Plan H

Well Plan G didn't last too long. Interstate movement of boats is now forbidden, or at least strongly discouraged, in Malaysia. We probably could have continued on to Pangkor (in a different state than Langkawi) but we started second guessing our ability to get flights out. And the thought of 24 to 48 hours of exposure in airports and airplanes to get back to a place that is at least as shutdown as here was not appealing. So we decided to sneak over to Rebak Island. This is a small island next to the much larger island of Langkawi. It has a very protected marina. The high end resort is temporarily shut and there is only a skeleton crew working here. An ideal place for social distancing -- something that I feel like I've been doing most of my life.

So Plan H is to not have any plan for the next two weeks and see what settles out here in Malaysia, if flights are available and how the second season of the Netflix hit Apocalypse: Washington In Control pans out.

Most cruisers we've met seem to have an intuitive understanding of the value of social distancing and how it works. Living at anchor will do that for you. But, there certainly was a big crowd in our country who originally wanted to play the denial card, like our Prez saying on Feb. 26 "We're going down, not up. We're going very substantially down, not up." It also seems that a number of cruisers from that big island continent in the southern hemisphere question the value of social distancing. Thought this diagram might help in the understanding.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine

Paul