We have just spent 5 days in Malaysia and were supposed to leave at around 2300 tonight but due to the tides; we won't be raising the anchors until early early morning. It should be before sunrise and won't affect our arrival in Vietnam in a few days. I didn't really have any expectations about our visit to Malaysia but have been pleasantly surprised.It is a country that I didn't know very much about and I think I have learned quite a bit.The biggest thing is ...

We're at sea now and will arrive in Penang, Malaysia tomorrow morning. We've only been at sea for 3 days and it's gone by quickly. The time between ports of call for the next few weeks is very short…I'm going to Kuala Lumpur with Amanda, Noah, Mario and Carrie and it should be a good time. It'll be nice to do some "indy travel" and they're all great people. We do our research and take advice from others who have been to these places before, but tr...