 weeks now, and have had an interesting time. We entered Galle harbour on the eve of the biggest holiday of the year, Buddhas birthday, which also was Orens birthday. Of course he was very modest about that, and didn't go round showing ... http://www.chasamba.com/168/sri-lanka.html We are sitting in the anchorage in Gan, back from 2 wonderful months in Chagos. The journey there was a little eventful, as usual- on entry the engine wouldn't start, and we came in to Salomon Atoll under sail, and anchored in the only spot possible, near Isle Fouquet. Unfortunately ... http://www.chasamba.com/164/chagos.html We are still here, lounging around, snorkelling and generally on holiday, which is the main raison d'etre of the Maldives. The snorkelling is good, there are lots of reefs with a good selection of fish, and so far we have seen sting rays, a small reef shark, several turtles of ... http://www.chasamba.com/162/paradise-is-addu-atoll.html