For the past several days we've been trying to get from Borneo to Batam, where we will check out of Indonesia and head to Singapore. Wind on the nose at 20-25kts and current ranging from 1 kt to 4kts against us, and averaging 1.5 to 2kts against us. Slow, uncomfortable progress. This is the downside of passing through Indonesia during the NW monsoon. Fortunately, for most of our 3 months here, it has just been calm, with occasional torrential down-pours. So, its actually been lovely. The last several days, have been a tough slog. We'll end up having to stop a couple hundred miles short of our goal of Batam. We need more fuel, and we may need to see about a visa extension as the weather doesn't look like it will change over the next week.

The picture is one of the people of the forest that we met last week in Kalimantan. Very up close and personal!