Sailing Malallo ⛵️🏄

Surfing The Banyaks ⛵🌊🏄‍♂️ 🗓️ April 2024 🌏 Banyak Islands, Indonesia One of our major life goals 🏆 was to surf off the back of our own boat. It's been a dream of mine for years, ever since I hopped aboard a random yacht in Timor years ago, before life got in the way. The idea has been subconsciously fermenting in my brain. Anchor up, jump off, surf your brains out, come home, relax. Freedom. 💛💚💙 But like everything, it's a fine balance of doing the things you want, and everything else. As responsibility takes over, dreams are de-priortised and suddenly you're old and locked into the monotony of 'life'. 🚫 Not us. 🚫 No thanks. 🚫 Rejected. After an overnighter to the Banyak Islands from mainland Sumatra (where we had a hectic 36 hour reprovisioning stop - see the last post) and we arrived. Welcome to the Bay of Plenty; the southern most point of Tuangku Island 🏝️, the Banyaks. A literal tropical surfers paradise. With waves flanking both sides of the bay, we dropped the hook in 10m of sand, right between the surf breaks. One of the true pinch-me moments of my life. The perfect place to truly lock in to reality, be present with the family and forget the world - not without help from zero internet coverage. The next week was a blur of surfing, snorkeling, sleeping, eating, rinsing and repeating. As a surfer it really doesn't get much better than this.