Hello from Pewter

I have decided to write an account of our travels on Pewter. We have been in Malaysia for just over a year. Malaysia is extremely friendly to yachties, our boat can be in Malaysia indefinitely, we need only renew our visa every 3 months by just leaving the country for just a day. I don't think there is another country that gives us such benefits.

Revisiting Malaysia is a journey back in times. I left Malaysia when I was 11 years old and it's good to see that there are some places I can remember seeing nearly 50 years ago. Some places are completely changed. The sleeply little seaside town of Port Dickson no longer exists. The beaches are now lined by resorts

The food is very cheap and they still make excellent iced coffee in the coffee shops. The locals are friendly and very helpful once Leo talks to them in the local dialects. They place Leo as someone from Singapore, but they are generally not so certain about me. I look local but not 'local' enough. Must be my dashing clothes . Once they get to know me, they 'll always ask where do I come from!! Some will ask if I hail from Thailand or some other Indochina country. They never suggest that I am Chinese. Must be my great grandmother's Ibanese genes. Wait till they see my daughters. they look even more foreign than me.

Anne & Leo