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Caribbean Cruising: Tropical Paradises with Diversity and History
Dutch sailors Floris van Hees and Ivar Smits – Sailors for Sustainability – spent several months in the Caribbean at the end of the 2023 Hurricane Season, as they neared the end of their circumnavigation. In this report, written before the devastation of Hurricane Beryl in July 2024, they discovered for themselves why so many sailors adore the Caribbean and linger there for months on end.
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Indonesia: Komodo National Park to Close to Visitors
Safeguarding and allowing for the recovery of one of Indonesia’s major tourist attractions – the Komodo Dragons – is one of the main reasons why the Komodo National Park will no longer be open to tourists starting in 2025, according to the Park’s Chief.
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INSIGHTS: Choosing and Storing Spices on a Boat
Spices and herbs do so much more than make our food taste great – they are packed with health benefits too, according to Sarah Powell Fowler of Small Vegan Kitchen. In her latest INSIGHTS article for Noonsite, Sarah discusses why she believes they are a true superfood ally for sailors.
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Tonga: Government Grants Temporary Permit to Starlink
Following news that Starlink had to shut down operations in the Kingdom of Tonga, The Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change, Communications and CERT (MEIDECC) has now granted a provisional temporary permit to the company to operate in the country for the next six months.
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Grenada, St. George's: Items Stolen from Locked Catamaran
Despite securely locking their catamaran which was anchored in the outside lagoon at St. George’s in Grenada, the owners returned from a trip ashore to find the vessel had been broken into and a number of items had been stolen.
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Formalities: First Hand Report on the Indonesia e-Visa
After nearly 10 years cruising South East Asia, with five forays into Indonesia, well known cruisers Sherry and Dave McCampbell say the only thing that stays the same with Indonesian formalities is that they constantly change. One particular area is the A211 e-visa. Here Sherry outlines the process they followed to secure the visa in May 2024.
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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Intensifies into Super-Typhoon
As Typhoon Gaemi approached Taiwan, it escalated into a super-typhoon before making landfall near the city of Hualien and officials say it could be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years.
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South East Asia Pilot
Encompassing approximately 600,000 square miles of some of the best cruising grounds in the world, the latest 7th edition of the South East Asia Pilot sees the addition of the Cape York Peninsula (Australia), the expansion and complete update of Cambodia as well as thorough updates to the Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia chapters. Available printed or as an eBook.
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