Tuesday 11 February We are heading down the Indonesian coastline, through the Malacca straights and onto Port Kelang

Tuesday 11 February 
We are heading down the Indonesian coastline, through the Malacca straights and onto Port Kelang. Arrive at 7am.
We have a Seaborne cruise ship birthed next to us, but unlike us, it’s allowing all its passengers to disembark. Presumably they are not heading anywhere that may ban them from docking, due to the CoronaVirus.

Quick breakfast, and then Ti Chi.

We are also heading for the equator, they are looking for Pollywogs, first timers to humiliate. Sure there will be a few volunteers to make a spectacle of themselves.

First daily talk - When radio goes wrong - interesting sound bits. Didn’t think it would be interesting, but it was very amusing.

Continents changing and colliding, plate tectonics . Some great visuals, especially the Scotese animation from the University of Texas Arlington. Will try and down load when l have my own internet and it doesn’t cost a fortune.

The captain has now confirmed our ports of call in Australia. It’s now two nights in Fremantle Australia 18th & 19th February
20-21-22 -23At Sea - (Was Bitung - now Benoa/ Bali - cancelled)
Darwin Wednesday 24-25 February Now two days
26-27-28February At Sea
Yorkers Knob -Cairns- Australia new destination 29 February
Whitsunday Islands Sunday 1st March
At Sea 2 March 
Brisbane Tuesday 3March
At Sea 4 March 
Sydney - Overnight onboard Thursday 5 -6March
At Sea 7 March 
Melbourne Sunday 8 March 
At Sea 9 March 
Adelaide Tuesday 10 March
At Sea 11-12 March 
Margaret River, Busselton. Friday 13 March
Perth (Fremantle)Saturday 14 March



Wednesday 12 February 
Up early, mainly due to listening to the anchor going down at 5am. We had to move from our mooring in Port Klang where we had dropped off all the passengers who wanted to depart and the walking wounded. Quite a few of them needed hospitalisation, and were not allowed to return due the the CoronaVirus. We had taken on stores and some fuel. But now we had to wait for a fuel tanker, that originated in Port Klang, but had sailed to Singapore to await our arrival. And of course, we had changed our plans, and missed out Singapore altogether. So now it was chugging back to Malaysia. All good fun.

God it’s hot outside even at this hour. The sun is rising, but it’s already 28 degrees.C.
Have a donut. Really naughty, a few cups of caffeine and a yoghurt. 
Then Judith gets up and we walk some more. We are moored amongst scores of tankers and container ship, all waiting to be directed to a port. One that is offering to pay the most for their cargo. Motorised junks zip by, as well as the usual Malaysian and Thai long boats with their oversized outboards pushing them along. 
Before we know it, we need to rush downstairs for Ti Chi. We are now progressing to the real stuff. Actions are put together into cohesive moves, or should be. It’s like trying to pat your head whilst rubbing your stomach. Hopefully it will sink in, especially if we keep practicing the set moves. They all have colourful names, like Touching rainbow, moving monkey, reaching sun or in my case, falling over feet and knotted arms.
But it’s great. Three experts give us a demonstration. Considering our teacher had been doing it for thirty years and the other two, fifteen and five respectively. We are not doing bad. I can also count up to three in Chinese. 
It’s then up for a coffee and 30 minutes reading, before going to our only lecture. Today on Shipwrecks. As always, you learn something every day.
Hopefully, we will take on a new tranche of speakers once we get to Australia. We are missing the four hours per day of tuition.