2014–Happy New Year!

As we roll into a new year we discuss with other yachties  sailing plans for the next year and where we will be next Christmas. It  seems that nobody is in any rush to go anywhere in particular as having arrived in Langkawi the general feeling is  this is a good  place to take a breath, enjoy the surrounds and spend some time just relaxing.

Now I can hear you all laughing at “relaxing” and thinking this is what we have been doing since we moved on-board, but it’s not all been easy sailing and we seem to have been constantly on the move to get to the next anchorage. So for now we are “relaxing” and just enjoying being on the boat or in a hammock as this picture shows!

Christmas was good. We had a week in Rebak Marina as planned and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We made full use of all the facilities the resort had to offer, lots of socialising ,riding our bikes around the island, reading & relaxing.  Christmas Eve the yachties all got together for drinks & nibblies and Christmas carols. I happened to be one of the few who new all the words to every song so I was up front conducting and singing at the top of my voice! Much to Jerry’s horror but it was ok ‘cos everyone had drunk a fair few drinks by then so no one really noticed my very bad singing voice!



We had Christmas lunch at the resort. A huge smorgasbord of all kinds of food. A lot of Malaysian dishes but there was the traditional turkey with cranberry sauce and roast vegies, no yorkshire pudding though ! Delicious assortment of sweets to choose from, free champagne and good company.

After lunch we retired to the pool area for a cooling dip & a snooze then it was time for sundowners at the beach bar.

New years eve we anchored TToo off Pantai Cenang beach and found ourselves a table at a beach bar serving very cheap drinks & some nice food. We had a lovely evening and at midnight the restaurants lit bonfires along the beach, set off fireworks and  just about everybody wrote a message on a Chinese lantern, lit it and sent it off into the sky. It was a beautiful sight.
    



Surprisingly enough we both awoke new years day with clear heads but my feet were killing me! So I thought I would go ashore and have a reflexology foot massage. What better way to start the New Year.

We are now anchored back at Kuah town, it’s easy walking distance to all the shops for supplies and boat bits, plus cheap restaurants. We have a few things to sort out like internet…again, and then we will find a nice little quiet bay to anchor in and maybe do some painting touch ups.
News from home is always welcome, so please when you get a moment drop us an email and tell us what your Christmas was like and what plans you have for new year or just to say hello, we would love to hear from you.