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!

TIOMAN ISLAND, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • July 7, 2026
Today, I braved the heat ( it's a blazing 84) to walk around a little bit and get the feel for life on Tioman Island, Malaysia . The Village of Tekek is where we tender to and this is where the Ferry , the Island's National Secondary School, Health Clinic and Airport (really just a strip) are located. The most notable feature is the Rainbow Bridge over the inlet.

TIOMAN ISLAND, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • July 6, 2026
Fun day in the waters of Tioman Island, Malaysia snorkeling with friends. Life is good! It was nothing fancy, a boat & captain, who spoke minimal English and barely interacted with us, for roughly 7 hours. We started the outing spotting a group of dolphins and was quickly at anchor drop 1 of 6. The distances between the 6 snorkel spots was minimal, which gave us lots of time in the water (at least 45 minutes, at each spot) with an added stop for a lunch break at local restaurants. Even the restaurants were fast and efficient, definitely used to catering to the boat crowd.

HAPPY 4th of JULY from SE ASIA SEA!

By Pat Patrick • July 4, 2026
Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July! Here on the Odyssey we celebrated in the SE Asia Sea on our way to Tioman Island, Malaysia . We have such a talented and dedicated group of residents here, they put together a fun hour of things to celebrate and embrace a lot of what we collectively love about the USA. Even our residents from other countries - Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany , etc. joined in the fun! ( I lent my flag below for decorations)