November 23, 2025

We have been planning this getaway for several months and so worth the wait! AMAZING PLACE! Best Resort I have been to so far, on this journey. Uepi is a private island in the Solomon's that is owned and operated by the Kelly Family. It is a first class dive and snorkel destination. The finest the Solomon's has to offer. Uepi contributes the largest tourist dollars, by far in all of the Solomon's and they have been doing it for over 30 years! Three generations of Kelly's live on the Island.

Getting to Uepi is a bit of a challenge - over 90% of their visitors are Australian, as they have the easiest routes. We left the Ship in Honiara, and flew to Seghe via and the Resort picked us up by boat, for a quick 20 minute ride to the Island. 

Our beach home for next 6 nights! Two of the houses are 2 bedroom and 2 Bath and others just for a couple. Bosco, Memo and I shared one of the 2BD units. Each house also has a canopy area with table chairs, 2 hammocks and 2 kayaks and oars and a separate laundry area with complimentary or self serve washer / dryer.

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The owner's greeted us at pier and whisked us to the main house for a lovely warm lunch and lots of information. Meals are done family style with the option to have you lunch privately, at your cabin. Our luggage was taken to our rooms and after lunch we had a property tour, before being taken to each of our cabins. THE FOOD HERE WAS PHENOMENAL, ALL WEEK - all fresh organic made on site and locally grown. They created their own chicken farm on a neighboring island and grow most of their veggies hydroponically!

SANTUBONG RIVER, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • May 23, 2026
MALAYSIA , on BORNEO ISLAND made palm seed oil their biggest export back in 1966 and was the top global exporter until 2008, when Indonesia surpassed them. Sadly, the resulting tropical deforestation has created major habitat losses and population declines for the Borneon Orangutans, Pygmy Elephants and Proboscis Monkeys . Many of us on the ship took tours to see these amazing creatures and I wanted to share some of their amazing photos too.

KUCHING, MALAYSIA - BORNEO ISLAND

By Pat Patrick • May 22, 2026
BORNEO ISLAND is a fascinating place, that I had honestly only heard of from the reality tv show Survivor. I'm still learning so much, but I had no idea it is the largest island in Asia and 3rd largest island in the World! It is a mini continent, with 3 different Countries sharing the island's land mass ( Indonesia 73%, Malaysia 26% and Brunei 1% ). We are only going to 2 ports in Malaysia now, one in each of the states of Sarawak and Sabah . Below is a video that highlights and explains thing well.

PORT OF SINGAPORE

By Pat Patrick • May 21, 2026
The Port of Singapore is massive and thus deserving of it's own post!