We'd all discussed, at dinner the night before, the fact that we were on a sailing boat that had, up to this point, not sailed yet. Edd was used to being on sailing boats that only used their sails really, so he was a bit disappointed.It was announced after breakfast that the sails would be put up in the afternoon, while we were on our way to one of the Komodo Islands - we'd noticed that things we discussed suddenly happened the next day; the walls obviously had ...

We had breakfast while we were motoring to the northern part of the main Komodo Island. (There are many, it’s a collection of islands actually). I suddenly wasn’t feeling too good and took some antibiotics and had a small nap while Edd played trains on my iPad. His mum gave me immodium, which in the end was the saving grace to my condition - my condition improved and I managed to continue the day as normal. We dropped anchor and were taken to the bea...

The day started off slowly - I'd woken up at 6am and carried on reading my book while Edd slept. By 8am it was time to get up and his dad came down to see if we were joining them for breakfast.I was still in a bad mood from the day before, and the update on the days itinerary only made it worse. After breakfast Edd and his dad went and spoke to one of the many chiefs, about what they thought of the days activities and how they were running the cruise. Which was t...