Arrived Bali very early this morning after a very slow passage. The winds were very light and it was a struggle to sail even the Parasailor for much of the time so hence we had to motor for about 440 miles of the 950 miles. The last 24 hours were particularly difficult as strong currents pushing us back meant we had to turn the engine on about 35 miles off Bali Marina and we had a really slow ride. Anyway we are here now and after a couple of hours snooze have been beavering away getting jobs like laundry and customs and other mechanical stuff done.
Tomorrow we have a day trip around Bali so hope to see lots of interesting things like temples and markets and the extinct volcano!
Time is short here as we are leaving on Monday to sail to Christmas Island (a new destination in the itinerary) for a 48 hour stop then onto Cocos Keeling. Both of these places are Australian dependencies so good job we saved some Aussie dollars!
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