Raja Laut sets her sights southwards to the magnificence of Indonesia and Borneo, the third largest island in the world.
Malaysian Borneo is blessed by Mother Nature, with imposing mountain ranges, lush rainforests, swollen rivers, a smattering of idyllic islands, and a smorgasbord of natural charm and friendly locals! People who have experienced this region can never talk too highly of Malaysian Borneo - 'One of our favourite places in the world!'
This area offers up a highly rewarding cruising experience for those who know where to go and the crew of Raja Laut certainly are experts. Borneo is Raja Laut’s birthplace and her spiritual home. The schooner was built on these shores, and with it the dream of exploring Borneo, Bali and beyond was also born.
Borneo is the birthplace of many an inspiring, impossibly romantic, yet sometimes very real adventure… which is a conclusion the writer Joseph Conrad must have come to having traced the paths to Borneo many times both as a sailor and novelist. Conrad did more than any other to make Borneo legend - indeed the journey from the Andaman Sea to Borneo, and then Bali is thought of as 'Conrad’s Passage'.
Continue reading (incl. pics) at: A Cruising Holiday aboard Raja Laut – Borneo
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