Linda’s Tales

The Wills family in front of what is now the dive base. You can see the bar in the back ground, still with the steps at the front and one of the dogs we inherited with the property, Riga. Look how much grass there was there in those days. <!-- wp:image {"id":579,"Read More...

Awfully sorry about the delay in Episode 3, having been allowed to open in December I can joyously report were full to bursting over Christmas and New Year and it was absolutely brilliant, amazing weather and best NY party I can ever remember. Of course, the fact it started raining at 7pm on 31st December 2020, only stopped on the morning of the 4th January 2021 (and when I say rain I mean torrential) and was accompanied by tropical storm winds and 2m waves did make it rather interesting. So much for “let’s get rid of 2020 ‘cus 2021 has to be bettRead More...

Daniel outside Veyo Villa, our house on Male’, Republic of Maldives. We were so lucky to have so much room on a tiny island 1 mile long and 1/2 a mile wide with a population of nearly 80’000 (yes, I did say eighty thousand). I spent a great deal of time reading up on that balcony, it had and amazing view out over the sea to Hulule Airport so I coulRead More...

I realise the last paragraph of episode 1 of this blog says I will explain why I decided to stay on Pulau Sibu, however I’ve changed my mind and decided to give a little background to us setting up home at Sea Gypsy. Probably procrastination because the sudden and unexpected death of one’s spouse, especially one so young, is a tough subject to make fun reading, which is what I’d like this blog to be. I promise I will get to it but let’s go back to 1992 and work our way there in chronological order. Just rereading episRead More...

Linda & Daniel on Maayafushi, where Daniel was working as a diving instructor, with the Swiss Flying Ambulance plane. <Read More...